Tom cast a spell on Mary.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
咒语
incantation
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
incantation
02
spell
03
enchantment
04
curse
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 咒语 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 咒语 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug.
"What is she saying?" "You don't even know 'norito'?" "Norito?" "It's something like a Shinto spell."
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 咒语.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 咒语.
Directly before
- 了咒语2
- 神道咒语1
Directly after
- 咒语之类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 咒语
What does 咒语 mean in Chinese?
咒语 (zhòuyǔ) means incantation.
How do you pronounce 咒语?
咒语 is pronounced zhòuyǔ.
Is 咒语 an HSK word?
咒语 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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