OBTAIN    得到得

BEGIN to HAVE.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general and highly abstract verb for obtaining any form of possession of anything abstract or concrete is dé 得 (ant. shī 失 "lose inadvertently"). 2. Obtaining something through effort and often with an element of choice involved is qǔ 取 (ant. qì 棄 "choose to reject"). 3. Obtaining something that tries to escape or is otherwise hard to get is huò 獲 (ant. wáng 亡 "miss out on, fail to get"). 4. Getting something which one has had before is fǎn 反.
Modern Chinese Criteria
取得 得到 獲得 博得 贏得 獲致 獲取 博取 弄到 搞到 撈到 收獲 到手 奪得 奪取 得 取 獲 抱 博 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • LEARN　OBTAIN KNOWLEDGE, TYPICALLY by STUDY. (anc: 15/0, child: 0)
  • TAKE　OBTAIN a THING OFTEN by REMOVING it from its PLACE OR OWNER so as to HAVE it ONESELF. (anc: 15/0, child: 10)
  • BUY　OBTAIN BY PAYING a PRICE FOR something. (anc: 15/0, child: 0)
  • INHERIT　OBTAIN something from a PARENT OR ANCESTOR AFTER that PARENT'S OR ANCESTOR'S DEATH. (anc: 15/0, child: 0)
  • FIND　OBTAIN something OFTEN:typically something DIFFICULT to OBTAIN by SEEKING for it. (anc: 15/0, child: 1)
See also
  • ARRESTCATCH and in so doing OBEY a COMMAND of a GOVERNMENT, a LAW, OR a SUPERIOR
  • REACHAPPROACH so as to BECOME:come to be IN A CERTAIN PLACE.
  • ACHIEVECOMPLETE a DIFFICULT ACT.
Hypernym
  • BEGIN　ENDURINGLY STOP NOT to ACT OR to BE RESEMBLING:as in the PAST. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
  • STOP　ACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION. (anc: 12/0, child: 10)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.16

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.32

  • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 596©

    OBTINERE est rem cupitam consequi; quod si fiat seqvendo, dicitur Assequi; si qvaerendo, Acquirere, si precibus, Exorare; casu et fortuna, Obtingere; qvomodocunqve, Nancisci et adipisci; ad re utendum fruendum, Potiri.

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    OBTAIN

    nancisci is to reach or obtain an object without trouble, sometimes even against one's wish, to light upon.

    adipisci is to reach or obtain something by considerable exertion, as an achievement.

    consequi refers to the getting or reaching something as the object of one's wish, with or without o氟side assistance.

    assequi refers to reaching or getting something as the object of one's endeavours, by means of considerable exertion.

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p.

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 83

    • Words (23 items)

    得  dé OC: tɯɯɡ MC: tək 146 Attributions

    The current general and highly abstract verb for obtaining any form of possession of anything abstract or concrete is dé 得 (ant. shī 失 "lose inadvertently").

      Word relations
    • Result: 欲 / 慾/DESIRE The dominant standard word is yù 欲 (ant. fú 弗 "refused to, would not") which refers to any concrete - and typically temporary - intention or desire of any kind, irrespective how strongly motivated it is. 欲戰 "wants to fight".
    • Result: 搜/SEEK Sōu 搜 refers to the conduct of a searching campaign of some size, typically for a person.
    • Result: 求/SEEK The current general word for trying to find or get something is qiú 求.
    • Ant: 亡/LOSE Wà2ng 亡 (ant. yǒu 有 "have") refers to the the disappearance or loss of property, what one has control of or owns, not to the loss of e.g. parts of the body.
    • Ant: 除/AVOID Chú 除 refers to the avoidance or removal of something that is perceived as posing a powerful threat. See REMOVE [CAUSATIVE], [DELIBERATE]; [[DERIVED]]
    • Ant: 喪/LOSE Sàng 喪 (ant. dé 得 "get") is to lose something or someone dear to one or close to one, including objects of "inalienable possession", either momentarily for a time, or permanently.
    • Ant: 失/LOSE The dominant general word for to lose is shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get") which refers to any disappearance of something which belonged to one in any sense, but the emphasis tends to be on the loss being the result of a mistake rather than mere insouciance.
    • Object: 天意/PLAN
    • Object: 道/METHOD Dào 道 is a way of being, of functioning, as well as a way of doing things, and this Way may be either exoteric or esoteric.
    • Contrast: 取/OBTAIN Obtaining something through effort and often with an element of choice involved is qǔ 取 (ant. qì 棄 "choose to reject").
    • Contrast: 致/ACHIEVE Zhì 致 refers specifically to remarkable successful action, typically on others' behalf. [ALTRUISTIC], [DIFFICULT]; [VERB]
    • Contrast: 被/RECEIVE Bèi 被 refers to being the recipient of benefits or enjoying things passively as benefits.
    • Oppos: 貪/GREEDY The current abstract term for an exaggerated desire for the possession of things of all kinds is tān 貪 (ant. lián 廉 "morally pure and ungreedy").

      Syntactic words
    • nabactconquest of
    • nabobjectgainCH
    • vt(oN)obtain the contextually determinate N
    • vt[oN]obtain things; get; gainDS
    • vtoN obtain; get hold of, find (what one is looking for); manage to find (one's proper place)
    • vtoNmanage to obtain the service ofCH
    • vtoN.-V[0]obtain N in order to V
    • vtoNabfigurativeobtain (abstract things like the Way etc), acquire features
    • vtoNgradedobtain more NLZ
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: obtain (mathematical result)
    • vtoNpassivebe obtained> be at hand; be got hold of
    • vtpost-V.adN{OBJ}V-ly obtainable N
    • vttoN1.+N2get N1 from N2LZ
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2get N1 from N2
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2psychfind N1 in (oneself)
    取  qǔ OC: skhoʔ MC: tshi̯o 39 Attributions

    Obtaining something through effort and often with an element of choice involved is qǔ 取 (ant. qì 棄 "choose to reject").

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 得/OBTAIN The current general and highly abstract verb for obtaining any form of possession of anything abstract or concrete is dé 得 (ant. shī 失 "lose inadvertently").
    • Synon: 收/OBTAIN
    • Synon: 致/ACHIEVE Zhì 致 refers specifically to remarkable successful action, typically on others' behalf. [ALTRUISTIC], [DIFFICULT]; [VERB]
    • Oppos: 捨 / 舍/DISCARD Shě 捨/舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactobtaining, grasping after (things one would like to have)
    • vt(oN)obtain the contextually determinate object
    • vt[oN]obtain things
    • vtoNobtain (something desirable), gain, win; manage to take over occasionally: get as far as (100 miles)
    • vtoNobtain to have in one's legitimate keeping or to legitimately consume it (XUN)LZ
    • vtoNfigurativeobtain (e.g. gratitude etc)
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    • vtoNnegativelegitimately obtain as an adverse affect of one's behaviour, be legitimately afflicted by (XUN)LZ
    • vtoNpassivebe obtainedLZ
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2get N1 from N2
    獲  huò OC: ɢʷreeɡ MC: ɦɣɛk 38 Attributions

    Obtaining something that tries to escape or is otherwise hard to get is huò 獲 (ant. wáng 亡 "miss out on, fail to get").

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)obtain the contextually determinate thing
    • vt[oN]obtain loot; get things one was aiming to get
    • vtoNobtain through effort, get hold of
    • vtoNabobtain
    • vtoNpassivebe caught
    • vtoV[0]get a chance to VCH
    收  shōu OC: qjiw MC: ɕɨu 10 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Synon: 取/OBTAIN Obtaining something through effort and often with an element of choice involved is qǔ 取 (ant. qì 棄 "choose to reject").

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNget back, obtain again what has belonged to one or what what properly should take
    • vtoNderivedrecoverCH
    • vtoNpassivebe obtained back, be got back; be recovered
    致  zhì OC: k-liɡs MC: ʈi 4 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Result: 求/SEEK The current general word for trying to find or get something is qiú 求.
    • Contrast: 獲/OBTAIN Obtaining something that tries to escape or is otherwise hard to get is huò 獲 (ant. wáng 亡 "miss out on, fail to get").

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfigurativereach or obtain
    • vtoNpassivebe achieved or obtainedCH
    據  jù OC: klas MC: ki̯ɤ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNlay hold of
    反  fǎn OC: panʔ MC: pi̯ɐn 3 Attributions

    Getting something which one has had before is fǎn 反.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNget back, recover
    • vtoNpassivebe got back, be obtained again 可反
    受  shòu OC: djuʔ MC: dʑɨu 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNobtain (fame etc) get (something desirable that is given to one)
    逮得  dài dé OC: ɡ-lɯɯds tɯɯɡ MC: dəi tək 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativeobtain
    獲得  huò dé OC: ɢʷreeɡ tɯɯɡ MC: ɦɣɛk tək 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)resultativeget hold of
    • VPtoNobtain
    有  yǒu OC: ɢʷɯʔ MC: ɦɨu 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdeserve to obtainCH
    • vtoNinchoativeobtain (a good harvest etc)
    所得  suǒ dé OC: sqraʔ tɯɯɡ MC: ʂi̯ɤ tək 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNobtained
    入  rù MC: nyip OC: njub 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNobtain to as to enter into one's holdingsCH
    反收  fǎn shōu OC: panʔ qjiw MC: pi̯ɐn ɕɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNget back, establish again
    追  zhuī OC: krlul MC: ʈi 1 Attribution

    Zhuī 追 refers to the attempt to obtain something.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfigurativefind
    據有  jù yǒu MC: kjoH hjuwX OC: klas ɢʷɯʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativelay hold of and keep control ofCH
    云  yún OC: ɢun MC: ɦi̯un 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpassiveget
    還得  huán dé OC: ɡʷraan tɯɯɡ MC: ɦɣan tək 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNregain, get back
    徵  zhēng OC: tɯŋ MC: ʈɨŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNobtain
    德  dé MC: tok OC: tɯɯɡLZ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabgeneric, plural(= 得) types of obtainingLZ
    求得  qiú dé OC: ɡu tɯɯɡ MC: gɨu tək 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)resultativelook for successfully
    擠取  jǐ qǔ OC: tsiils skhoʔ MC: tsei tshi̯o 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativeobtain by squeezing
    贏  yíng MC: yeng OC: leŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNobtainCH