Chinese Word Entry

遣詞

Simplified Chinese form: 遣词

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄘˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): qiǎn cí
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin2 ci4
Definitions:
  1. to choose one's words

  2. wording


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Chinese characters used in this word

dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake, send off, exile
Readings
Mandarin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ (qiǎn), ㄑㄧㄢˋ (qiàn)
Cantonese: hin2
Japanese: ケン (ken) / つか.う (tsukau)、 -つか.い (-tsukai)、 -づか.い (-dukai)、 つか.わす (tsukawasu)、 や.る (yaru)
Korean: 견 (gyeon)
Vietnamese: khiển, khán, khiến

part of speech, words, poetry, phrase, expression
Readings
Mandarin: ㄘˊ (cí)
Cantonese: ci4
Japanese: シ (shi)、 ジ (ji) / ことば (kotoba)
Korean: 사 (sa)
Vietnamese: từ
Variants
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