| 说法 | shuō fa | way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation | ![]() |
| 用语 | yòng yǔ | choice of words / wording / phraseology / term | ![]() |
| 字眼 | zì yǎn | wording | ![]() |
| 用词 | yòng cí | usage (of a term) / wording / phrasing | ![]() |
| 提法 | tí fǎ | wording (of a proposal) / formulation / viewpoint (on an issue) / (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting | ![]() |
| 措辞 | cuò cí | wording / way of expressing something / turn of phrase / diction | ![]() |
| 措词 | cuò cí | wording / way of expressing something / turn of phrase / diction | ![]() |
| 遣词 | qiǎn cí | to choose one's words / wording | ![]() |
| 笔下 | bǐ xià | the wording and purport of what one writes | ![]() |
| 语病 | yǔ bìng | faulty wording / mispronunciation due to a speech defect | ![]() |
| 咬文嚼字 | yǎo wén jiáo zì | to bite words and chew characters (idiom) / punctilious about minutiae of wording | ![]() |
| 搜索枯肠 | sōu suǒ kū cháng | to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom) | ![]() |
| 进道若蜷 | jìn dào ruò quán | progress seems like regress (alternative wording for 進道若退|进道若退[jin4 dao4 ruo4 tui4]) | ![]() |
