元素 yuán sù element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set) syn 垂悬分词 垂懸分詞 chuí xuán fēn cí dangling participle (grammar) 轴心 軸心 zhóu xīn axle / (fig.) central element / key element / axis (alliance of nations) syn 司令部医务队 司令部醫務隊 headquarters medical element / medical element-HQ 营地服务商店 營地服務商店 post exchange element / post exchange / PX element (US) / commissary / army exchange 军卖部 軍賣部 post exchange element / post exchange / PX element (US) / commissary / army exchange 军人服务社 軍人服務社 post exchange element / post exchange / PX element (US) / commissary / army exchange 当令 當令 dāng lìng to be in season / seasonal syn 党龄 黨齡 dǎng líng party standing / age of service to the Party 步摇 步搖 bù yáo dangling ornament worn by women 跂坐 qì zuò to sit with legs dangling 滴里耷拉 dī li - dā lā hanging down loosely / dangling in disorder 语法 語法 yǔ fǎ grammar 修饰 修飾 xiū shì to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar) syn 人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as 重叠 重疊 chóng dié to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll) syn 短语 短語 duǎn yǔ phrase (grammar) syn 词组 詞組 cí zǔ phrase (grammar) syn 句型 jù xíng sentence pattern (in grammar) 后加 後加 hòu jiā postposition (grammar) 文法 wén fǎ grammar 单数 單數 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) syn 主语 主語 zhǔ yǔ subject (in grammar) 宾语 賓語 bīn yǔ object (grammar) 后置 後置 hòu zhì to place after (e.g. in grammar) / postposition 过去时 過去時 guò qù shí past tense (grammar) 子句 zǐ jù clause (grammar) 语词 語詞 yǔ cí word / phrase / (old) (grammar) function word / predicate 第三人称 第三人稱 dì sān rén chēng third person (grammar) 语态 語態 yǔ tài voice (grammar) 疑问句 疑問句 yí wèn jù question (grammar) / interrogative sentence 病句 bìng jù defective sentence / error (of grammar or logic) 不定式 bù dìng shì infinitive (grammar) 冠词 冠詞 guàn cí article (in grammar) 量 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn 敬语 敬語 jìng yǔ honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages) 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 单句 單句 dān jù simple sentence (grammar) 量词 量詞 liàng cí classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word 谓词 謂詞 wèi cí predicate (in logic and grammar) 主格 zhǔ gé nominative case (grammar) 态 態 tài (bound form) / appearance / shape / form / state / attitude / (grammar) voice syn 修饰语 修飾語 xiū shì yǔ (grammar) modifier / qualifier / adjunct 补语 補語 bǔ yǔ complement (grammar) 使役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) syn 限定词 限定詞 xiàn dìng cí determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc) 宾 賓 bīn visitor / guest / object (in grammar) syn 及物 jí wù transitive (grammar) 三人口气 三人口氣 sān rén kǒu qì third person (grammar) 不可数名词 不可數名詞 bù kě shǔ míng cí uncountable noun (in grammar of European languages) 中缀 中綴 zhōng zhuì infix (grammar), particle attached within a word or expression 主谓宾 主謂賓 zhǔ wèi bīn subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar) 主宾谓 主賓謂 zhǔ bīn wèi subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar) 修饰话 修飾話 xiū shì huà modifier (grammar) 传统词类 傳統詞類 chuán tǒng cí lèi traditional parts of speech (grammar) 冠形词 冠形詞 guān xíng cí article (in grammar) 分句 fēn jù clause (grammar) 动量词 動量詞 dòng liàng cí verbal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to verbs 可数名词 可數名詞 kě shǔ míng cí countable noun (in grammar of European languages) 名数 名數 míng shù (grammar) number plus classifier / household (in census) 名量词 名量詞 míng liàng cí nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to nouns 完成时 完成時 wán chéng shí perfect tense (grammar) 定冠词 定冠詞 dìng guàn cí definite article (grammar) 屈折语 屈折語 qū zhé yǔ to inflect (in grammar) / to decline / to conjugate 属格 屬格 shǔ gé genitive case (in grammar) 引叙 引敘 yǐn xù reported speech (in grammar) 普通名词 普通名詞 pǔ tōng míng cí common noun (grammar) 物主限定词 物主限定詞 wù zhǔ xiàn dìng cí possessive (in grammar) 现在分词 現在分詞 xiàn zài fēn cí present participle (in English grammar) 直接宾语 直接賓語 zhí jiē bīn yǔ direct object (grammar) 缩约 縮約 suō yuē contraction (in grammar) / abbreviation 习惯用语 習慣用語 xí guàn yòng yǔ idiom / idiomatic expression / habitual form of speech (grammar) 语尾 語尾 yǔ wěi (grammar) suffix 语法书 語法書 yǔ fǎ shū grammar book 谦词 謙詞 qiān cí modest word (grammar) 变格 變格 biàn gé case change (in grammar) 过去分词 過去分詞 guò qu fēn cí past participle (in European grammar) 间接宾语 間接賓語 jiàn jiē bīn yǔ indirect object (grammar) 虚拟语气 虛擬語氣 xū nǐ yǔ qì subjunctive mood (grammar) 呼格 hū gé vocative case (grammar) 宾格 賓格 bīn gé accusative case (grammar) 所有格 suǒ yǒu gé possessive case (grammar) 前置修饰语 前置修飾語 qián zhì xiū shì yǔ premodifier (grammar) 后置修饰语 後置修飾語 hòu zhì xiū shì yǔ postmodifier (grammar) 接尾词 接尾詞 jiē wěi cí suffix (in Japanese and Korean grammar) 离合词 離合詞 lí hé cí separable word (in Chinese grammar) 具格 jù gé instrumental case (grammar) 关联词 關聯詞 guān lián cí (grammar) a connective / a conjunction 因素 yīn sù element / factor / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 标签 標籤 biāo qiān label / tag / (computing) tab (GUI element) syn 环节 環節 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn 带有 帶有 dài yǒu to have as a feature or characteristic / to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc) / to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc) syn 成分 chéng fèn composition / ingredient / element / component / one's social status syn 单元 單元 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase 分页 分頁 fēn yè (computing) to insert a page break / to paginate / pagination / memory paging / tab (GUI element) 元件 yuán jiàn element / component syn 成份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分 syn 衬托 襯托 chèn tuō to serve to highlight / to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element syn 得心应手 得心應手 dé xīn yìng shǒu lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily syn 