Taxonomy of meanings for 傅:　　

  • 傅 fù (OC: paɡs MC: pio) 方遇切 去 廣韻：【相也亦姓本自傅説出傳巖因以爲氏岀北地清河二望 】
    • TEACHER
      • ngrand tutor
      • vtoNact as tutor for
      • npost-Ntutor of NCH
    • typical activity>TEACH
      • SURNAMES
        • =附APPROACH
          • vtoNget close to; be close to
          • resulting feature>NEAR
            • vtoNbe close to, be adjacent toCH
          • perfective>REACH
            • causative>ADD
              • vtoNput on, add on, affix; rub on
              • vttoN1:postvtoN2apply N2 to N1, rub N2 onto N1
          • =付GIVE
              • abstract>ADD
                • vtoNput on, add on, affix; rub on
                • vttoN1:postvtoN2apply N2 to N1, rub N2 onto N1
          • fùFEED
            • vtoN=哺 feed (the young) with NCH

          Additional information about 傅

          說文解字: 【傅】，相也。从人、尃聲。 【方遇切】

            Criteria
          • ADD

            [ABSTRACT/CONCRETE]

            [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

            1. The current general word for adding something onto something else, both abstractly and concretely, is jiā 加 (ant. sǔn 損 "detract from").

            [GENERAL]

            2. Fù 附 and refer to a concrete act of adding or fixing something onto something else.

            [CONCRETE]

            3. Fù 傅 (ant. jué 攫 "take away") is rare and seems to refer to the spatial fixing or adding of something to something else.

            [CONCRETE]

          • TEACHER

            1. The current general word for a (revered) teacher of one's choice is shī 師.

            2. Zǐ 子 and fū zǐ 夫子 can be used to refer to the teacher within a given school by the adherents of that school.

            3. Fù 傅 refers to a hired or formally employed tutor.

            Word relations
          • Contrast: (TEACHER)師/TEACHER The current general word for a (revered) teacher of one's choice is shī 師.