Taxonomy of meanings for 饒:　　

  • 饒 rào (OC: nɢjews MC: ȵiɛu) 人要切 去 廣韻：【益饒人要切又人招切二 】
  • 饒 ráo (OC: nɢjew MC: ȵiɛu) 如招切 平 廣韻：【益也飽也餘也又姓風俗通云漢有饒斌爲漁陽太守如招切六 】
    • ABUNDANT
      • vt+Nhave a rich supply of
      • vt0+N{SUBJ}there is a rich supply of
    • FERTILE
      • nabfeaturefertile abundance
      • vadNfertile; rich (land)
      • vibe rich in yield, be productive
    • FORGIVE
      • vtoNpost-Han???: let off, leave unpunished
    • RICH
      • vadNrich > abundant
      • vibe rich
      • vtoNhave great wealth of N
      • vtoNcausativecause to become rich
    • SUPLUS
    • FULL
      • INTENSE
        • GIVE
          • ADD
            • LEISURE
              • YIELD
                • BEAUTIFUL
                  • EVEN IF
                    • ONLY
                      • PLACE NAMES
                        • SURNAMES

                          Additional information about 饒

                          說文解字: 【饒】，飽也。 〔小徐本「飽」上有「饒」。〕 从食、堯聲。 【如昭切】

                            Criteria
                          • RICH

                            1. The general word for wealth is fù 富 (ant. pín 貧 "poor"), and the word has a remarkably wide range of syntactic roles.

                            2. Sù fēng 素封 is an informal way of referring to substantial private wealth not conferred on one by the state.

                            3. Zé 澤 "riches, rich benefits" (ant. kùn 困 "hardship") is largely limited to nominal usages and belongs to an elevated stylistic level.

                            4. Yù 裕 "be generous to and make rich" (ant. jiǒng 窘 "impoverish") is marginal to the group.

                            5. Ráo 饒 (ant. jí 瘠 "weakened and exhausted") refers to richness of land, and is thus also marginal to the group.

                          • FERTILE

                            1. The standard word for fertility of land is féi 肥 (ant. jí 瘠 "infertile"), and this refers to potentially fertile areas as well as to land already under cultivation.

                            2. Ráo 饒 (ant. huāng 荒 "infertile") refers to the productive state of fields that are being cultivated.

                            3. Wò 沃 (ant. què 埆 "infertile") is an archaising elevated word.

                            Word relations
                          • Contrast: (RICH)富/RICH The general word for wealth is fù 富 (ant. pín 貧 "poor"), and the word has a remarkably wide range of syntactic roles.