COLOURFUL    斑駁

MIXED in COLOURS in DIFFERENT PARTS.
MULTICOLOURED VARIEGATED
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Bān 斑 can be used to describe anything as being of more than one colour. 2. Bó 駁 (ant. chún 純 "pure") refers to distinct variety in colour as a positive feature. But see also MIXED.
Modern Chinese Criteria
斑駁 is the currrent modern word for something motley or variegated. 五彩 彩色 花 彩 印花 雜色 五顏六色 五色繽紛 花花綠綠 花團錦簇 萬紫千紅 奼紫嫣紅 紅紅綠綠 大紅大綠 斑斕 五色斑斕 光怪陸離 斑駁 斑駁陸離 花花搭搭 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • MIXED　INTENSELY TOGETHER AND DIFFICULT to SEPARATE. (anc: 10/0, child: 1)
  • TOGETHER　ALL of a set IN the SAME PLACE OR TIME. (anc: 9/0, child: 3)
  • ALL　COMMON so that of NONE NOT. (anc: 8/0, child: 6)
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    • Words (7 items)

    駁  bó OC: praawɡ MC: pɣɔk 3 Attributions

    Bó 駁 (ant. chún 純 "pure") refers to distinct variety in colour as a positive feature. But see also MIXED.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 純/PURE The standard general term for purity is chún 純 (ant. zá 雜 "mixed").

      Syntactic words
    • vadNpiebald 駁馬
    • viSHI 156, CC518, ZZ 21.789: dappled, piebald (of horses); ZZ 33.1350: ununified/contradictory
    縟繡  rù xiù MC: nyowk sjuwH OC: njoɡ sɯwɡs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe spectacularly colourfulCH
    楚  chǔ OC: skhraʔ MC: ʈʂhi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadNcolourful and beautiful (as customary in the state of Chu) 楚服
    夏  xià OC: ɡraaʔ MC: ɦɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmZHOULI: the various colours
    尨  máng OC: mrooŋ MC: mɣɔŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNvariegated
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe spectacularly colourfulCH
    斑  bān OC: praan MC: pɣan 0 Attributions

    Bān 斑 can be used to describe anything as being of more than one colour.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNmulticoloured
    • vibe multicoloured, be variegated