Taxonomy of meanings for 舍:　　

Additional information about 舍

說文解字: 【舍】，市居曰舍。从亼、屮，象屋也。囗，象築也。 【始夜切】

Criteria
• STOP
  

  1. The standard current word for ceasing in an activity is zhǐ 止 (ant. xíng 行 "carry on with"), and this word can to any concrete or abstract activity; the ceasing may be final or temporary.

  2. Definitive discontinuation, often of inanimate processes, is yǐ 已 (ant. zuò 作 "break into action"). See FINISH.

  3. Bà 罷 is to deliberately discontinue a course of action one is embarked on, particularly a military action.

  4. Ceasing in a human activity, for a while, is xí 息 and the somewhat rarer xiū 休 (all ant. zuò 作 "break into action").

  5. Jué 絕 (ant. jì 繼 "continue") is to disrupt one's current (human) activity, and fèi 廢 (ant. qín 勤 "continue to make a serioues effort") is to discontinue such an acitivity permanently.

  6. Shě 舍 (often negated) is to relent in a certain activity.

  7. Chuò 輟 (ant.* láo 勞 "put in a continued honest effort") is temporary discontinuation of human action.

  8. Zhì 滯 can be used to refer to the involuntary discontinuation in an activity.

  9. Xiē1 歇 refers to the discontinuation of a process (like that of worrying).

• DISCARD
  

  1. The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐.

  2. Qù 去 refers to the distancing oneself from something by rejecting it.

  3. Fèi 廢 and the rarer tì 替 (all ant. zhì 置 "establish"!!!! See also no. 4 below.) refer to discarding something one has made use of or has been involved with for some time.

  4. Shì 釋 (ant. liú 留 "keep in employment") and the rarer jiě 解 refer to rejecting the continued use of something.

  5. Wěi 委 and zhì 置 (ant.* zhí 執 "hold onto" or chí 持 "hold onto") refer to putting things aside. See DISREGARD

  6. Shě 捨 / 舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.

  7. Què 卻 (ant. shòu 受 "accept for employment") typically refers to a rejection or discarding of something as useless.

• HOTEL
  

  1. The current literary word for a hotel is nì lu# 逆旅.

  2. Kè shè 客舍 is a colloquial word for a hotel open to the general public.

  NB the very popular 王仁興，中國旅館史話， 1984

• DWELL
  

  1. The current general words for dwelling in a place for some considerable time are jū 居 and chǔ 處 (all ant. xíng 行 "travel").

  2. Shè 舍 and sù 宿 refer to spending the night in a certain place.

  3. Guǎn 館 refers to spending the night in a visitor's hostel (which is China's ancient answer to a hotel).

  4. Qī 棲 refers to a temporary or non-voluntary stay of any length, typically of an informal kind. See ROOST

  5. Xìn 信 is sometimes used as a technical term for staying in a place for two nights.

  6. Cì 次 is sometimes used as a technical term for spending more than two days in a certain place.

  7. Jì 寄 and yù 寓 refer to staying in some place for a strictly limited space of time.

  8. Jùn 軍 refers specifically to an army encamping in a certain place for a limited time.

  NB: Zhù 住 is post-Buddhist (SIX DYNASTIES)

• SOUL
  

  1. Shén 神 is primarily a subtle physical substance which gives man his spiritual dimension (ant. xíng 形 "body")) and the body xíngtǐ 形體 is the abode shè 舍 of the soul..

  2. Líng 靈 (ant. qū 軀 "body") is a spiritual part of man which links him to the higher religious realm of the spirits.

  3. Jīng 精 "spiritual subtle substance" is the seminal supremely subtle material substance that gives man his spiritual energies.

  4. Hún 魂 "male soul which returns to Heaven at death" and pò 魄 "female soul which returns to Earth at death" (all ant. xíng 形 "body") inhabit man in the general mode of spiritual possession.

• 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。

• DWELLING
  

  1. The most current general word for a dwelling of any kind noble or ordinary is shè 舍.

  2. Zhái 宅 refers generally to the abode of anyone of any status, and the word is a polite designation for what is presumed to be a dwelling of some elegance and status.

  3. Dì 第 refers, from Han times onwards, to a dwelling conferred on someone by the emperor.

  4. Jiā 家 can occasionally come to refer to the buildings which house a clan, but examples are surprisingly rare.

• GUEST HOUSE
  

  1. The general word for an official resthouse of any kind is shè 舍, but the word also refers specifically to non-official "hotels" on the roadside.

  2. Guǎn 館 refers to the most distinguished guesthouses in a state, designed for state visitors.

  3. Dǐ 邸 became current in Han times and refers to a state guesthouse for distinguished visitors, often foreigners.

  4. Chuán shè 傳舍 refers to a middle-level resthouse.

Word relations
• Result: (DISCARD)失/LOSE The dominant general word for to lose is shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get") which refers to any disappearance of something which belonged to one in any sense, but the emphasis tends to be on the loss being the result of a mistake rather than mere insouciance. 1 Attribution
• Result: (ABANDON)失/LOSE The dominant general word for to lose is shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get") which refers to any disappearance of something which belonged to one in any sense, but the emphasis tends to be on the loss being the result of a mistake rather than mere insouciance. 1 Attribution
• Ant: (REFUSE)取/CHOOSE The general word for making a deliberate and in principle free choice is qǔ 取 "to choose or opt for (the preferred alternative), to prefer" (ant. 捨 "reject"), and what is thus chosen or preferred may be concrete or abstract. 2 Attributions
• Ant: (RELEASE)執/ARREST The current general word for arresting someone or apprehending him for any reason whatever is zhí 執 (ant. shì 釋 "set free"), but this term typically has a rather bureaucratic flavour. [CIVIL], [OFFICIAL] 1 Attribution
• Ant: (DISCARD)慳/FRUGAL1 Attribution
• Ant: (DISCARD)趨/CHOOSE Qū 趨 (ant. bì 避 "shy away from and avoid") and the rarer xiàng 嚮 (ant. bèi 背 "turn one's back on") refer to a tendency to exercise a certain preference. 1 Attribution
• Contrast: (GUEST HOUSE)館/GUEST HOUSE Guǎn 館 refers to the most distinguished guesthouses in a state, designed for state visitors.
• Assoc: (DWELLING)人/HUMAN The dominant term is rén 人 which refers to any human. 1 Attribution
• Oppos: (DISCARD)取/OBTAIN Obtaining something through effort and often with an element of choice involved is qǔ 取 (ant. qì 棄 "choose to reject"). 5 Attributions
• Oppos: (REJECT)用/USE The current general word is yòng 用 (ant. fèi 廢 "give up the use of, not use") 1 Attribution