DRAIN  陰溝

TUBE THROUGH which RAIN WATER FLOWS FROM the ROOF.
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Hypernym
  • TUBEINTENSELY LONG HOLE which has THIN WALLS.
    • HOLEEMPTY SPACE in a SURFACE.
      • SPACEWhat ALL THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
        • BE INRELATION between a THING AND what that THING FILLS OR PART:partially FILLS....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The whole system of rainwater drainage from eaves down to the hole in the ground receiving the water, including the shuǐ cáo 水槽 along which the water is descending, is called liù 霤.

2. Dòu 竇 refers specifically to the hole in the ground designed to receive water.

NB: Dī shuǐ 滴水 is a post-Han term (MING) for the tile especially designed to receive the water.

Modern Chinese Criteria
陰溝

暗溝

滲溝

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

Words

霤  liù OC: b-rus MC: lɨu 3 Attributions

The whole system of rainwater drainage from eaves down to the hole in the ground receiving the water, including the shuǐ cáo 水槽 along which the water is descending, is called liù 霤.

    Syntactic words
  • ndrainage system including particularly the impluvium, hole in the ground to collect the water dripping from the roof
竇  dòu OC: ɡ-looɡs MC: du 2 Attributions

Dòu 竇 refers specifically to the hole in the ground designed to receive water.

    Syntactic words
  • nZUO: drain; the drains in a city wall
水竇  shuǐ dòu OC: qhjulʔ ɡ-looɡs MC: ɕi du 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPdrain
滴水  dī shuǐ OC: k-leeɡ qhjulʔ MC: tek ɕi 0 Attributions

Dī shuǐ 滴水 is a post-Han term (MING) for the tile especially designed to receive the water.

    Syntactic words

Existing SW for

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