Taxonomy of meanings for 酬 / 醻:　　

  • 酬 chóu (OC: ɡju MC: dʑiu) 市流切 平 廣韻：【周也報也以財貨曰酬又酬酢 】
    • ANSWER
      • vtoNoccasionally in derived meaning: respond formally (as to a toast)
    • REWARD
      • vtoNZUO: reward; recompense; give presents to (as reward)
    • TOAST
      • vadNpledging (cup)
      • vtoNdrink a toast to; respond by offering a toast to someone who has offered a toast to one.
  • 酬 chóu (OC: dju MC: dʑiu) 市流切 平 廣韻：【同酬説文本作𨢫主人進客也 】
  • 醻 chóu (OC: dju MC: dʑiu) 市流切 平 廣韻：【同酬説文本作𨢫主人進客也 】
  • chóuCONTINUE
    • vtoNcontinue (corresponding to each other)CH

Additional information about 酬

說文解字: 【𨢫(𨣊醻)】、主人進客也。 〔小徐本「主人」上有「獻醻」二字。〕 从酉、𠷎聲。 【市流切】 【酬】，醻或从州。

    Criteria
  • TOAST

    1. The host offering a first toast to his guest is xiàn 獻 (xiàn jiǔ 獻酒 ) "offer a toast to the guest".

    2. The guest toasting back at a feast is zuò 醋 / 酢 "offer a toast back to the host".

    3. The host responding to the guest's toast is chóu 酬 "toast back to the guest".

  • ANSWER

    [ASCENDING/HORIZONTAL/DESCENDING]

    [COMMON/RARE]

    [FAST/SLOW]

    1. The dominant general word for responding to something that has been addressed to one is duì 對 (converse wèi 謂 "address"), but that word usually refers to a reply directed at a superior who has put a question or occasionally a response to a statement by a superior.

    [ASCENDING], [GENERAL]

    2. Dá 答 (ant. jīn 吟 ( 口字旁加金字 ) 而不答 "not answer") refers to an immediate unpremeditated reply.

    [ASCENDING], [FAST]

    3. Yìng 應 (ant. 喑 "keep quiet") is to come up with an immediate reaction of which the linguistic reply is a central part.

    [FAST]; [[RARE]]

    4. Chóu 酬 can occasionally refer to a polite formal reply.

    [FORMAL], [POLITE]; [[RARE]]