Taxonomy of meanings for 飾:　　

  • 飾 shì (OC: qhljɯɡ MC: ɕɨk) 賞職切 入 廣韻：【裝飾 】
    • POLISH
        • generalised>CLEANSE
          • abstract>EMBELLISH
            • vadNembellished
            • vibe artificially embellishing, be decorative; be full of embellishments or rhetorical flourishes
            • vtoNnegativedress up, make appear beautiful; disguise; specifically: disguise through embellishment; sometimes:
            • vtoNembellish, decorate; polish up and cultivate properly; embellish; decorate (also with abstract objects);
            • vtoNmiddle voiceget dressed up artificially
            • vtoNpassivebe embellished; be dressed up
            • vtoNpsychembellish (oneself), make (oneself) look artificially beautiful
            • instrument>ORNAMENT
              • nornamentation, embellishment; decorating, decoration, make-up
              • generalised>TREASURE
                • typical related action>SHOW
                    • dishonestly>PRETEND
                      • nabactpretense
                      • viactbe pretentious, put on a pretentious show
                      • vt+prep+Nmake a pretentious show of; affect 飾於
                      • vtoNput on an attractive show of
                      • vtoNPab{S}make an artificial pretence that S
          • 飾 ｃｈｉ４《集韻》蓄力切，入職徹。
          • shìMAKE CORRECT
            • vtoN= chi4 飭: make N correct, keep N correctLZ

          Additional information about 飾

          說文解字: 【飾】，㕞也。从巾、从人，食聲。 〔小徐本「食」上有「從」。〕 讀若式。一曰：襐飾。 【賞隻切】

            Criteria
          • PRETEND

            1. The current general word for pretending to be what one is not is yáng 佯 (ant.* zhēn xiàng 真相 "real shape").

            2. Wěi 偽 (ant. zhēn 真 "genuine") refers to the deliberate production of something artificial, and by extension the word comes to mean "pretend".

            3. Shì 飾 (ant. pǔ 樸 "basic and genuine, unadorned") refers to ostentatious pretence.

            4. Wū 誣 (ant. xìn 信 "trusty") emphaises the fraudulent aspect of pretense.

            5. Wēi fú 微服 and wēi xíng 微行 refer specifically to a notorious person going out and pretending to be an ordinary citizen of some kind or another.

            6. Jiǎ 假 (ant. zhēn 真 "genuine") is rare in pre-Buddhist times and refers to pretending to do something.

          • EMBELLISH

            1. The current general word for embellishment of anything concrete or abstract is shì 飾.

            2. Rùn 潤 refers to adding lustre and giving something a sumptuous appearance, and the word is always used in literal senses.

            3. Xiū 修 refers to an effort of elevated figurative embellishment and cultivation typically of an abstract kind, as in 修身.

            Word relations
          • Ant: (ORNAMENT)質/SUBSTANCE The general term for substance as opposed to form or appearance is zhì 質, and this troubling term desperately need systematic investigation.
          • Oppos: (EMBELLISH)弊/CONCEAL
          • Oppos: (EMBELLISH)蔽/CONCEAL