Taxonomy of meanings for 逆:　　

  • 逆 nì (OC: ŋɡlaɡ MC: ŋɯiak) 宜戟切 入 廣韻：【迎也𧮬也亂也范曄漢書周防字偉公少孤微常修逆旅以俟過客而不待其報冝戟切六 】
    • (go out and)WELCOME
      • vt(oN)bid formally welcome a contextually determinate person
      • vtoNwelcome; go out to welcome (a bride etc); go out to meet as a gesture of politeness or submission
      • vtt(oN1.)+prep+N2welcome the contextually determinate N1 at the place N2
      • anticipate>BEFORE
        • process>ENCOUNTER
          • hostile>FIGHT
              • in warfare>BATTLE
                • vtoNmeet in battle; go out to meet in battle when attacked or provoked
            • negative object>OPPOSE
              • vt(oN)oppose the contextually determinate N
              • vtoNoppose, go against; go out to meet
              • DELETEpassivebe welcomed
              • vtoNmiddle voicebe opposedCH
              • vtoNabbe opposed toCH
              • vadVin the opposite direction; in an unnatural wayDS
              • superior orders>REFUSE
                • demonstrative>OFFEND
                  • nsubjectwhat is unnatural, what goes against the grain; obstinacy, recalcitrance
                  • nabactact of offending the law, act of lawlessness
                  • vadNoffending; opstreporous; perverse; inverse; inverted; treacherous; disobedient
                  • vt(oN)offend against, fail to comply with, fail to supply
                  • vt[oN]be in opposition, take a controversial stance; go against the grain
                  • vt+prep+Noffend against; go against
                  • vtoNoppose, go against; disobey (orders)
                  • vtoNpassivebe offended, be infringed
                  • v[adN]N=nonhuwhat offends against current social standards
                  • agent>VILLAIN
                    • feature: what offends common sense>WRONG
                      • against authorities>REVOLT
                        • vt[oN]become disobedient, revolt
                        • vtoNrevolt against
              • nìMARRY
                • nabeventthe welcoming of the incoming bride by the husbandLZ

              Additional information about 逆

              說文解字: 【逆】，迎也。从辵、屰聲。關东曰逆，關西曰迎。 【宜戟切】

                Criteria
              • OBEY

                1. The most current general word for obedience is probably cóng 從 (ant. jù 拒 "refuse to carry out an order"), which refers literally to the following of orders on particular occasions, and more generally to showing obedience to a person.

                2. Shùn 順 (ant. nì 逆 "refuse to conform") can refer to the conforming with a standard set by someone or an intention someone has.

                3. Fú 服 (ant. jiàng 強 "stubbornly refuse") is to submit to higher authority through obedience to its orders, and this submission may be either voluntary or enforced by circumstances.

                4. Tīng 聽 (ant. fú tīng 弗聽 "refuse to listen") refers primarily to following advice from inferiors, but the word is also used for being mindful of an order one has heard so as to carry it out.

                5. Nuò 諾 (ant. fǒu 否 "refuse to comply") is to declare an intention to do as one is told when one normally has no alternative but to obey.

              • REVOLT

                1. The current general word for staging a revolt against authorities is pàn 叛 (ant. shùn 順 "remain loyal").

                2. Luàn 亂 (ant. zhì 治 "regularly political government") refers to a major political upheaval designed to topple the reigning government.

                3. Biàn 變 (ant. cóng 從 "remain politically obedient") refers rather abstractly and neutrally to large scale or comprehensive political unrest of an unspecified character without the negative evaluation of such action which is inherent in luàn 亂.

                4. Fǎn 反 (ant. zhōng 忠 "show proper loyalty") refers to a political revolt on a lesser scale than luàn 亂, and this word always has negative overtones.

                5. Bèi 背 and bèi 倍 (ant. shùn 順 "remain loyal") refer to a defiant act of disobedience and turning against one's superiors without a necessary intention to topple these authorities.

                6. Nàn 難 (ant. xiào 效 "loyal positive effort") refers rather abstractly to political unrest of an unspecified character and focusses on this as being a threat to the ruler's authority and position.

                7. Nì 逆 (ant. shùn 順 "remain loyal") refers to political disobedience and revolt in a disapproving way.

              • WELCOME

                1. The current general word for welcoming someone is yíng 迎 (ant. bèi 背 "turn one's back on" and zhú 逐 "drive away").

                2. Nì 逆 is a dialect variant for yíng 迎 and is typically used for welcoming brides into a family, but in later times the word came to be used predominantly in the meaning "to oppose".

                3. Yà 迓 refers to a special effort to go to meet someone in oder to entice him to come.

              • APPROPRIATE

                [DYNAMIC/STATIC]

                [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

                [LASTING/TRANSITORY]

                [OBJECTIVE/SUBJECTIVE]

                1. The current general word for appropriateness of any kind is yí 宜 (ant.* fáng 妨 "contravene standards, be inappropriate").

                [GENERAL]

                2. Kě 可 refers primarily to what is subjectively or interpersonally-subjectively i.e. socially acceptable.

                [SUBJECTIVE]

                3. Shì 是 (ant. fēi 非 "what does not deserve intellectual or moral approval") refers primarily to what is right and deserving of intellectual and/or moral approval.

                [MORAL]

                4. Shì 適 and dàng 當 (both ant. guāi 乖 "in conflict with certain prevailing circumstances") refer to what is objectively fitting in certain circumstances.

                [OBJECTIVE], [TRANSITORY]

                5. Shùn 順 (ant. nì 逆 "in conflict with the natural flow of events") refers to action that fits naturally and painlessly into a certain flow of events or into a certain constellation.

                [DYNAMIC]

                6. Qí 其 is a modal particle indicating weakly and abstractly that something should probably be done or happen. The word is thus marginal in this group. See SHOULD

                [padV]

              • 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

              • CONFORM

                1. Perhaps the most general and the most current word describing conformity to a norm is shùn 順 (ant. nì 逆 "go against").

                2. Yóu 由 refers to conformity construed as a matter of taking something as one's starting point or point of orientation.

                3. Dào 道 refers to conformity construed as a matter of taking one's model to define the way of doing things for one.

                4. Yǐ 以 refers to conformity construed as a matter of availing oneself of something as an instrument or guideline.

                5. Yīn 因 refers to conformity construed as a matter of adapting to pre-existing models or rules.

                6. Yuán 緣 refers to conformity construed as a matter of following something attentively in all details as a guideline.

                7. Shǒu 守 refers to conformity construed as a matter of guarding a precedent or a tradition.

                8. Zhōu 周 and hé 合 (all ant. fǎn 反 "go against the model") refer to complete all-round conformity construed as overall identification with a model.

                9. Chèn 稱 refers to conformity construed as a matter of balancing one's actions against a standard.

                10. Yìng 應 and

                shì 適 refer to conformity construed as a matter of responding adequately to given facts.

                12. Cóng 從 and suí 隨 refer to conformity construed as a matter of following a lead.

                12. Tīng 聽 refers specifically to a superior acting in conformity with his inferior's suggestions.

              • OFFEND

                1. The current most general word for offending against what one is obliged to act in accordance with or going against a current is probably nì 逆 (ant. shùn 順 "follow and obey"), which refers to any action which goes against something.

                2. Fàn 犯 (ant. cǒng 從 "follow obediently") refers as a derogatory term to a deliberate and active breaking of a rule.

                3. Gān 干 and gān 奸 are rare words referring specifically to culpable breach of the law.

                4. Wéi 違 (ant. xún 循 "follow") and the rarer lí 離 as well as fēi 非 are neutral terms referring to a failure to comply with something.

                5. Fú 拂 refers to something grating against sensibilities or creating a conflict.

                6. Fáng 妨 adds to the failure of compliance the nuance of interference with what one fails to comply with.

                7. Kuī 虧 adds to the failure of compliance the nuance of inflicting harm or damage on what one fails to comply with.

                8. Shāng 傷, hài 害, and bài 敗 add to the failure of compliance the element of ruining what one has failed to comply with exactly by this failure of compliance; but hài 害 has developed a special related meaning of offending logically against something, i.e. being incompatible with it.

                Word relations
              • Ant: (OFFEND)順/OBEY Shùn 順 (ant. nì 逆 "refuse to conform") can refer to the conforming with a standard set by someone or an intention someone has.
              • Object: (OFFEND)法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.
              • Object: (OFFEND)天意/PLAN
              • Assoc: (OPPOSE)反/OPPOSE
              • Assoc: (OPPOSE)距/OPPOSE
              • Oppos: (WELCOME)送/FAREWELL Sòng 送 (ant. yíng 迎 "go out to welcome") refers standardly to following someone some symbolic part of his way, as a standard ritual of departure.