Taxonomy of meanings for 渝:　　

  • 渝 yú (OC: lo MC: jio) 羊朱切 平 廣韻：【渝變也亦州名本巴國漢爲巴郡之江州縣梁於巴郡置楚州隋改爲渝州因渝水爲名 】
    • CHANGE
      • nabeventchange; changing condition
      • vito change[to the worse][to fade][CA]
      • vi0changethere will be change
      • vtoNchange (for the worse) 不渝"not change for the worse"
    • DISCARD
      • vtoNrepudiate, go back on, deviate from[that word might fit better into another syn. group][CA]
      • vtoNpassivebe repudiated, be deviated from
      • vt(oN)depart and deviate from the contextually determinate N
    • OFFEND
      • OVERFLOW
        • RIVERS
          • PLACE NAMES
            • = 愉
            • = 窬
            • = 偷
            • = 輸

            Additional information about 渝

            說文解字: 【渝】，變汙也。从水、 俞 聲。一曰：渝水，在遼西臨 俞 東出塞。 〔小徐本「在」作「出」，「俞」作「渝」。〕 【羊朱切】

              Criteria
            • CHANGE

              1. The most current general words for objective and typically abrupt change are biàn 變 "change FROM one's original state to become something different" (ant. héng 恆 "remain constant").

              2. Huà 化 (ant. cháng 常 "remain constant") refers to irreversible change INTO a fundamentally new state, while retaining one's identity".

              3. Gǎi 改 refers to a deliberate change brought about at a certain point in time, typically in order to improve a situation. See IMPROVE

              4. Gēng 更 is an act of deliberately changing something, typically by replacing it by an improved version of the same kind of thing in order to insure continuity.

              5. Gé 革 (ant. yīn 因 "continue the tradition") refers to a typically unlicenced act of replacing the old by something new.

              6. Yì 易 refers prototypically to a change construed as brought about by a process of interchange and (often mutual) replacement.

              7. Dòng 動 refers to change construed as the moving from a previous stable state.

              8. Xǐ 徙 refers to making the object moved unstable.

              9. Yí 移 refers to a change in a current situation so as to effect a certain development in a desired direction.

              10. Yú 渝 is to change a current situation or an object, generally to the worse, and the word is remarkably often negated.

              11. Qiān 遷 (ant. 滯 "stay put in one place, unable to move") refers typically to change of one's current condition brought about by oneself.

              12. Fǎn 反 refers to a change resulting in the reverting to one's original state. See RETURN vt.fig

              13. Zhuǎn 轉 refers to change typically construed as part of a cycle of changes.