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 主格 zhǔ gé nominative case (grammar) 属格 屬格 shǔ gé genitive case (in grammar) 变格 變格 biàn gé case change (in grammar) 宾格 賓格 bīn gé accusative case (grammar) 所有格 suǒ yǒu gé possessive case (grammar) 具格 jù gé instrumental case (grammar) 个案 個案 gè àn individual case / special case 案情 àn qíng details of a case / case 命案 mìng àn homicide case / murder case syn 杀人案 殺人案 shā rén àn murder case / homicide case syn 然则 然則 rán zé that being the case / then / in that case syn 多退少补 多退少補 duō tuì shǎo bǔ (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment) 另案 lìng àn another case (in law) / a case to treat separately 情事 qíng shì circumstances / facts (of a case) / case / feelings / love affair syn 涉黑案 shè hēi àn gang-related case / criminal case 销案 銷案 xiāo àn to close a case / to bring a case to a close (law) 人力资源个桉干事 人力資源個案幹事 human resources case officer / HR case officer 病例对照研究 bìng lì duì zhào yán jiū case-control study / case-referent study 战斗紧张病例 戰鬥緊張病例 battle stress case / battle stress casualty / battle shock case / battle shock casualty 直式弹壳 直式彈殼 straight cartridge case / cylindrical cartridge case 圆柱式弹壳 圓柱式彈殼 straight cartridge case / cylindrical cartridge case 医案 醫案 yī àn case history (TCM) / case record 接案 jiē àn to be informed of a case / to take a case / to contract for a job (as a freelancer) 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) 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) 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 垂悬分词 垂懸分詞 chuí xuán fēn cí dangling participle (grammar) 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 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) 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) 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) 关联词 關聯詞 guān lián cí (grammar) a connective / a conjunction 垂悬结构 垂懸結構 chuí xuán jié gòu dangling element (grammar) 如果 rú guǒ if / in case / in the event that syn 那么 那麼 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn 一起 yī qǐ (in) the same place / together / in company (with) / altogether / in total / an instance of / a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc) syn 经典 經典 jīng diǎn the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical syn 既然 jì rán since / as / this being the case syn 