Taxonomy of meanings for 馳:　　

  • 馳 chí (OC: rlal MC: ɖɯiɛ) 直離切 平 廣韻：【馳騖也疾驅也又姓出姓苑直離切十三 】
    • GALLOP
      • nabactgallopping, a gallop
      • vadNgallopping
      • viactgallop along, race along (of horses)
      • vtoNrace about in; rush against
      • vtoNcover the distance N gallopping alongCH
      • action: sport> RACING
        • viact(of horses) run a race
        • vt+Nrace against
        • vtoNcausativecause to race; take through one's paces
      • exocentric: subject, swift> HORSE
        • generalised> HURRY
          • nabacttravelling fast (on horseback)
          • viacttravel fast (by horse); race along (in the air, as spirits)
          • vt+NN=placehurry towards N
          • vtoNcausativecause to hurry along
          • vtoNrush acrossCH
        • trying to catch up> PURSUE
          • vtoNrace after, pursue
      • =移 EXCHANGE25
      • 馳 chí (OC: rlal MC: ɖɯiɛ) 直離切 平 廣韻：【馳騖也疾驅也又姓出姓苑直離切十三 】
      • 馳 chí (OC: rlal MC: ɖɯiɛ) 直離切 平 廣韻：【馳騖也疾驅也又姓出姓苑直離切十三 】

        Additional information about 馳

        說文解字: 【馳】，大驅也。从馬、也聲。 【直離切】

          Criteria
        • WAY

          1. The general word for streets and roads is tú 塗／涂／途.

          2. The general word for an established way along which humans move conveniently in the landscape is lù 路, and this term covers all manner of large and wide roads as well as small paths of any kind. (For streets within cities see STREET)

          3. Dào 道, when used in its concrete meaning referring to a means of communication tends to refer to a larger line of communication, and the traditional claim is that the term refers to a road where two vehicles can pass each other. Thus the First Emperor called his Autobahns chí dào 馳道 and not chí lù 馳路.

          4. Jiē qú 街衢 refers to the highways of the land in a general way.

        • GALLOP

          1. The current general word for gallopping or - by extension - moving at a great speed is chí 馳.

          2. Qū 驅 refers to speeding along at maximum speed by any means of transport, and the speeding along is typically construed as the action of the driver, not of the horses pulling the convenance.

          3. Chěng 騁 refers to speeding along in a disciplined fashion at maximum speed, but the word usually occurs in the current binome chí chěng 馳騁 "gallop along".

          4. Wù 騖 refers to horses gallopping along, typically beyond control of a keeper, rider or driver.

        • 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.

        • HURRY

          1. The current general word for making maximum speed is qū 趨 (ant. tuō 拖 "delay") (contrast qū 趨 "shuffle politely").

          2. Zào 躁 is to be rushed and flurried.

          3. Jí 急 (ant. huǎn 緩 "slowly") refers to act with urgenct purpose, as in an emergency.

          4. Jí 亟 (ant. huǎn 緩 "slowly") refers to generally making good speed and causing no delay.

          5. Chuán 遄 is a rather dramatic word referring to doing one's physical best.

          6. Chí 馳 and the somewhat rarer zòu 驟 refer to racing along, typically on horseback.

          7. Cù 趣 is to hurry in a certain direction.

          8. Wù 騖 refers to racing along at terrific speed, typically on horseback. See GALLOP

          Word relations
        • Assoc: (HURRY)走/RUN The current general word for running is zǒu 走 (ant. bù 步 "go along without running").
        • Assoc: (HURRY)驅/GALLOP Qū 驅 refers to speeding along at maximum speed by any means of transport, and the speeding along is typically construed as the action of the driver, not of the horses pulling the convenance.
        • Assoc: (HURRY)騁/HURRY