Provided are a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) transmission method and device. The method includes following steps: a first communication node determines CSI-RS indication information; the first communication node transmits the CSI-RS indication information to a second communication node; the first communication node transmits or receives a CSI-RS according to the CSI-RS indication information; the component is used for constituting the CSI-RS resource, and the component is a set of resource elements having relative positional relations.