SAFE  安全全

PEACEFUL AND NOT EASY to DAMAGE.
SECUREPROTECTEDSHIELDEDSHELTEREDGUARDEDOUT OF HARM'S WAY
Antonym
  • DANGERSITUATION BELIEVED to CONTAIN POSSIBLE SOON:imminent DAMAGE to one.
    • RISKACT so as to DELIBERATELY CAUSE ONESELF or one's PROPERTY to be in DANGER.
      Hypernym
      • PEACEFULDELIGHTFUL BECAUSE ORDERLY AND LACKING CHAOS.
        • DELIGHTINTENSELY GOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO something NOW.*The joy of the enjoyer X over something enjoyed Y.
          • FEELINGNATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND.
            • REACTCHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something....
      Hyponym
      • SECURITY　GUARANTEE OF ENDURING BASIC WELFARE of CITIZENS by the STATE.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The current general word for something being unimparied and unharmed in any way is quán 全 (ant. xiǎn 險 "imperilled").

        2. Ān 安 (ant. wēi 危 "in imminent danger") refers to a comfortable state of unimpaired safety.

        3. Gù 固 (ant.* sōng 鬆 "not right and impregnable") refers specifically to the provision of natural or military defenses against possible enemies.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        安全 / 平安

        安全 is the most general and colourless word for safety.

        穩妥 focusses on the reliablity of a typically man-made safe state.

        平穩

        安穩

        安好

        安然

        無恙

        平安 focusses on the harmoniously even and unperturbed, unruffled character of what is safe.

        安

        安康

        康寧

        一路平安

        安然無恙

        安如泰山

        安如磐石

        高枕無憂

        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

        • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.26

        • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.67

        • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

          SECURE/SAFE

          tutus refers to safety objectively, as when someone is safe.

          securus refers to safety subjectively, as when someone feels safe.

        • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 352

        • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 349

        • 現代漢語同義詞詞典 ( LIU SHUXIN 1987) p. 6

        • 跟我學同義詞 ( CAI SHAOWEI 2010) p. 6

        • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NONE

        Words

        安  ān OC: qaan MC: ʔɑn 39 AttributionsWD

        Ān 安 (ant. wēi 危 "in imminent danger") refers to a comfortable state of unimpaired safety.

          Syntactic words
        • nabstatesecurity, safetyLZ
        • vadNsafe; secure
        • vibe safe
        • vi+prep+Ncomparativebe safer than NLZ
        • vichangebecome safeLZ
        • viconcretebe stable and safe (e.g. the ground)LZ
        • vpostadVsafely??? 置本不安
        • vtoNmake secure, ensure the safety ofCH
        • vtoNbe and/or feel safe whereLZ
        • vtoNcausativeensure one's own safety
        • vtoNputative.reflex.自consider (oneself) safe
        全  quán OC: sɡon MC: dziɛn 11 AttributionsWD

        The current general word for something being unimparied and unharmed in any way is quán 全 (ant. xiǎn 險 "imperilled").

          Word relations
        • Ant: 壞/DESTROY Huài 壞 and huī 墮/隳 are "to be destroyed, to collapse" but the words are also used transitively "cause to be destroyed, cause to collapse".

          Syntactic words
        • nab(e.g. the art of) remaining unharmed
        • vadNsafe
        • vicontinuousremain complete, remain unimpaired; kept out of harm's way, remain safe; remain unharmed
        • vifigurativebe safe to maintain, be completely safely established as trueCH
        安危  ān wēi OC: qaan ŋɡrol MC: ʔɑn ŋiɛ 10 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPabfeaturerelative safety; safety or otherwise
        • VPibe safe or in danger
        固  gù OC: kaas MC: kuo̝ 9 AttributionsWD

        Gù 固 (ant.* sōng 鬆 "not right and impregnable") refers specifically to the provision of natural or military defenses against possible enemies.

          Word relations
        • Result: 守/DEFEND The standard word for defending a place is shǒu 守 (ant. gōng 攻 "attack").

          Syntactic words
        • nab.post-Nsolid safety of NCH
        • vadNwith natural impediments on all four sides, well defended on all sides
        • vadVsafely and firmly
        • vibe well defended; be safe
        • vpostadVsafely, stronglyLZ
        • vtoNcausativecause to be well protected against possible attack
        自安  zì ān OC: sblids qaan MC: dzi ʔɑn 5 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNcausativekeep oneself safe; secure one's own safety
        安全  ān quán OC: qaan sɡon MC: ʔɑn dziɛn 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPibe safe, be out of danger
        完全  wán quán OC: ɡoon sɡon MC: ɦʷɑn dziɛn 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPigo unscathed
        生  shēng OC: sraaŋ MC: ʂɣaŋ 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vadNbe designed to preserve life, safe
        安穩  ān wěn OC: qaan quunʔ MC: ʔɑn ʔuo̝n 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: safety, ease (sometimes used as description of nirvāṇa 涅槃); SANSKRIT kṣema, PALI khema

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