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) |