MOON  月亮月

STAR INTENSELY NEAR TO, AND MOVING ROUND, the EARTH.
Hypernym
  • STARVISIBLE THING IN the NIGHT SKY LACKING CLOUDS.
    • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
See also
  • MONTHPERIOD of APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS into which the YEAR is DIVIDED.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current word for the moon is yuè 月.

    2. Wàng 望 refers to the full moon.

    3. Xián 弦 refers to the half full moon.



    The early terminology of the phases of the moon are a highly controversial subject. See MONTH

    黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    ASTRONOMY 2.

    月，產生時代最早，從古至今最為常用，通稱。

    陰，受陰陽觀念影響而產生，與 “ 陽 ” 指 “ 太陽 ” 伴生，較少使用。

    娥、蟾、兔，指 “ 月亮 ” 都與古代神話傳說有關。

    魄，指 “ 月亮 ” 源於古人的 “ 魂魄 ” 觀念，書面色彩較濃。

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    月亮

    月球

    月

    陰

    太陰

    素娥

    嫦娥

    玉兔

    金兔

    白兔

    顧兔

    月宮

    蟾宮

    嬋娟

    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. 1.53

    • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 224

      Mond:

    • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 774

      Mond:

    • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.199

    • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 4

    Words

    月  yuè OC: ŋod MC: ŋi̯ɐt 6 Attributions

    The current word for the moon is yuè 月.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 明/BRIGHT The general term for what appears luminous or bright in the broadest sense of these terms is míng 明 (ant. àn 暗 "dark" and yǐn 隱 "dark"), a word heavily laden with religious overtones.

      Syntactic words
    • nthe moon
    • n{PRED}be the moon;
    • n{PRED}figurativesymbolise the moon
    弦  xián OC: ɡeen MC: ɦen 1 Attribution

    Xián 弦 refers to the half full moon.

      Syntactic words
    • nhalf-full moon
    • vibe half full (of moon)CH
    望  wàng OC: maŋs MC: mi̯ɐŋ
    望  (wáng) OC: maŋ MC: mi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions

    Wàng 望 refers to the full moon.

      Syntactic words
    • nfull moon
    半月  bàn yuè OC: paans ŋod MC: pʷɑn ŋi̯ɐt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPhalf-moon
    明月  míng yuè OC: mraŋ ŋod MC: mɣaŋ ŋi̯ɐt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPbright moon

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: