SWEEP    打掃

REMOVE DUST USING a BROOM.
BRUSHCLEANSCRUBWIPEMOPDUSTSCOURINFORMAL DO
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for sweeping as a cleaning routine in the house is sǎo 掃／埽, and this process commonly involved the sprinkling of the area to be swept with water, a process called xǐ 灑／洒. 2. Shuā 刷 refers to sweeping away something with a small brush. 3. Fèn 拚 seems to have been a technical ritual term for the sweeping of the area around the sitting mat.
Modern Chinese Criteria
掃 掃除 打掃 清掃 大掃除 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • BROOMINTENSELY BIG BRUSH USED FOR:in order to CAUSE ROOMS TO BECOME CLEAN.
Hypernym
  • REMOVE　DISPLACE something from where it is EXPECTED to REMAIN. (anc: 12/0, child: 4)
  • DISPLACE　CAUSE to MOVE. (anc: 11/0, child: 28)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 9.37

    • Words (5 items)

    掃  sǎo OC: sbluuʔ MC: sɑu 10 Attributions

    The standard word for sweeping as a cleaning routine in the house is sǎo 掃／埽, and this process commonly involved the sprinkling of the area to be swept with water, a process called xǐ 灑／洒.

      Syntactic words
    • nsubjectsweeper
    • viactto sweep
    • vtoNto clean by sweeping
    • vtoNobject=dirtsweep away, to clean away by sweeping
    • vtoNobject=dirtbe swept away, be swept away by a process of cleaning
    掃  sǎo OC: sbluuʔ MC: sɑu 7 Attributions

    The standard word for sweeping as a cleaning routine in the house is sǎo 掃／埽, and this process commonly involved the sprinkling of the area to be swept with water, a process called xǐ 灑／洒.

      Syntactic words
    • viactdo the sweeping with a broom
    • vtoNsweep away
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe swept clean
    拚  fèn OC: pɯns MC: pi̯un 3 Attributions

    Fèn 拚 seems to have been a technical ritual term for the sweeping of the area around the sitting mat.

      Syntactic words
    • viactdo the sweeping around a sitting mat
    • vtoNsweep (something) away, specifically around a mat
    掃除  sǎo chú OC: sbluuʔ rla MC: sɑu ɖi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativesweep away
    刷  shuā OC: srood MC: ʂɣat 1 Attribution

    Shuā 刷 refers to sweeping away something with a small brush.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNwipe away, brush away YAN 刷涕"brush away tears"
    • vtoNfigurativesweep away (shame)