词法

詞法
cífǎ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 morphology (linguistics)
  2. 2 word formation and inflection

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè běn yǔfǎ shū fēnwéi cífǎ hé jùfǎ liǎng bùfèn.
This grammar book is divided into morphology and syntax.
HSK 6
Hànyǔ de cífǎ hé Yìn-Ōuyǔ chāyì hěn dà.
Chinese morphology differs greatly from that of Indo-European languages.

Tips

usage
The grammar pair: 词法 (morphology, word-level) and 句法 (syntax, sentence-level). Together they make up 语法 (grammar). Chinese has minimal inflection, so 词法 mostly covers compounding and word classes.

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