BLINK    眨

LOOK so as to SHUT AND OPEN one's EYES, OFTEN INVOLUNTARILY.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word is shùn 瞬, and even that word is rarely used in ancient literature. The blinking of the eye was not a favourite subject for discourse in our sources.
Modern Chinese Criteria
眨 zhǎ is a colloquial word for blinking. 眨眼 is the current modern word for blinking. 巴眨 is a colloquial modern word for blinking. 睒 (obs) is an ancient word for blinking. 眨巴 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • STARELOOK ENDURINGLY IN ONE DIRECTION
    See also
    • MOMENTPOINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME.
    • MOMENTPOINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME.
    Hypernym
    • LOOK　TRY to SEE. (anc: 13/0, child: 13)
    • TRY　ACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING. (anc: 12/0, child: 9)
    • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 311

    • Words (6 items)

    眴  xuàn OC: qhʷiins MC: hen 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactblink
    • viactsubject non-human: blinkTW
    眨眼  zhǎ yǎn OC: sproob ŋɡrɯɯnʔ MC: ʈʂɣɛp ŋɣɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+prep+Nblink at
    眴若  shùn ruò MC: sywinH nyae OC: qhʷljins njaɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVwith a blinkTW
    眨  zhǎ OC: sproob MC: ʈʂɣɛp 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • viactrare, but in SHUOWEN XINFU: blinkOccurs in 說文新附 which shows that it is a new term.
    • vtoNblink (the eye)
    瞚  shùn MC: sywinH OC: qhljuns 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • viact=瞬　blinkCH
    瞬  shùn OC: qhljuns MC: ɕʷin
    瞬  shùn OC: qjuns MC: ɕʷin 0 Attributions

    The current word is shùn 瞬, and even that word is rarely used in ancient literature. The blinking of the eye was not a favourite subject for discourse in our sources.

      Syntactic words
    • viactto wink, to blink