Taxonomy of meanings for 叛:　　

  • 叛 pàn (OC: baans MC: bʷɑn) 薄半切 去 廣韻：【奔他國薄半切四 】
    • REVOLT
      • v[adN]nonreferentialthe rebellious
      • vadNobstreporous, rebellious
      • vt[oN]revolt [against the authorities] stage a revolt, engage in anti-authoritarian behaviour
      • vtoNrevolt against (also with places as (quasi-)subject)
      • vt(oN)revolt against the contextually determinate N
      • vtoNpassivebe revolted against, get revolted against
      • vt[oN]engage in political revolt against the authorities, engage in revolutionary activities against the authorities
      • vtoNrevolt (against somebody); turn (against somebody)
      • vt(oN)revolt against the contextually determinate NCH
    • CHAOS
      • TREASON
        • BRIGHT
          • SPLIT

            Additional information about 叛

            說文解字: 【叛】，半也。从半、反聲。 【薄半切】

              Criteria
            • REVOLT

              1. The current general word for staging a revolt against authorities is pàn 叛 (ant. shùn 順 "remain loyal").

              2. Luàn 亂 (ant. zhì 治 "regularly political government") refers to a major political upheaval designed to topple the reigning government.

              3. Biàn 變 (ant. cóng 從 "remain politically obedient") refers rather abstractly and neutrally to large scale or comprehensive political unrest of an unspecified character without the negative evaluation of such action which is inherent in luàn 亂.

              4. Fǎn 反 (ant. zhōng 忠 "show proper loyalty") refers to a political revolt on a lesser scale than luàn 亂, and this word always has negative overtones.

              5. Bèi 背 and bèi 倍 (ant. shùn 順 "remain loyal") refer to a defiant act of disobedience and turning against one's superiors without a necessary intention to topple these authorities.

              6. Nàn 難 (ant. xiào 效 "loyal positive effort") refers rather abstractly to political unrest of an unspecified character and focusses on this as being a threat to the ruler's authority and position.

              7. Nì 逆 (ant. shùn 順 "remain loyal") refers to political disobedience and revolt in a disapproving way.

              Word relations
            • Ant: (REVOLT)服/SURRENDER The current general word for any form of submitting to someone or surrendering to the enemy is fú 服.
            • Ant: (REVOLT)即/APPROACH Jí 即 and jiù 就 (all ant. lí 離 "leave, move away from") refer neutrally to moving close to a certain place. [GENERAL]
            • Assoc: (REVOLT)背 / 倍/REVOLT Bèi 背 and bèi 倍 (ant. shùn 順 "remain loyal") refer to a defiant act of disobedience and turning against one's superiors without a necessary intention to topple these authorities.