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English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
grammar
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *格* | 格* | *格
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively
HSK 7-9
to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步 to have a stroll)
HSK 7-9
person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *賓* | 賓* | *賓
visitor / guest / object (in grammar)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *量* | 量* | *量
capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词, classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
nominative case (grammar)
article (in grammar)
grammar
transitive (grammar)
positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar)
phrase (grammar)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *態* | 態* | *態
(bound form) / appearance / shape / form / state / attitude / (grammar) voice
classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
third person (grammar)
to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar)
phrase (grammar)
perfect tense (grammar)
voice (grammar)
case change (in grammar)
(grammar) number plus classifier / household (in census)
question (grammar) / interrogative sentence
simple sentence (grammar)
genitive case (in grammar)
subject (in grammar)
possessive case (grammar)
accusative case (grammar)
object (grammar)
uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages)
definite article (grammar)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *羌* | 羌* | *羌
muntjac / grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)
predicate (in logic and grammar)
sentence pattern (in grammar)
word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate
direct object (grammar)
subjunctive mood (grammar)
infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression
infinitive (grammar)
determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc)
countable noun (in grammar of European languages)
(grammar) modifier / qualifier / adjunct
to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
clause (grammar)
honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
common noun (grammar)
clause (grammar)
to inflect (in grammar) / to decline / to conjugate
defective sentence / error (of grammar or logic)
complement (grammar)
instrumental case (grammar)
indirect object (grammar)
contraction (in grammar) / abbreviation
(grammar) suffix
to place after (e.g. in grammar) / postposition
past participle (in European grammar)
present participle (in English grammar)
idiom / idiomatic expression / habitual form of speech (grammar)
vocative case (grammar)
(grammar) a connective / a conjunction
article (in grammar)
subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
modifier (grammar)
premodifier (grammar)
verbal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to verbs
nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to nouns
dangling participle (grammar)
dangling element (grammar)
reported speech (in grammar)
postposition (grammar)
postmodifier (grammar)
suffix (in Japanese and Korean grammar)
possessive (in grammar)
modest word (grammar)
past tense (grammar)
separable word (in Chinese grammar)


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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