Taxonomy of meanings for 儲:　　

  • 儲 chǔ (OC: ɡ-la MC: ɖiɔ) 直魚切 平 廣韻：【儲副又姓後漢有儲太伯 】
    • ACCUMULATE
      • nobject[WHAT IS ACCUMULATED>] reserve; stock-pile
      • vadNpassivecollected, assembled
      • viactto accumulate things; to store things
      • vtoNassemble, gather together for lasting storage; YTL: collect and store up (provisions, arms, horses etc)
    • HEIR
      • nheir to the throne
      • nadNinheriting, designated (ruler); (ruler) in-waiting
    • WAIT
      • viwait ZHANG HENG 東京賦：儲乎廣庭 "wait in the broad hall".
    • ASSISTANT
      • SURNAMES

        Additional information about 儲

        說文解字: 【儲】，偫也。从人、諸聲。 【直魚切】

          Criteria
        • ACCUMULATE

          [ABSTRACT/CONCRETE]

          [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

          [LARGE-SCALE/SMALL-SCALE]

          [LASTING/TRANSITORY]

          1. The current general word for accumulating anything concrete or abstract is jī 積 (ant. sǎn 散 "be dispersed"), and the word focusses on the process of accumulation rather than on the result only.

          [LARGE-SCALE], [LASTING]

          2. Xù 畜 / 蓄 refers specifically to accumulation and continuous storage of things for the purpose of sustenance of life or the rearing of domestic animals.

          [CONCRETE], [SMALL-SCALE] [TRANSITORY]

          3. Chǔ 儲 refers to the accumulation and continuous storage of new articles of general use for the maintainance of life.

          [CONCRETE!], [TRANSITORY]

          4. Lěi 累 typically refers quite literally to the piling up of things into a heap or a heap-like structure, but the word does occasionally have generalised usages referring to accumulation of any kind, abstract or concrete.

          [CONCRETE!], [LASTING]

          5. Wěi 委 (ant.* qì 棄 "throw away") refers to small-scale accumulation of concrete objects.

          [CONCRETE], [SMALL-SCALE]

          Word relations
        • Ant: (HEIR)老/OLD The general term for old age of living creatures is lǎo 老 "of old age" (ant. shào 少 "still youthful" and yòu 幼 "young"), whereas the general term for things not new is jiù 舊 (ant. xīn 新 "new").
        • Assoc: (ACCUMULATE)積/ACCUMULATE The current general word for accumulating anything concrete or abstract is jī 積 (ant. sǎn 散 "be dispersed"). [LARGE-SCALE], [LASTING]
        • Synon: (ACCUMULATE)積/ACCUMULATE The current general word for accumulating anything concrete or abstract is jī 積 (ant. sǎn 散 "be dispersed"). [LARGE-SCALE], [LASTING]