Taxonomy of meanings for 妨:　　

  • 妨 fàng (OC: phaŋs MC: pʰʷiɐŋ) 敷亮切 去 廣韻：【妨礙又敷方切 】
  • 妨 fāng (OC: phaŋ MC: pʰʷiɐŋ) 敷方切 平 廣韻：【妨害 】
    • HINDER
      • vt+prep+Nbe in the way of
      • vt+V[0]be a hindrance to V
      • vtoNpsychhinder (oneself)
      • vtoNstativebe in the way of, be a hindrance to, prevent
      • vttoN.+V[0]hinder somebody to V
      • vtoNpassivemiddle voice, figurative: be blocked from viewCH
    • INJURE
      • nsubj=nonhumanwhat is harmful to others
      • vtoNto injure; harm
    • OFFEND
      • vtoNstativeoffend against; stand in the way of
    • STOP

      Additional information about 妨

      說文解字: 【妨】，害也。从女、方聲。 【𢾭方切】

        Criteria
      • APPROPRIATE

        [DYNAMIC/STATIC]

        [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

        [LASTING/TRANSITORY]

        [OBJECTIVE/SUBJECTIVE]

        1. The current general word for appropriateness of any kind is yí 宜 (ant.* fáng 妨 "contravene standards, be inappropriate").

        [GENERAL]

        2. Kě 可 refers primarily to what is subjectively or interpersonally-subjectively i.e. socially acceptable.

        [SUBJECTIVE]

        3. Shì 是 (ant. fēi 非 "what does not deserve intellectual or moral approval") refers primarily to what is right and deserving of intellectual and/or moral approval.

        [MORAL]

        4. Shì 適 and dàng 當 (both ant. guāi 乖 "in conflict with certain prevailing circumstances") refer to what is objectively fitting in certain circumstances.

        [OBJECTIVE], [TRANSITORY]

        5. Shùn 順 (ant. nì 逆 "in conflict with the natural flow of events") refers to action that fits naturally and painlessly into a certain flow of events or into a certain constellation.

        [DYNAMIC]

        6. Qí 其 is a modal particle indicating weakly and abstractly that something should probably be done or happen. The word is thus marginal in this group. See SHOULD

        [padV]

      • OFFEND

        1. The current most general word for offending against what one is obliged to act in accordance with or going against a current is probably nì 逆 (ant. shùn 順 "follow and obey"), which refers to any action which goes against something.

        2. Fàn 犯 (ant. cǒng 從 "follow obediently") refers as a derogatory term to a deliberate and active breaking of a rule.

        3. Gān 干 and gān 奸 are rare words referring specifically to culpable breach of the law.

        4. Wéi 違 (ant. xún 循 "follow") and the rarer lí 離 as well as fēi 非 are neutral terms referring to a failure to comply with something.

        5. Fú 拂 refers to something grating against sensibilities or creating a conflict.

        6. Fáng 妨 adds to the failure of compliance the nuance of interference with what one fails to comply with.

        7. Kuī 虧 adds to the failure of compliance the nuance of inflicting harm or damage on what one fails to comply with.

        8. Shāng 傷, hài 害, and bài 敗 add to the failure of compliance the element of ruining what one has failed to comply with exactly by this failure of compliance; but hài 害 has developed a special related meaning of offending logically against something, i.e. being incompatible with it.