名 speech，statement，ci, a type of classical Chinese poetry, originating in the Tang Dynasty and fully developed in the Song Dynasty，lines of play，vocab

[例句] 他说得很慢，每个词之间都有停顿。 He talks quite slowly and spaces his words out.

[例句] 政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。 Politicians have debased the meaning of the word "freedom"