单纯词

單純詞
dānchúncí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 simple word (linguistics)
  2. 2 single-morpheme word

Examples

HSK 4
Hànyǔ dānchúncí bāokuò dān yīnjié hé duō yīnjié liǎng lèi.
Chinese simple words include both monosyllabic and polysyllabic types.
HSK 5
" Pútáo " shì yí gè shuāng yīnjié dānchúncí.
‘Pútáo’ (grape) is a two-syllable simple word.

Tips

usage
Linguistics term: 单纯词 (a word with one morpheme - 'grape/葡萄' counts because neither syllable carries meaning alone) vs. 合成词 (héchéngcí, compound word - 'book/书本', where each character is a morpheme). Standard distinction in Chinese morphology textbooks.

Stroke Order

dān
chún