句 - jù - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); punctuation; periods and commas; sentences and phrases

句逗

jù dòu

punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号; sentences and phrases

句首

jù shǒu

start of phrase or sentence

syntactic analysis

syntactic awareness

a line of verse; a sentence

(say) a few words

musical phrase

clause

example sentence

haiku

clause (in European grammar)

单句

dān jù

simple sentence (grammar)

名句

míng jù

famous saying; celebrated phrase

compound phrase

clause (grammar)

words; expressions; writing

断句

duàn jù

to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate

to polish a phrase

defective sentence; error (of grammar or logic)

clause

quatrain (poetic form)

觅句

mì jù

to search for the right word (of poet)

aphorism

words and sentences

verse

sentence

sentence-making

in a word; in short

subject-predicate sentence; subject-predicate clause

倒装句

dào zhuāng jù

inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect); anastrophe

rhetorical question

negative sentence

imperative sentence

quotation

exclamation; exclamatory phrase

conditional clause

one-word sentence

question (grammar); interrogative sentence

imperative sentence

affirmative sentence

incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point

declarative sentence

poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line

false negative

false affirmative

weighing every word

in other words

to measure one's words

特指问句

tè zhǐ wèn jù

wh-question (linguistics)

true negative (TN)

true affirmative (TA)

逐字逐句

zhú zì zhú jù

literal; word by word and phrase by phrase

肯定并例句

kěn dìng bìng lì jù

active conjoined sentence

宾语关系从句

bīn yǔ guān xì cóng jù

object relative clause

有一句没一句

yǒu yī jù méi yī jù

to speak one minute and be quiet the next

中心埋置关系从句

zhōng xīn mái zhì guān xì cóng jù

center-embedded relative clauses

Idioms (5)

句句实话

jù jù shí huà

to speak honestly (idiom)

三言两句

sān yán liǎng jù

in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly

闭门觅句

bì mén mì jù

(lit.) lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing

三句话不离本行

sān jù huà bù lí běn háng

to talk shop all the time (idiom)

话不投机半句多

huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō

when words get sour, adding words is useless (idiom)

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