míng​cí

noun

名词 (名詞) míng​cí
noun noun
a part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea

In this sentence, 'cat' is a noun.

term noun
a specific word or phrase used as a name for a concept or technical object

This academic term is very technical and hard for the average person to understand.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.65 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
7.26 per million

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