Taxonomy of meanings for 完:　　

  • 完 wán (OC: ɡoon MC: ɦʷɑn) 胡官切 平 廣韻：【全也 】
    • COMPLETE
      • vadNcompletely intact, in perfect shape
      • vibe completely in place
      • vtoNcausativecomplete, make complete, repair
      • vtoNpassivebe completed; be completely present, be in perfect shape; be intact
      • vadVcompletely> firmly
      • vtoNfinishgo through with
    • EXCELLENT
      • nabfeatureperfection
      • vadNXUN 1: accomplished, finished with consummate skill (as of a bird's nest)
      • vibe accomplished, be without flaws or shortcomings
    • PUNISH
      • vtoNpunish lightly by shaving someone's hair off so as to mark him off for menial punitive service
    • SAFEGUARD
      • vtoNtake complete care of, look properly after; preserve completely intact
    • WHOLE
      • vadNwhole (state etc)
    • HARD
      • BUILD
        • REPAIR
          • PAY
            • STOP
              • GATHER
                • EXHAUST
                  • SUFFICIENT
                    • DIE
                      • DISTRESS
                        • RESULTATIVE MODIFIER
                          • PLACE NAMES
                            • RIVES
                            • = 筦
                          • wánPROVIDE
                            • wèi huán gōngRULERS OF WEY
                              • NPprSTANDARD NAME: Duke Huán of Wèi (reigned 734 - 719)ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Wán 完 PARENTS: Son of >Wèi Zhuāng gōng 衛莊公 WIVES: ?CHILDREN: -

                            Additional information about 完

                            說文解字: 【完】，全也。从宀、元聲。古文以爲寬字。 【胡官切】

                              Criteria
                            • COMPLETE

                              1. The standard word for finishing a task one has undertaken is chéng 成.

                              2. Jiù 就 refers to completing a process of production of something.

                              3. Jù 具 refers to the completion of a certain course of action.

                              4. Wán 完 emphasises the state of completeness not necessarily achieved through a deliberate strategy of action.

                            • MISTAKE

                              1. The most current general word for a mistake is probably shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get things right") refers generally to an inadvertent mistake in action, and normally of minor kind.

                              2. Wù 誤 (ant. zhèng 正 "correct") typically refers quite generally to intellectual misapprehension.

                              3. Miù 謬 (ant. zhèng 正 "correct") typically refers to an intellectual misapprehension because of complete baselessness of what is being said.

                              4. Quē 闕 (ant. wán 完 "completely right") is a polite circumlocution for a superior's inadvertencies or mistakes in action..

                              5. Tè 忒 and chà 差 is an archaic word for unreglemented personal or political conduct.

                              NB: Cuò 錯 as a standard word for "mistake" is post-Han.

                            • PROVIDE

                              1. The current general word for preparing something or supplying something in good time is bèi 備, and what is thus supplied is typically part of some larger scheme.

                              2. Jù 具 refers to providing something or assuring supplies of something without much emphasis on what these things are to be used for in concrete terms.

                              3. Jǐ 給 focusses on insuring a sufficiency of supply of some basic necessity.

                              4. Wán 完 refers to the complete preparation of something without omission.

                              Word relations
                            • Contrast: (COMPLETE)成/COMPLETE The standard word for bringing anything to a successful conclusion is chéng 成.