- 语助词 yǔzhùcí modal particleauxiliary word
- 语气助词 yǔqìzhùcí modal particle
- 动态助词 dòngtàizhùcí aspect particleaspect particle, such as [[着|著|zhe5]], [[了|了|le5]], or [[过|過|guo5]]
- 结构助词 jiégòuzhùcí structural particlestructural particle, such as [[的|的|de5]], [[地|地|de5]], [[得|得|de5]] and [[所|所|suo3]]