MOUNTAIN BROOK    溪水

SMALL RIVER IN VALLEY.
黄金貴:古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006
Modern Chinese Criteria
溪澗 山澗 溪流 溪 澗 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Hypernym
  • RIVER MUCH ASSEMBLED FLOWING WATER as PART OF LANDSCAPE. (anc: 7/0, child: 3)
  • WATER INTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA. (anc: 6/0, child: 10)
  • LIQUID SUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW. (anc: 5/0, child: 9)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.36

  • Words (4 items)

      hè OC: qhaaɡ MC: hɑk 6 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 溝/CANAL The most general current word for a man-made ditch or canal of any kind is gōu 溝. The word is often used to refer specifically to a large canal.

      Syntactic words
    • ngully, brook; (often dirty) ditch
    谿  xī OC: khee MC: khei
      xī OC: khee MC: khei 3 Attributions

      Word relations

      Syntactic words
    • nmountain stream; gully, ravine
      jiàn OC: kraans MC: kɣan 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ngorge
      liù MC: ljuwH OC: b-rus 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nbrookCH