Chinese symbol for “phrase”
短语
duǎn yǔ
Traditional: 短語
phrase (grammar)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for phrase is 短语 (duǎn yǔ), defined as: phrase (grammar).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “phrase”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 词组 (詞組) | cí zǔ | phrase (grammar) |
| 句 | jù | sentence; clause |
| 片语 (片語) | piàn yǔ | phrase |
| 语词 (語詞) | yǔ cí | word; phrase |
| 仂语 (仂語) | lè yǔ | phrase (linguistics) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 短语.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 短期 | duǎn qī | short-term |
| 短片 | duǎn piàn | short film; video clip |
| 短暂 (短暫) | duǎn zàn | of short duration; brief; momentary |
| 缩短 (縮短) | suō duǎn | to shorten; to reduce; to curtail |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | shortage |
| 短信 | duǎn xìn | text message; SMS |
| 语言 (語言) | yǔ yán | language; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng) |
| 语音 (語音) | yǔ yīn | speech sounds; pronunciation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “phrase”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.