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词汇

cí huì · ci hui

Traditional 詞彙 / 詞匯

HSK 4Old HSK 6

Meaning

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cí huì 詞彙

  1. vocabulary
  2. list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes)
  3. word

cí huì 詞匯

  1. variant of 詞彙 / 词汇 (cí huì)
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Words on the hand

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)学(xué)了(le)二十(èrshí)个(gè)新(xīn)词汇(cíhuì)。

    I learned twenty new words today.

  2. Liangliang

    这么(zhème)多(duō)？你(nǐ)都(dōu)记(jì)得(de)住(zhù)吗(ma)？

    That many? Can you remember them all?

  3. Dengdeng

    记(jì)不(bù)住(zhù)，所以(suǒyǐ)我(wǒ)写(xiě)在(zài)手(shǒu)上(shàng)。

    No, so I wrote them on my hand.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)的(de)手(shǒu)上(shàng)全(quán)是(shì)词汇(cíhuì)！

    Your whole hand is full of vocabulary!

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)刚(gāng)洗(xǐ)了(le)手(shǒu)，现在(xiànzài)一(yī)个(gè)词汇(cíhuì)都(dōu)想不起来(xiǎngbùqǐlai)了(le)！

    I just washed my hands. Now I cannot recall a single word!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)读(dú)那(nà)本(běn)书(shū)需(xū)要(yào)大(dà)量(liàng)词(cí)汇(huì)。

You need a large vocabulary to read that book.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)应(yīng)该(gāi)宁(nìng)可(kě)用(yòng)词(cí)汇(huì)来(lái)造(zào)句(jù)，也(yě)不(bú)要(yào)试(shì)着(zhe)死(sǐ)记(jì)硬(yìng)背(bèi)。

You should use words to make sentences, rather than try to learn them with rote memorisation.

Tatoeba: Chinese by U2FS · English by aestate · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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The characters

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词
cí

word; statement; speech; lyrics

汇
huì

to remit; to converge (of rivers)

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