function word in Chinese
function word in Chinese is 虚词.
function word in Chinese
虚词
Pronounced: xū cí
(linguistics) A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, including conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, certain frequent adverbs.
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What is "function word" in Chinese?
"function word" in Chinese is 虚词.
How do you pronounce 虚词?
"function word" in Chinese is 虚词, pronounced "xū cí".
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