RAFT  竹木筏

INTENSELY SMALL AND SIMPLE SHIP in the form of a ROW of BEAMS.
Hypernym
  • SHIPVEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT on WATER.
    • VEHICLETOOL USED FOR TRAVELLING OR TRANSPORTING THINGS ACROSS LONG DISTANCES.
      • TOOLARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

COMM 32. 筏是最早的航運工具。

最初稱 “ 方 ” ，但上古文獻只做動詞，指用筏濟渡。秦以後不用。

常用 “ 桴 ” 、 “ 筏 ” ，分別是書面語與口語中竹木筏的通稱。

“ 箄（ p[U+00ē]i ） ” ，專指筏船，主要用於漢代，作軍用簡易運輸船。

“ 槎（ ch[U+00ē] ） ” ，道家入深遠仙境的竹木筏；也可作筏的泛稱。

Modern Chinese Criteria
筏子

筏

桴

木筏

木筏子

槎

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. 10.84

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 741

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方  fāng OC: paŋ MC: pi̯ɐŋ 2 AttributionsWD
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  • nraft
  • vtoNpassivebe sailed on by raft
柎泭  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC:
泭  fū OC: pho MC: phi̯o 1 AttributionWD

fū

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  • nraft
桴  fú OC: bu MC: bɨu 1 AttributionWD

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  • nsmall raft
楂  chá OC: sɡraal MC: ɖʐɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
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  • nBOWUZHI: raft used by Taoist magicians (became a common general word to refer to rafts) [正通：亦作仙槎]
筏  fá OC: bod MC: bi̯ɐt 0 AttributionsWD
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  • ncolloquial MA RONG: large raft made of bamboo
箄  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD

pái

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  • nHAN, FANG YAN, HOUHANSHU: advanced bamboo raft used for military purposes, with a ship-like structure on top
仙楂  xiān chá OC: sen sɡraal MC: siɛn ɖʐɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
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  • NP"raft of immortality", according to tradition used by the Han Taoist Yan Zun 嚴遵　TAIPINGGUANGJI 405
木  mù OC: mooɡ MC: muk 0 AttributionsWD
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  • nby synekdoche: raft

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