Taxonomy of meanings for 溺:　　

  • 溺 nì (OC: neewɡ MC: nek) 奴歷切 入 廣韻：【溺水古作㲻又音弱又姓也 】
    • DROWN
      • nabactdrowning
      • v[adN]drowning person
      • vadNdrowning (son)
      • vichangebe drowning; drown and die
      • vtoNsink into; drown in
      • vtoNcausativedrown a person, metaphoric: cause somebody to face serious problems
      • vtoNmiddle voicebe drowned in
      • vtoNpassivebe drowned by
      • vtoNfigurativeget plunged into; be drowned by (calamities); be drowned in, be inundated with
      • vt+prep+Nfigurative"drown" inCH
      • vi-Vresultativedrown with the V-resultDS
    • SINK
      • vt prep Nsink into NCH
    • DELIGHT
      • LOSE
        • SURNAMES
        • 溺 ruò (OC: njewɡ MC: ȵiɐk) 而灼切 入 廣韻：【水名出龍道山其水不勝鴻毛又奴歷切 】
        • 溺 niào (OC: njewɢ MC: neu) 奴弔切 去 廣韻：【 】
          • = 尿

          Additional information about 溺

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          • DEFECATE

            1. The rather rare general word including all forms of defecation is sōu 溲, but this word has a polite literary ring and is first attested in Han times.

            2. Biàn 便 is a colloquial informal way of referring to informal defecation in places other than latrines.

            3. Niào 溺／尿 is the standard colloquial term for urine or urination. See URINATE.

            4. Yí 遺 the exrements excreted because of incontinence.

            5. Sī 私 and the later xuán 旋 refers to males urinating. See URINATE.

            6. Shǐ 矢／屎 refers specifically to shit.

            7. Fèn 糞 refers originally to dung including rice straw etc, but came to refer to animal excrement used for fertilisation, dung. See MANURE.

          • URINATE

            1. The standard neutral term for urination is niào 尿／溺.

            2. Sī 私 is polite and periphrastic for (apparently predominantly male) urination.

            3. Xiǔ 滫 is a rare word for urination the semantic nuance of which is not easy to ascertain.

          • DROWN

            1.The current general word for seeking death by drowning or dying through drowning is nì 溺.

            2. A very common term for drowning oneself is zì tóu 自投.

            3. Chén 沉／沈 refers to submerging either oneself or things, sometimes in order to drown them. See SINK