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句

jù · ju/gōu · gou

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Meaning

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jù 句

  1. sentence
  2. clause
  3. phrase
  4. classifier for phrases or lines of verse

gōu 句

  1. variant of 勾 (gōu)
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  1. Leon

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)学(xué)了(le)一句(yījù)新(xīn)的(de)中文(zhōngwén)！

    I learned a new sentence in Chinese today!

  2. Dengdeng

    哪(nǎ)一句(yījù)？说(shuō)给(gěi)我(wǒ)听听(tīngtīng)！

    Which sentence? Say it for me.

  3. Leon

    你(nǐ)吃(chī)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Have you eaten?

  4. Liangliang

    对(duì)，这句(zhèjù)话(huà)很(hěn)常用(chángyòng)。是(shì)打招呼(dǎzhāohu)。

    Right, this sentence is very common. It's a greeting.

  5. Leon

    啊(a)？可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)认真(rènzhēn)回答(huídá)了(le)十(shí)分钟(fēnzhōng)！

    What? But I answered it seriously for ten minutes yesterday!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

“好(hǎo)人(rén)不(bù)长(cháng)命(mìng)”是(shì)句(jù)或(huò)真(zhēn)或(huò)假(jiǎ)的(de)老(lǎo)话(huà)。

"The good die young" is an old saying which may or may not be true.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by Source_Benedict_1921 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

老(lǎo)师(shī)让(ràng)我(wǒ)们(men)用(yòng)这(zhè)个(ge)词(cí)语(yǔ)造(zào)一(yí)个(gè)句(jù)子(zi)。

The teacher asked us to make a sentence with this word.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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