修辞格

修辭格

xiūcígé

noun

Measure Word

一种修辞格 zhǒng

Meanings

1 figure of speech
2 rhetorical device

Characters

to refine / cultivate

words / diction

Examples

比喻是最常用的修辞格。

Bǐyù shì zuì cháng yòng de xiūcígé.

Simile is the most commonly used figure of speech.

这篇文章运用了多种修辞格。

Zhè piān wénzhāng yùnyòng le duō zhǒng xiūcígé.

This essay uses several rhetorical devices.

Tips

usage

Standard term in Chinese-language pedagogy. Common 修辞格 you'll meet in school: 比喻 (bǐyù, simile/metaphor), 拟人 (nǐrén, personification), 排比 (páibǐ, parallelism), 夸张 (kuāzhāng, hyperbole), 反问 (fǎnwèn, rhetorical question).

Stroke Order

修 xiū

辞 cí

格 gé