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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

虚词 [xūcí]
  1. 1. noun function word

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

虚词 [xūcí]
  1. 1. [linguistics] function word; form word
  2. 2. meaningless or empty words

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

虚词 [xūcí]
  1. 1. 名 不能单独充当句法成分,但有帮助造句作用的词(跟"实词"相区别)。汉语中的介词、连词、助词等都属于虚词。
  2. 2. 名 虚夸不实之词;空洞的套话
    免了这些虚词,你就开门见山讲实话吧!
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Examples

普通话中的“了、着、的”等虚词和做后缀的“子、头”等字都念轻声。
In putonghua, particles like le, zhe, and de and suffixes like zi and tou are all in the neutral tone (or are all toneless). → 轻声
免了这些虚词,你就开门见山讲实话吧! → 虚词

Word Decomposition

虚
[xū] 		+ 词
[cí]

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