Taxonomy of meanings for 寄:
- 寄 jì (OC: krals MC: kɯiɛ) 居義切 去 廣韻：【寄附説文託也居義切三 】
- DWELL
- vadVtemporarily; (live) for a time
- vt+prep+Ndwell in 寄生於
- vtoNseek lodging with for a time, find security for a time with; stay with for a time
- vttoN1.+prep+N2figurativecause N1 to find repose in N2CH
- abstract:
dwell on in thought>THINK
- generalised>BE IN
- vtoNspend a little time in
- get
permission to control and be in>>BORROW
- causative>PUT
- vtoNput (something, in a place) for a certain time??
- vttoN1.(+prep+N2)metaphoricalattach (feelings etc.) N1 to the contextually determinate thing N2DS
- vtt[oN1.]+N2metaphoricalattach feelings etc. to N2DS
- figurative: in the care of someone>ENTRUST
- vtt(oN1.)+N2entrust (someone) to someone unspecified
- vttoN1.+N2entrust (something N2) to (someone/something N1)
- vttoN1.+prep+N2entrust (something considered valuable N1) to (someone or something N2) 寄x於y
- vttoN1(.+prep+N2)entrust something to a contextually determinate place or person
- +vttoN1.+prep+N2figurativechoose the literary effect N2 for N1CH
- reflexive: entrust oneself to>RELY ON
- vt+prep+Nentrust oneself to, depend on;
- vt+V[0]rely on V-ing
- vttoN1.+prep+N2rely temporarily on N1 from N2
- outside
confinement>RELEASE
- in the hands of someone else>GIVE
- =暨
- DWELL
Additional information about 寄
說文解字: 【寄】，託也。从宀、奇聲。 【居義切】
- Criteria
- PUT
1. The most general word for placing something in a certain location, either abstract (like a political position) or concrete spatial, is zhì 置.
2. Zhì 寘 is limited to the concrete placing of a physical object in a place.
3. Shè 設 refers to the setting up of something (typically something large or substantial) permanent(ly) in a location.
4. Jì 寄 refers to putting something in a certain place for a certain time only.
5. Zhuó 著, rare in pre-Buddhist texts, refers to the placing of an object permanently or temporarily in a certain position.
- ENTRUST
1. The currrent standard word for entrusting something to someone else's care is tuō 託 any limited or unlimited period of time.
2. Jì 寄 focusses on the transferring of responsibility for something to someone else, typically for a limited period of time.
3. Zhǔ 屬 is cause something to belong under someone else, often with no time limit.
- DWELL
1. The current general words for dwelling in a place for some considerable time are jū 居 and chǔ 處 (all ant. xíng 行 "travel").
2. Shè 舍 and sù 宿 refer to spending the night in a certain place.
3. Guǎn 館 refers to spending the night in a visitor's hostel (which is China's ancient answer to a hotel).
4. Qī 棲 refers to a temporary or non-voluntary stay of any length, typically of an informal kind. See ROOST
5. Xìn 信 is sometimes used as a technical term for staying in a place for two nights.
6. Cì 次 is sometimes used as a technical term for spending more than two days in a certain place.
7. Jì 寄 and yù 寓 refer to staying in some place for a strictly limited space of time.
8. Jùn 軍 refers specifically to an army encamping in a certain place for a limited time.
NB: Zhù 住 is post-Buddhist (SIX DYNASTIES)
- RELY ON
1. The general term for relying on something with confidence is yīn 因.
2. Yī 依 refers to dependence and reliance on something which may be deliberate or non-deliberate.
3. Běn 本 refers to an abstract often almost metaphysical or logical dependence on something.
4. Dài 待 refers to logical dependence on something
5. Rén 任 typically refers to reliance on someone inferior in the context of public administration.
6. Yǎng 仰 typically refers to hopeful reliance on a superior.
7. Chéng 乘 refers to manifest deliberate reliance on some external condition for the furthering of one's own plans.
8. Jiè 藉 / 借 and jiǎ 假 refer to availing oneself of conveniently available outside things for one's own purposes.
9. Jì 寄 and tuō 託 refer to entrusting oneself to others and thus relying on them.
10. Shì 恃 and the rare hù 怙 refer to reliance on a typically hidden basic resource or factor.