發語詞

Chinese

		to initiate; to open	words and phrases
trad. (發語詞)		發	語詞
simp. (发语词)		发	语词

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāyǔcí

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄩˇ ㄘˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāyǔcí
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄩˇ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fayǔcíh
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-yü³-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: fā-yǔ-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fayeutsyr
    • Palladius: фаюйцы (fajujcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/

Noun

發語詞

Examples (sentence-initial particle)
夫 (OC *ba) 維 (OC *ɢʷi)/惟 (OC *ɢʷi), poetic or formal 蹇 (OC *kranʔ)/謇 (OC *kranʔ), dialectal, chiefly in the Verses of Chu

1. (grammar) sentence-initial particle (function word that indicates the start of an expression, chiefly in Classical Chinese)