In this case, the adjective goes before the noun.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
名词
(linguistics) noun
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(linguistics) noun
02
term (name for a concept)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 名词 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 名词 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Things that modify nouns (adjective, or adjectival equivalent).
Accordingly, besides noun declension patterns, there also existed a greater variety of verb conjugation patterns than in Modern English.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 名词.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 名词.
Directly before
- 洋泾浜名词1
- 除了名词1
- 修饰名词1
- 放在名词1
- 的名词1
Directly after
- 名词的2
- 名词前面1
- 名词在1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 名词
What does 名词 mean in Chinese?
名词 (míngcí) means (linguistics) noun.
How do you pronounce 名词?
名词 is pronounced míngcí.
Is 名词 an HSK word?
名词 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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