词类 Traditional form: 詞類 Pinyin (reading): cílèi Definitions: (linguistics) part of speech word class lexical category Characters: 词 - phrase, expression; words, speech 类 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble Traditional characters: 詞 - phrase, expression; words, speech 類 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble