Taxonomy of meanings for 貳:　　

  • 貳 èr (OC: njis MC: ȵi) 而至切 去 廣韻：【副也亦攜貳變異也疑也敵也又姓後秦録有後魏平陽太守貳塵 】
    • ASSISTANT
      • nsubjectassistant
      • vadNassistant
    • CONFUSED
      • vibe ambiguous and unclear; be unfocussed
      • vtoNcausative(cause to be confused>) sow doubt on, cast doubt on; cause to be ambiguous
      • vadVin confusion, ambiguously
    • DIFFERENT
      • vtoNcausativedissociate (oneself) from
      • vttoN1.+prep+N2causativedissociate (oneself) from N2
      • vtoN(undesirably) differ fromLZ
      • vi2abstractmake a significant difference (intellectually, morally, philosophically)CH
    • DISLOYAL
      • viactbe disloyal; act with duplicity
      • vtoNbe disloyal to, disobey
      • vadNdisloyal; duplicitous
      • nabactdisloyalty; duplicitousness; acts of disloyalty
      • v[adN]N=humdisloyal persons
      • vt+prep+Nbe disloyal to N
      • vtoNcausativemake disloyal/duplicitous
    • EQUAL
      • vtoNemulate, match
    • INSTALL
      • vtoNinstall as replacement??
    • MANY
      • vtoNcausativemake manifold
    • STATES
      • NPprÈr 貳 (CHEN PAN 1969, 465-466)Clan: Unknown. According to the Xìng xī, the rulers of Èr were of Jī 姬 surname. On the contrary, Lù shǐ Hòu jǐ suggests that they belonged to the Yǎn 偃 clan. Rank: Unknown.Founded: Unknown. Destroyed: Unknown. The state is mentioned in the ZUO for the year 701 B.C. (Huan 11). Later, it was destroyed by Chǔ 楚.Location: In the modern Guǎngshuǐ 廣水, Hubei province.
    • TWO
      • vadVtwice
      • npost-Nsecond copy of N
      • vadNthe secondCH
      • v{NUM}postadNpostposedtwo NCH
      • nabautonym"two"LZ
      • v{NUM}adNtwo (separate)CH
      • vtoNderived, causativeto cause to be double or ambiguousVK
      • v{NUM}(adN)two contextually determinate NsDS
      • v(adN)the second of the the contextually determinate NCH
      • vicome secondCH
      • nabduality; disunited doublenessCH
    • ADD
      • COPY
        • REPEAT
          • SUSPECT
            • TREASON
              • CHANGE
                • ENTERPRISE
                  • SURNAMES
                    • = 膩
                    • = 忒

                    Additional information about 貳

                    說文解字: 【貳】，副益也。从貝、弍聲。弍，古文二。 〔小徐本「二」下有「字」。〕 【而至切】

                      Criteria
                    • CHAOS

                      1. The very dominant word in this group is luàn 亂 (ant. zhì 治 "state of good government, state of good order") which refers to all kinds of reprehensible lack of order.

                      2. Èr 二 / 貳 "disunited" (ant. yī 一 "be properly united in attitude") refers to political dissension or duplicity.

                      3. Fēn 紛 describes a mild form of physical disorder. See CONFUSED.

                      4. Fén 棼 describes something as unprincipled and disorganised.

                      5. Wèn 紊 is often inchoative and describes the process by which something concrete or abstract enters a disorderly state.

                      6. Hún 混 refers to a kind of chaos that is close to objective confusion. See CONFUSED.

                    • DISLOYAL

                      1. The standard word for disloyalty is èr 貳／二.

                    • ASSISTANT

                      [ARCHAIC/CURRENT]

                      [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

                      [HUMBLE/NOBLE]

                      [PRECISE/VAGUE]

                      [TECHNICAL-TERM/CURRENT-TERM]

                      1. The most general and most current colourless word for an assistant to any official in any capacity, but often in the capacity of a sernior minister, is fǔ 輔.

                      [GENERAL], [VAGUE]

                      2. Chéng 丞 became especially common from Qin times onwards, and this bureaucratic term can refer to any assistant in formal employment.

                      [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

                      3. Fù 副 is a bureaucratic term that refers to a junior official of any kind in formal employment in Han times.

                      [HUMBLE], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

                      4. Èr 貳 is a standard archaic word referring to minor assistants in formal employment (ZHOULI).

                      [ARCHAIC], [HUMBLE]

                      5. Zuǒ 佐 refers to a person closely linked to the master and taking charge of minor practical matters, a personal servant, perhaps a secretary, but the word refers generally to a "helping hand".

                      [HUMBLE]

                      6. Xiàng 相 can be used to refer to an assistant at any level, or to the functions fulfilled by such an assistant. See HELP

                      [SPECIFIC]

                      Word relations
                    • Ant: (DISLOYAL)服/SERVE Fú 服 refers to the devoted service to a master.