Definition
分词 is a linguistic term meaning 'participle' (a verb form used as an adjective or noun, e.g., 'running' in 'running water'). It can also refer to the computational task of 'word segmentation' — the process of dividing Chinese text into individual words, which is non-trivial because Chinese has no spaces between words. The first sense is relevant in grammar study; the second is used in natural language processing.
n.
(linguistics) participle(computational linguistics) word segmentation
Examples
- ，分词分词。Zài Yīngyǔ zhōng, xiànzài fēn cí hé guòqù fēn cí de yòngfǎ bùtóng.In English, present participles and past participles are used differently.
- 分词。Zhōngwén fēn cí shì zìrán yǔyán chǔlǐ de zhòngyào bùzhòu.Chinese word segmentation is an important step in natural language processing.
- 分词。Zhège fēn cí xìtǒng néng zhǔnquè huàfēn jùzi zhōng de cíyǔ.This word segmentation system can accurately divide words in a sentence.
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