Taxonomy of meanings for 逐:　　

  • 逐 zhú (OC: rlɯwɡ MC: ɖiuk) 直六切 入 廣韻：【追也驅也從也疾也強也走也直六切十二 】
    • PURSUE
      • vt(oN)pursue the contextually determinate objects
      • vt+N.adVto V something N by N,
      • vt+prep+Nfigurativebe in pursuit of (wisdom etc)
      • vtoNfigurativepursue, chase after
      • vtoNN=humanpursue; chase; hunt after; hunt for (also abstractly: wisdom); engage in a private hunt of
      • vtoNN=nonhugo after, chase (deer or fish etc); go in search of (something to eat etc)
      • vt[oN]pursue thingsCH
      • vtoNpassivefigurative: be successfully pursued> be equalled, be parallelledCH
      • object: sexual partner> COPULATE
        • vtoNpursue sexually; seek to elope with
      • generalised> FOLLOW
        • vtoNfollow
        • abstract> CONFORM
          • vtoN.adVto V conforming to N
        • grammaticalised, adverbial: one after the other> SEQUENCE
          • specific: sport> RACING
            • nabactrace, a chase
            • viactstage a race
            • vtoNrace against, vie with each other regarding 逐於
        • so as to chase away> BANISH
          • vtoNchase away, drive away; banish from one's presence; oust (a ruler etc)
          • vtoNpassiveget chased away, get ousted
          • passive> FLEE
              • causative: generalised> DEFEAT
                • vtoNdefeat so as to cause to flee> drive into flight; German: in die Flucht schlagen
        • grammaticalised> THEN

          Additional information about 逐

          說文解字: 【逐】，追也。从辵、从豚省。 〔小徐本「豚」上無「从」。〕 【徐鍇曰：豚走而豕追之。會意。】 【直六切】

            Criteria
          • BANISH

            [BASIC/MARGINAL]

            [CURRENT/RARE]

            [DRAMATIC/UNDRAMATIC]

            [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

            [LASTING/TEMPORARY]

            1. The main general word is fàng 放 (ant. huán 還 "reinstate as a citizen and inhabitant of a country"), which refers to any official act of removing a person from his permanent abode for a certain time, or in perpetuity.

            [LASTING], [OFFICIAL]

            2. Chū 出 refers abstractly to the act of causing someone to leave a territory.

            [GENERAL], [MARGINAL]

            3. Zhú 逐 refers informally and more dramatically to the action of driving away someone not necessarily on the basis of an official or legal decision.

            [DRAMATIC]

            4. Qū 軀 is a dramatic term for the removal of a person or animal from one's presence.

            [DRAMATIC+], [MARGINAL]; [[RARE]]

            5. Chù 黜, biǎn 貶 and zhé 謫 "banish from office (and remove to lower office)" (ant. zhuó 擢 "appoint to a higher position") are perhaps marginal in this group, but these common bureaucratic term describing the demotion of a person from his position and often his banishment from the court. See DEMOTE.

            [OFFICIAL]

          • 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.

          • RACING

            1. The most general word for a speed contest is zhú 逐, which originally means "try to catch up".

            2. Yù 御 refers specifically to cart-racing.

            3. Chí 馳 refers specifically to horse-racing.

          • PURSUE

            1. The current general word for pursuing something or going after something in a hostile way, driving what is pursued before one, competing with it for speed, is zhú 逐 and the word can only very occasionally refer to abstract pursuits like that of wisdom, as in the venatio sapientiae of Nicolas Cusanus. It is significant that the word currently means "to expel", where expelling and chasing are not always easy to distinguish.

            2. Zhuī 追 refers to the attempt of catching up with anything, characteristically a kòu 寇 "enemy" or thief (who may not know he is being pursued) but without any attending notion that what is being caught up with is NECESSARILY trying to escape or to make great speed, and the word is regularly used in figurative derived meanings "to seek", as in zhuī lì 追利 "chasing after profit".

            3. Suǒ 索 emphasises the seeking aspect in the pursuit of something or someone.

            4. Jí 及 and the rarer dài 逮 refer to a successful pursuit. See CATCH UP

            5. Qū 驅 suggests a hot and fast pursuit typically uncrowned by success.

            Word relations
          • Result: (PURSUE)及/REACH The current general word for reaching a place or even an abstract stage is jí 及.
          • Result: (PURSUE)獲/ARREST Huò 獲 typically refers to managing to capture a person who is trying to escape or who is difficult to catch. [DIFFICULT], [DRAMATIC]
          • Assoc: (PURSUE)追/PURSUE Zhuī 追 refers to the attempt of catching up with anything, characteristically a kòu 寇 "enemy" or thief (who may not know he is being pursued) but without any attending notion that what is being caught up with is NECESSARILY trying to escape or to make great speed, and the word is regularly used in figurative derived meanings "to seek", as in zhuī lì 追利 "chasing after profit".
          • Synon: (PURSUE)追/PURSUE Zhuī 追 refers to the attempt of catching up with anything, characteristically a kòu 寇 "enemy" or thief (who may not know he is being pursued) but without any attending notion that what is being caught up with is NECESSARILY trying to escape or to make great speed, and the word is regularly used in figurative derived meanings "to seek", as in zhuī lì 追利 "chasing after profit".