FURNITURE  家具

ARTEFACTS OFTEN PRODUCED USING TIMBER OR BAMBOO FOR CAUSING ROOMS to BECOME APPROPRIATE DWELLINGS.
FURNISHINGSFITTINGSMOVABLESAPPOINTMENTSEFFECTSLAW CHATTELSINFORMAL STUFFTHINGS
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  • LAMP　SMALL FURNITURE USED FOR SPREADING LIGHT.
    • CANDLE　SIMPLE SMALL LAMP in the form of a STICK of WAX AND a WICK.
  • SEAT　PLACE OR FURNITURE FOR SITTING ON.
  • TABLE　FURNITURE with a FLAT PLANK SUPPORTED by LEGS, TYPICALLY USED FOR PLACING FOOD FOR EATING ETC..
    • ALTAR　TABLE OR PLATFORM on which to ACT>perform RITUALS ADDRESSED to DEITIES. 
  • BED　FURNITURE ON which one SLEEPS.
    • CRADLE　INTENSELY SMALL BED FOR BABIES.
  • CHAIR　FURNITURE USED FOR SITTING on.
    • BENCH　BIG CHAIR for SITTING OR LEANING on.
      Old Chinese Criteria
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      Modern Chinese Criteria
      家具

      家什

      木器

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

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 7.41

      • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 293

      • Histoire des moeurs ( POIRIER 1991) p. 1.1074

      Words

      家具  jiā jù OC: kraa ɡos MC: kɣɛ gi̯o 1 AttributionWD
      • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 180

        glossed as“家用什物，不專指木器類。”

        孟郊《借車》詩：“借者載家具，家具少於車。”

        《盧氏雜說》（廣記 fasc. 204)：“時法師文淑為入內大德，一日得罪流之，弟子入內收拾院中籍入家具輩，猶作法師講聲。”

        Syntactic words
      • NPequipment in a house; kitchen utensils; furniture ??

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