Taxonomy of meanings for 渡:　　

  • 渡 dù (OC: ɡ-laaɡs MC: duo) 徒故切 去 廣韻：【濟也過也去也徒故切五 】
    • CROSS OVER
      • vtoNcross river by boat or ferry; derived general sense: to cross (also by foot at a ford)
      • vt+prep+Ncrooss over; ferry over
      • vtoNpassivebe crossed 不可渡
      • vt(oN)cross over the contextually determinate place
      • vtoNN=timepass through (some number of years etc)
      • vtoNN=placecross over to (the target place)
      • vttoN1.+N2permissiveallow N1 to get across the contextually determinate N2
    • causative, generalised>LEAD
      • abstract: spend time>LIVE
        • specific>LEAP OVER
          • abstract>TRANSCEND
            • vtoNfigurativeget through, go beyond
            • nabactBUDDH: (the ceremony of) causing somebody to cross over > initation to monkhood
            • vtoNtranscend, go beyond so as to enter another sphere
          • generalised object>CROSSROADS

            Additional information about 渡

            說文解字: 【渡】，濟也。从水、度聲。 【徒故切】

              Criteria
            • FORD

              1. The standard general word for a ford is jīn 津.

              NB: For dù 渡 "ford a river" see CROSS OVER.

            • CROSS OVER

              1. The most general current word for crossing over something is guò 過.

              2. Dù 渡 typically refers to crossing water by foot or boat, and the word became exceedingly common from Han times onwards.

              3. Shè 涉 typically refers to crossing water by foot.

              4. Jīng 經 typically refers to crossing or passing through territory.

              5. Lì 歷 refers to passing through territories or time spans. For the latter meaning the character 曆 came to be used in later times.

              6. Yuè 越 and chāo 超 refer to leaping or striding across something. See also LEAP OVER

              7. Kuà 跨 refers to striding across something, see LEAP OVER.

              8. Jué 絕 refers in a somewhat elevated style to crossing a river or a desert by any means of transport.

              9. Fàn 犯 refers to managing to get across something that is hard to cross, but this usage is rare.

              10. Háng 杭／航 is an ancient word for crossing a river by ferry.