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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[cí]
  1. 1. noun [语句] [pl] words
    lines
  2. 2. noun [指语言单位] word
  3. 3. noun [指韵文形式] classical poetry using a set pattern

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[cí]
  1. 1. noun word; term
    这个略带贬义。
    This word is slightly derogative.
    调子我记得,可是儿我忘了。
    I remember the tune all right, but I've forgotten the words.
    他把这个用错了。
    她很快把儿抄好了。
  2. 2. noun speech; statement
    开幕
    opening speech (or address)
  3. 3. noun ci, poetry written to certain tunes with strict tonal patterns and rhyme schemes, in fixed numbers of lines and words, originating in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and fully developed in the Song Dynasty (960-1279)

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[cí]
  1. 1. 话语;文辞
    义正
    理屈
    一面之
    儿了
  2. 2. 古代指虚;现指语言中具有固定语音形式和特定意义的、最小的独立运用的单位
    这个我没听说过
  3. 3. 一种诗歌体裁,起源于唐代,盛行于宋代,按谱填写,句式长短不一
    唐诗宋
  4. 4. 泛指戏曲、歌曲及某些演唱艺术中配合曲调唱出的语言部分
    我只记得调,忘了

Examples

这个不能按本义去理解。
This word should not be taken in its literal sense. 本义
这个常用于贬义。
This word is often used in a derogatory sense. 贬义
这个略带贬义。
This word is slightly derogative.
这两个搭配不当。
These two words don't collocate. 搭配
如果一篇文章颠来倒去总是那么几个,人家就不愿看。
No one cares to read an article that merely rings the changes on a few terms. 颠来倒去
这个的用法不规范。
This is not the normal way of using the word. 规范
这个用在不同场合有不同的含义。
The meaning of this word varies with different contexts. 含义
不要把诗和混同起来。
Don't confuse poetry of regular metre with poetry with irregular metre. 混同
这个的含义缺少精确的界定。
There is no clear definition for the meaning of this word. 界定
这两个不能连用。
These two words do not go together. 连用

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