ADVANCE 前進進
WALK FORWARD.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard general word for physically going or moving forward is jìn 進 (ant. tuì 退 "withdraw backwards").
[GENERAL]
2. Qián 前 (ant. hòu 後 "move backwards") refers to the movement forward and into the position in front of someone.
[SPECIFIC]
Modern Chinese Criteria
邁進
行進
躍進
進
上
向前
往前
進發
first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH/
Words
進 jìn OC: tsins MC: tsin 53 AttributionsWD
The standard general word for physically going or moving forward is jìn 進 (ant. tuì 退 "withdraw backwards"). >>GENERAL
- Word relations
- Ant: 卻/WITHDRAW
Què 卻(ant. qián 前 "move forward") refers to backing off, often under pressure, and typically for a shorter distance, and usually the immediate purpose of the withdrawal is not that of returning to one's point of departure but to get out of a confrontation. - Ant: 退/WITHDRAW
The current general word for withdrawing from somewhere is tuì 退 (ant. jìn 進 "move forwards"), and the withdrawal can be over a short or a long distance, often with the purpose of returning to one's point of departure. - Assoc: 趨 / 趣/HURRY
qū - Oppos: 止/REST
- Syntactic words
- vi[0]imperativestep forward!CH
- viactmove forward, step forward, come forward
- viderivedprotruding (XUN - but possibly a loan for jun4 峻)LZ
- vifigurativeto go ahead and take office; to rise in rank; to move ahead in public service
- vt(oN)causativecause the contextually determinate N to advance; cause the contextually determinate N to take the leading position
- vtoNadvance along
- vtoNinvite to step forwardCH
- vtoNcausativecause to move into the foregroundCH
- vtoNiussiveCAUSE TO MOVE FORWARD> send forward
前 qián OC: dzeen MC: dzen 6 AttributionsWD
Qián 前 (ant. hòu 後 "move backwards") refers to the movement forward and into the position in front of someone. >>SPECIFIC
- Syntactic words
- viactmove forward; step forward
- viimperativemove forward!
- viprocessmove forward (e.g. of one's dress)
躋 jī OC: MC: tsei 6 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vichangeascend> advance
前進 qián jìn OC: dzeen tsins MC: dzen tsin 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiactmove forward and present oneself
向前 xiàng qián OC: qhaŋs dzeen MC: hi̯ɐŋ dzen 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPiactstep forward
當前 dàng qián MC: tangH dzen OC: taaŋs dzeenCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)figurativestep up to to N so as to face up toCH
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