| 1 | 词 | 䛐 | cí | ci2 | word; statement; speech; lyrics; Classifiers: 组 ,个 ; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 ; Classifiers: 首 ; old variant of 词 | | |
| 2 | 词汇 | 詞匯 | cí huì | ci2 hui4 | vocabulary; also written 詞彙 |词汇 [ci2 hui4]; vocabulary; list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes); word; variant of 词汇 | | |
| 3 | 名词 | 名詞 | míng cí | ming2 ci2 | noun | | |
| 4 | 动词 | 動詞 | dòng cí | dong4 ci2 | verb | | |
| 5 | 词语 | 詞語 | cí yǔ | ci2 yu3 | word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term); expression | | |
| 6 | 词典 | 詞典 | cí diǎn | ci2 dian3 | dictionary; also written 辞典 ; Classifiers: 部 ,本 | | |
| 7 | 词组 | 詞組 | cí zǔ | ci2 zu3 | phrase (grammar) | | |
| 8 | 同义词 | 同義詞 | tóng yì cí | tong2 yi4 ci2 | synonym | | |
| 9 | 形容词 | 形容詞 | xíng róng cí | xing2 rong2 ci2 | adjective | | |
| 10 | 语词 | 語詞 | yǔ cí | yu3 ci2 | word; phrase; (old) (grammar) function word; predicate | | |
| 11 | 词句 | 詞句 | cí jù | ci2 ju4 | words and sentences | | |
| 12 | 台词 | 台詞 | tái cí | tai2 ci2 | an actor's lines; dialogue; Taiwanese word; an actor's lines; script | | |
| 13 | 歌词 | 歌詞 | gē cí | ge1 ci2 | song lyric; lyrics | | |
| 14 | 诗词 | 詩詞 | shī cí | shi1 ci2 | verse | | |
| 15 | 谓词 | 謂詞 | wèi cí | wei4 ci2 | predicate (in logic and grammar) | | |
| 16 | 单词 | 單詞 | dān cí | dan1 ci2 | word; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 17 | 新词 | 新詞 | xīn cí | xin1 ci2 | new expression; neologism | | |
| 18 | 大放厥词 | 大放厥詞 | dà fàng jué cí | da4 fang4 jue2 ci2 | to prattle on self-importantly (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 祝酒词 | 祝酒詞 | zhù jiǔ cí | zhu4 jiu3 ci2 | short speech given in proposing a toast | | |
| 20 | 关联词 | 關聯詞 | guān lián cí | guan1 lian2 ci2 | (grammar) a connective; a conjunction | | |
| 21 | 借译词 | 借譯詞 | jiè yì cí | jie4 yi4 ci2 | calque | | |
| 22 | 热词 | 熱詞 | rè cí | re4 ci2 | buzzword | | |
| 23 | 形容词短语 | 形容詞短語 | xíng róng cí duǎn yǔ | xing2 rong2 ci2 duan3 yu3 | adjectival phrase | | |
| 24 | 混成词 | 混成詞 | hùn chéng cí | hun4 cheng2 ci2 | (linguistics) portmanteau | | |
| 25 | 不定词 | 不定詞 | bù dìng cí | bu4 ding4 ci2 | infinitive | | |