BEWITCH    施魔

DAMAGE USING SUPERNATURAL METHODS.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for bewitchment through supernatural obnoxious influences is gǔ 蠱.
Modern Chinese Criteria
施魔 is the current modern word for bewitching. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • SHAMANADULT HUMAN whose WORK is to COMMUNICATE with DEITIES so as to SERVE OTHER HUMANS. 
  • SEXYBEAUTIFUL so as to CAUSE OTHERS TO TEND to DESIRE to COPULATE WITH ONE.
Hypernym
  • DAMAGE　CHANGE so as to CAUSE TO BECOME MORE BAD. (anc: 10/0, child: 8)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • EVENT　REALITY that ARISES in TIME. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)

Words (1 items)

蠱  gǔ OC: kaaʔ MC: kuo̝ 6 Attributions

The standard word for bewitchment through supernatural obnoxious influences is gǔ 蠱.

    Word relations
  • Object: 禦 / 御/FEND OFF The current general word for keeping someone or something at a distance or hindering an advance against one is yù 禦/御.
  • Assoc: 巫/SHAMAN The general word for a shaman is wū 巫, and although this word was perceived to refer specifically to female shamans.
  • Assoc: 惑/CONFUSED The standard general word for any kind of confusion is huò 惑 (ant. qīng 清 "be unconfused and clear").

    Syntactic words
  • nabactbewitchment, outside noxious influences (typically diseases) brought upon one by others
  • vadVdue to bewitchment
  • vtoNbewitch and thereby deceive; keep in a state of delusion