单词 | empty character |
释义 | > as lemmasempty character empty character n. Grammar (with reference to Chinese) a character which has no lexical meaning but serves a grammatical or phonetic function; cf. full character n. at full adj., n.2, and adv. Compounds 1b. [After Chinese xūzì ( < xū empty + zì character, single-character word); see also empty word n.] ΚΠ 1838 S. Kidd Lect. Nature & Struct. Chinese Lang. ii. 12 There is a more general division into solid and empty characters; that is, symbols of ideas, and particles merely euphonic. 1947 Monumenta Serica 12 248 Every serious reader of ancient Chinese texts grasps the importance of comprehending exactly the meaning of the hsü-tzu..or ‘empty characters’. 2005 East & West 55 470 The choice of these so-called empty characters may be questioned but they are essential for anyone wishing to read the texts in the written language. < as lemmas |
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