PAINT  粉刷塗

SMEAR USING LIQUID so as to CAUSE something TO HAVE COLOUR.
COLORAPPLY PAINT TODECORATEWHITEWASHEMULSIONGLOSSSPRAY-PAINTAIRBRUSH
Hypernym
  • SMEARCOVER the SURFACE of something USING a LIQUID.
    • COVERCONCEAL something by PUTTING something ABOVE it.
      • CONCEALCAUSE TO BECOME OBSCURE:invisible.
        • OBSCUREDARK so as to be DIFFICULT to SEE, DIFFICULT to UNDERSTAND OR STRANGE to THINK of....
See also
  • COLOURAPPEARANCE of SURFACES which REFLECT OR ISSUE LIGHT, PERCEIVED USING the EYES.
    • DEPICTPRODUCE a PICTURE of something.[CHANGE THE LABEL? "PAINT" IS ALREADY TAKEN!]
      • EMBELLISHCAUSE-TO BECOME MORE BEAUTIFUL.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        HUANG

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        粉刷

        抹面

        抹灰

        粉

        堊

        刷

        油漆

        油飾

        漆

        油

        髹

        噴漆

        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. 9.89

        • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 187

        Words

        畫  huà OC: ɢʷreeɡs MC: ɦɣɛ 6 Attributions

          Syntactic words
        • nabact(art of) painting
        • vadNpainted
        • vtoNpaint in a certain colour, decorate in a certain colour
        • vtoNiussiveorder to be painted, have painted for one
        • vtoN{PLACE}draw a mark in
        杇  wū OC: qʷlaa MC: ʔuo̝ 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNto plaster
        • vtoNpassivebe plastered
        繪  huì OC: ɡloobs MC: ɦɑi 1 Attribution

          Word relations
        • Object: 事/THING hì 事 refers to a things as a subject matter, or as an event.

          Syntactic words
        • vadNdecorated in several colours MO: 繪屨
        • vtoNrepresent pictorially
        刷  shuā OC: srood MC: ʂɣat 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNpaint
        圖  tú OC: daa MC: duo̝ 0 Attributions

          Syntactic words
        • vtoNmake a diagram/picture of
        堊  è OC: qaaɡ MC: ʔɑk 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNplaster with white plaster
        塗  tú OC: laa MC: duo̝
        涂  tú OC: laa MC: duo̝ 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNcover with thick liquid, or mud, plaster
        塓  mì OC: meeɡ MC: mek 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNZHUANG: paint
        墐  jìn OC: ɡrɯns MC: gin 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNsmear with mud and straw
        鏝  màn OC: moons MC: mʷɑn 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNpaint
        黛  dài OC: lɯɯɡs MC: dəi 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vito pencil the eyebrows

        Existing SW for

        Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: