粵

字zi6眼ngaan5

zi6 ngaan5zì yǎn

English

  1. wording
  2. wording; diction

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 所選用代表某個意思嘅字(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 法律文件嘅字眼一定要清晰。

    The wording in a legal document must be clear.

  • 最簡單原始嗰種計法係「就噉比較兩份文件啲字似唔似」,不過噉做應付唔到「改吓字眼,意思冇變」嘅抄襲手法。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 难怪连他自己都害怕这个字眼儿了。

    No wonder that even he feared this word himself.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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