Taxonomy of meanings for 聘:　　

  • 聘 pìn (OC: phleŋs MC: pʰiɛŋ) 匹正切 去 廣韻：【聘問也訪也匹正切三 】
    • INVITE
      • vtoNsend a delegation out to invite someone formally
      • vtoNpassivebe politely employed on a formal mission
      • nabinvitationCH
    • MARRY
      • vt[oN]get married to someone
      • vtoNinvite to become one's wife> marry
      • vt+prep+Nask to marry a person from N (also on behalf of someone else!)
      • vtt(oN1).+vtoN2:+vtoN3affiance the contextually determinate N1 to N2 as to become his N3DS
    • VISIT
      • vt+prep+Npay a formal visit to (normally a state)
      • vtoN聘於pay a formal visit to a distinguished person or send a distinguished delegation to such a person
      • vt(oN)visit the contextually determinate person; pay a formal visit to a distinguished contextually determinate person or send a distinguished delegation to such a person
      • nab.tactpolite visit
    • REQUEST
      • GIFT
        • vt+prep+Noffer a polite/ritual present toCH

      Additional information about 聘

      說文解字: 【聘】，訪也。从耳、甹聲。 【匹正切】

        Criteria
      • INVITE

        1. An ordinary general word for a ritualised invitation is yán 延.

        2. Yāo 要 refers to a rather formal invitation to a meal, a feast, or a stay, and the word never refers to an invitation to join a political movement or the like.

        3. Pìn 聘 refers to a strictly formal diplomatic invitation.

        4. Qǐng 請 comes to refer to a general social invitation by SHIJI times, but the word can also refer more generally to an invitation to join any activity or movement.

      • VISIT

        1. The most current general word for paying a visit is jiàn 見.

        2. Yè 謁 refers to any formal visit, private or official.

        3. Pìn 聘 refers to a formal and official visit on behalf of some political authority.

        4. Wèn 問 refers to a visit to a sick person or to the bereaved.

        5. Cháo 朝 refers to a formal visit or general attendance at court.

        6. Guō 過 refers to informal visit en passant.

        7. Cān 參 refers to a visit to a superior.

      • JADE

        XUN 27:8, Knoblock 3:209

        聘人以珪， Men on official visits use the gu• (which is square at the bottom and round on top),

        問士以璧， freemen asking advice use the b“ (ring-jade);

        召人以瑗， someone summoning other will use the yuàn;

        絕人以玦， someone breaking off relations with someone will use the jué;

        反絕以環。 someone who is making good again broken-off relations will use the huán.

      • DREAM

        1. The current standard word for a dream is mèng 夢.

        2. Xiōng mèng 凶夢 refers to a nightmare.

        ZHOULI 3 占夢：掌其歲時，觀天地之會，辨陰陽之氣。以日月星辰占六夢之吉凶，一曰正夢，二曰噩夢，三曰思夢，四曰寤夢，五曰喜夢，六曰懼夢。季冬，聘王夢，獻吉夢于王，王拜而受之。乃舍萌于四方，以贈惡夢，遂令始難驅疫。