Taxonomy of meanings for 賀:　　

  • 賀 hè (OC: ɡaals MC: ɦɑ) 胡箇切 去 廣韻：【慶也擔也勞也加也亦姓出㑹稽河南二望本齊之公族慶封之後漢侍中慶純避安帝諱改爲賀氏又虜複姓九氏北俗謂忠貞爲賀若魏孝文以其先祖有忠貞之稱遂以賀若爲氏周書賀蘭祥傳曰其先與魏俱起有紇伏者爲賀蘭莫何弗因以爲氏賀拔勝傳云其先與魏俱出隂山代爲酋長北方謂土爲拔爲其楤有地土時人相賀因爲賀拔氏後自武川徙居河南也南燕録有輔國大將軍賀賴盧後魏書有賀葛賀婁賀兒賀遂賀悅等氏胡箇切四 】
    • CONGRATULATE
      • vt(oN)congratulate a contextually determinate person
      • vtoNcongratulate (someone); offer ritual felicitations to
      • vtoNPab{S}congratulate (someone on something)
      • vttoN.+V[0]congratulate N upon V-ing
      • vt(oN)congratulate the contextually retrievable NCH
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          Additional information about 賀

          說文解字: 【賀】，以禮相奉慶也。 〔小徐本「禮」下有「物」。〕 从貝、加聲。 【胡箇切】

            Criteria
          • CONGRATULATE

            1. Hè 賀 (ant. diào 弔 "condolence) is a formal act of felicitation usually accompanied with the giving of presents.

            2. Qìng 慶 refers to a celebration of something regarded as felicitous, and the range of the occasions of such felicitations is somewhat broader than with hè 賀, including such things as lucky escapes and the like.

          • CONSOLE

            1. The most general word for comforting someone is probably the rather rare wèi 慰.

            2. Diào 弔 / 吊 (ant. hè 賀 "congratulate on a felicitous occasion") refers to condolence in the presence of the body of the deceased, and the word has a special meaning "mourn the death of" where it takes the deceased as the grammatical object.

            3. Yàn 唁 refers to any condolence visit to the family of someone who has suffered a serious misfortune of any kind, including bereavement or loss of a state.

            4. Suī 綏 refers to offering comfort to an individual or a group that is in some form of trouble, and the subject is typically a person in authority.

            5. Fǔ 撫 focusses on soothing and caring action conducive to peace and security by a person in authority, and there is no implication of relief from intense suffering.

            6. Wèn 問 refers more generally to paying a visit to someone on the occasion of a case of illness etc..

            7. Lào 勞 refers to giving comfort to those who are exhausted after a worthy effort.

            Word relations
          • Ant: (CONGRATULATE)弔 / 弔吊/MOURNING Diào 弔/吊 (ant. qìng 慶 "congratulate") is to publicly express one's sorrow on the occasion of the death of someone outside one's own immedidate family.