Taxonomy of meanings for 驗:　　

  • 驗 yàn (OC: ŋɡroms MC: ŋɯiɛm) 魚窆切 去 廣韻：【證也徴也效也説文云馬名也魚窆切三 】
    • CHECK
      • nab.post-V{NUM}acta test 六驗
      • vtoNcheck against the facts, verify; prove
    • PROVE
      • nabfactualclear evidence for the truth of a proposition
      • vtoNprove the truth of
      • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
      • vtoNpassivebe proved by, be borne out by (facts)
      • vt(oN)prove a contextually determinate point
      • vadNbased on factsCH
    • EFFECT
      • SYMBOL
      • yànTRUE
        • viturn out to be right, prove to be right in the eventCH

      Additional information about 驗

      說文解字: 【驗】，馬名。从馬、僉聲。 【魚窆切】

        Criteria
      • PROVE

        1. The current general word for, often decisive, proof or evidence is yàn 驗, but the word does not refer to a discursive elabarate logical proof as one might expect to find in the Platonic-Aristotelian tradition.

        2. Zhēng 徵 refers to evidence or symptomatic indications that something is the case.

        3. Zheng 證 refers to a facting bearing witness that a certain proposition is true.

      • CHECK

        1. The current standard word for cross-checking and veryfying a statement is cān 參 which refers to the cross-checking of a public statement against the realities it claims to refer to.

        2. Yàn 驗 and zhēng 徵 refer to an attempt to find specific good evidence (often historical evidence) for something.

        3. Hé 覈 refers to checking out the real facts of a case someone is making.

        Word relations
      • Result: (PROVE)參/CHECK The current standard word for cross-checking and veryfying a statement is cān 參 which refers to the cross-checking of a public statement against the realities it claims to refer to.
      • Assoc: (CHECK)審/INVESTIGATE The most general words for investigating something are chá 察 "sort out clearly" and shen 審 "investigate carefully".
      • Assoc: (CHECK)考 / 考/INVESTIGATE Kǎo 考 and jī 稽 refer to an objective investigation into something on the basis of the best available evidence.
      • Assoc: (PROVE)效/PROVE
      • Synon: (PROVE)效/PROVE
      • Synon: (PROVE)效/PROVE