Taxonomy of meanings for 池:　　

  • 池 chí (OC: rlal MC: ɖɯiɛ) 直離切 平 廣韻：【停水曰池廣雅曰沼也又姓漢有中牟令池瑗出風俗通又有池仲魚城門失火仲魚燒死故諺曰城門失火殃及池魚 】
    • MOAT
      • ndefensive moat
    • generalised> CANAL
      • round> POND
        • nartificial lake; winding pond surrounding a platform coming close in form to a moat; meandering lake (on the edges of Heaven)深池，曲池；天池
        • npost-Npond closer characterised by NDS
    • 池 chè《洪武正韻》直列切。
      • 池 tuó (OC: laal MC: dɑ) 徒河切 平 廣韻：【虖池水名在并州界出周禮又音馳 】

        Additional information about 池

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        • MOAT

          1. The current general word for a moat designed for military defense is chí 池.

          2. Gōu 溝 often refers to any kind of canal, but can be used in particular for defensive canals, especially those not built in conjunction with city walls.

        • POND

          1. The most common word for an artificial lake of any kind is chí 池, and this word typically refers to a meandering lake, sometimes close in shape to a moat, particularly round elevated terraces and the like, around gardens and orchards, but also as part of palaces.

          2. Zhǎo 沼 is an elevated word referring to elaborate artificial lakes in or near palaces and the like, although the word can also come to refer more generally to natural lakes and marshlands.

          Word relations
        • Object: (MOAT)鑿/DIG
        • Epithet: (POND)深 / 深/DEEP The dominant current general word for anything deep in any sense is shēn 深 (ant. qiǎn 淺"shallow").
        • Assoc: (POND)園/GARDEN The general term for a garden is yuán 園, and such gardens are primarily for fruit and vegetables, and they are walled for protection against theft.
        • Assoc: (MOAT)城/CITY WALL Chéng 城 refers to the inner city wall. It was originally built of rammed earth, but during the Han there were also walls built of bricks or stones.
        • Assoc: (POND)沼/POND Zhǎo 沼 is an elevated word referring to elaborate artificial lakes in or near palaces and the like, although the word can also come to refer more generally to natural lakes and marshlands.
        • Assoc: (POND)洿/LAKE
        • Assoc: (MOAT)溝/MOAT Gōu 溝 often refers to any kind of canal, but can be used in particular for defensive canals, especially those not built in conjunction with city walls.
        • Assoc: (POND)臺/TOWER The most current general word for an elevated building erected for pleasure is tái 臺, and the word refers originally to a raised platform with stairs leading up to it, and with balustrades. In ancient China, most of important building were raised on platforms built of rammed earth. This custom spread already in the third millenium B.C. Since these times, large platforms without substantial buildings on it were also known, and they probably served to important public purposes. In the Chunqiu period, tái 臺 were often part of palaces. The period during which raised platforms - built for pleasure - most flourished was nevertheless the Warring States and Han. [HUANG 1995: 1116 - 1117]
        • Assoc: (POND)陂/DIKE Bēi 陂 refers specifically to a dam surrounding a rain water reservoir. [Mentioned already in SHIJING]