Phrases are syntactical units.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
短语
phrase (grammar)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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phrase (grammar)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 短语 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 短语 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom is filling his sentence counter on Tatoeba by adding translations from an English-Russian phrasebook.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 短语.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 短语.
Directly before
- 英俄短语1
Directly after
- 短语是1
- 短语手册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 短语
What does 短语 mean in Chinese?
短语 (duǎnyǔ) means phrase (grammar).
How do you pronounce 短语?
短语 is pronounced duǎnyǔ.
Is 短语 an HSK word?
短语 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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