TOOL 工具
ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD.
Hypernym
- ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
See also
- VEHICLETOOL USED FOR TRAVELLING OR TRANSPORTING THINGS ACROSS LONG DISTANCES.
Hyponym
- AXE TOOL OR WEAPON with a HANDLE and a BLADE, TYPICALLY for SPLITTING WOOD.
- BRIDLE TOOL PRODUCED USING ROPES, USED to DRIVE:steer HORSES.
- CHOPPING BLOCK BIG TIMBER TOOL USED FOR CUTTING THINGS ON.
- COMB TOOL USED FOR CAUSING HAIR to BECOME STRAIGHT.
- COMPASS TOOL USED to DEFINE the DIRECTIONS WITH.
- FETTERS TOOL USED to HINDER PRISONERS from MOVING FREELY.
- HAMMER TOOL which has a HEAVY METAL PART USED TO BEAT, BREAK, OR to CAUSE NAILS to ENTER TIMBER ETC..
- HOOK ROUND SHARP TOOL USED to CATCH FISH PULL OR SUSPEND THINGS. []
- LADDER A TOOL PRODUCED USING TIMBER, BAMBOO, OR ROPE, USED TO ASCEND OR DESCEND WALLS ETC..
- MOULD A TOOL which has a CONCAVE SHAPE USED FOR PRODUCING THINGS of that SHAPE.
- OAR TIMBER TOOL MOVED IN THE WATER, NOT TOUCHING THE GROUND, TO MOVE BOATS.
- PLOUGH AGRICULTURE TOOL FOR TURNING UPSIDE DOWN SOIL.
- SAW TOOL which has METAL TEETH AND is USED FOR CUTTING TIMBER.
- SCALES TOOL USED FOR WEIGHING THINGS.
- SPURS A TOOL ON RIDER'S FOOT USED FOR STEERING HORSES.
- TRAP TOOL USED FOR CATCHING ANIMALS OR HUMANS.
- VEHICLE TOOL USED FOR TRAVELLING OR TRANSPORTING THINGS ACROSS LONG DISTANCES.
- SHIP VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT on WATER....
- CHARIOT VEHICLE USED BY SOLDIERS IN WARFARE.
- CARRIAGE VEHICLE PULLED by HORSES, USED by HUMANS FOR TRAVEL.
- CART VEHICLE USED to TRANSPORT THINGS.
- PRISON VEHICLE A VEHICLE used to TRANSPORT PRISONERS.
- BARROW VEHICLE PRODUCED so as to be PUSHED by ONE HUMAN.
- PALANQUIN CHAIR CARRIED ON SHOULDERS, USING POLES.
- SLEDGE VEHICLE WHICH SLIDES ON SNOW
- WHEEL FLAT CIRCULAR TOOL WHICH CAN ROLL.
- YOKE TIMBER TOOL PLACED ON the NECK of BOVINES AND USED TO CAUSE the BOVINES to PULL something.
- FAN TOOL PRODUCED FOR MOVING AIR ACROSS one's FACE.
- SICKLE CUTTING TOOL for HARVESTING.
- CLOCK TOOL USED FOR MEASURING TIME.
- TIMEPIECE CLOCK one CARRIES.
- WRITING TOOL TOOL USED FOR WRITING.
- BRAKE TOOL USED to CAUSE A VEHICLE to STOP OR to BECOME MORE SLOW.
- LID TYPICALLY FLAT TOOL USED TO COVER the TOP of a VESSEL OR BASKET ETC..
- EATING TOOLS TOOLS USED FOR EATING.
- TABLE-FORK TOOL USED FOR EATING.
- PLATE FLAT EATING-TOOL ON which one PUTS FOOD FOR EATING.
- SPOON TOOL USED FOR EATING OR MOVING SMALL QUANTITIES of LIQUID.
- CHOPSTICKS SMALL STICKS USED FOR EATING.
- KITCHEN UTENSIL TOOLS TYPICALLY USED IN a KITCHEN.
- KNIFE SMALL WEAPON OR TOOL, HAVING ONE EDGE, USED FOR CUTTING OR STABBING....
- KEY METAL TOOL PRODUCED for USE TO OPEN a DEFINED:certain LOCK with.
- SHOVEL A spade-like TOOL, consisting of a broad blade of metal or other material (more or less hollow and often with upturned sides), attached to a handle and used for raising and removing quantities of earth, grain or other loose material.
- MACHINE COMPLEX TOOL which HAS MANY PARTS.
- NEEDLE SMALL SHARP TOOL USED FOR SEWING OR FOR PIERCING SURFACES.
- SHUTTLE TOOL USED TO MOVE THREADS WHEN WEAVING.
- ANVIL METAL TABLE as TOOL on which to PRODUCE OR CHANGE IRON TOOLS.
- BRUSH TOOL CONTAINING a HANDLE AND HAIR OR RESEMBLING THINGS FIXED ON that HANDLE.
- BROOM INTENSELY BIG BRUSH USED FOR:in order to CAUSE ROOMS TO BECOME CLEAN.
- FORK AGRICULTURAL TOOL RESEMBLING a SPADE which HAS a DIVIDED BLADE.
- HOE AGRICULTURAL TOOL. []
- HARROW AGRICULTURAL TOOL. []
- LOOM TOOL for PRODUCING CLOTH.
- MATCHES SMALL STICK of FIREWOOD USED to CAUSE something to BURN.
- SPINDLE STICK USED as a TOOL WHEN SPINNING.
- TROWEL A TOOL PRODUCED USING METAL, USED FOR PLASTERING WALLS.
- AWL AGRICULTURAL TOOL
- CARPENTER TOOL TOOL USED BY CARPENTER.
- TRAY TOOL USED TO CARRY CUPS, PLATES ETC..
- UMBRELLA TOOL USED FOR PROTECTING one AGAINST RAIN.
- INKSTONE STONE TOOL USED TO RUB INK STICKS on.
- CIRCLE-COMPASS TOOL FOR DRAWING CIRCLES.
- SPECTACLES TOOL HELP ONE to SEE APPROPRIATELY.
- MEDICAL TOOL TOOL USED FOR CURING DISEASES.
- SQUARE-TOOL
- LIGHTER TOOL USED TO CREATE FIRE FOR HOME USE.
- ANCHOR TOOL FOR FIXING THE PLACE:position of a SHIP AND BINDING it to the BOTTOM of the WATER.
- WEAPON TOOL USED FOR ATTACK OR DEFENSE IN WARFARE.
- ARMOUR DEFENSIVE WEAPONS to SAFEGUARD one's BODY IN-RELATION-TO ATTACK. ...
- AXE TOOL OR WEAPON with a HANDLE and a BLADE, TYPICALLY for SPLITTING WOOD.
- BOW WEAPON one USES to SHOOT ARROWS with.
- SWORD WEAPON RESEMBLING an INTENSELY BIG KNIFE.
- LANCE LONG SHARP WEAPON USED FOR THROWING AGAINST the ENEMY.
- FIREARM WEAPON USING GUNPOWDER to SHOOT.
- SLING WEAPON PRODUCED USING TIMBER, USED FOR THROWING SMALL STONES.
- HARPOON LANCE with STRING USED to CATCH FISH.
- MISSILE WEAPON one THROWS OR SHOOTS at an ENEMY FOR HARMING him.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
用具
器
器具
傢伙
家什
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.
9.422 - 中華古代文化辭典 Zhonghua gudai wenhua cidian
(
QIAN YULIN 1996)
p.
218-237 Basic traditional implement terminology simply explained.
- 王力古漢語字典
(
WANG LI 2000)
p.
485 器,械
1. WL presents the received opinion that qi4 器 always refers to containers. This is clearly not so: 百工之銳器 does not refer to containers. Examples of this sort abound.
- A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms
(
T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004)
p.
no. 7 - Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung
(
FRANKE 1989)
p.
100A
Words
規矩 guī jǔ OC: kʷe kʷaʔ MC: kiɛ ki̯o 34 Attributions
compass and square
- Syntactic words
- NPcompass and square
器 qì OC: khrɯds MC: khi 21 Attributions
The general word for a tool for use of any kind is qì 器, but the primary meaning of the word remains "container, vessel". (For complex mechanical tools see CONTRAPTION.)
- Word relations
- Inconsist: 君子/GENTLEMAN
Jūn zǐ 君子 can focus on nobility of birth and social status. - Assoc: 械/MACHINE
The general term for any mechanical device, especially any such device used in weaponry, is xiè 械. - Assoc: 用/TOOL
- Syntactic words
- nobject for use by someone; instrument, (agricultural) tool; appurtenance (used in dance and music, or in warfare);
- nfigurative(mere) tool; (abstract) instrument>method
- ngadgetgadget, artefact
- viactact as a tool
- vtoNattitudinaltreat as a tool only (not as an independent agent)
具 jù OC: ɡos MC: gi̯o 8 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nimplements; necessary equipment; necessary tools
- nabfigurativeabstract instrument(s); (abstract) tools; necessary meansLZ
器械 qì xiè OC: khrɯds ɡrɯɯɡs MC: khi ɦɣɛi 8 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NP{N1=N2}nonreferentialcontraptions of all kinds
備用 bèi yòng MC: bijH yowngH OC: brɯɡs k-loŋsLZ 5 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPtoolsLZ
用 yòng OC: k-loŋs MC: ji̯oŋ 4 Attributions
- Word relations
- Assoc: 器/TOOL
The general word for a tool for use of any kind is qì 器, but the primary meaning of the word remains "container, vessel". (For complex mechanical tools see CONTRAPTION.)
- Syntactic words
- nutensils, useful tools
- nabcollectiveset of things needed
器用 qì yòng OC: khrɯds k-loŋs MC: khi ji̯oŋ 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPhousehold goods, tools; sacrificial tools of all kinds
械用 xiè yòng MC: heajH yowngH OC: ɡrɯɯɡs k-loŋsLZ 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPutensilsLZ
備 bèi OC: brɯɡs MC: bi 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nmpluralnecessary prerequisites; convenient necessary means; convenient provisions
楔 xiē OC: sqeed MC: set 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nwedge which is inserted between the teeth of a corpse
- vtoNto insert a wedge between (the teeth of a corpse)
橐 tuó OC: thaaɡ MC: thɑk 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nfire-blowing bellows
隱栝 yǐn kuò OC: qɯnʔ kood MC: ʔɨn kʷɑt 2 Attributions
yǐnkuò
- Syntactic words
- ninstrument for bending wood to make nice round shapes
樞機 shū jī MC: tsyhu kj+j OC: khjo kɯlCH 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPfigurativeeffective toolsCH
鉗 qián OC: ɡram MC: giɛm 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- ntongs
銶 qiú OC: ɡu MC: gɨu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nchisel
連架 lián jià OC: b-ren kraals MC: liɛn kɣɛ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPadVagriculturewith a flail
- NPagricultureflail; tool with a long handle and a series of evenly distributed spikes made of bamboo or wood; used for trashing corn, etc. (usually written 連枷 or 連耞); in ancient China the word was also used for a torture instrument capable of torturing more than one person at the same time
檠 qíng MC: gjaeng OC: ɡreŋCH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nstraightening frame for bowsCH
械器 xiè qì MC: heajH khijH OC: ɡrɯɯɡs khrɯdsLZ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPtools of any kindLZ
鑿 záo 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- ndrill; chisel?CH
槔 gāo MC: -- OC: kuuCH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nwellsweepCH
子 zǐ OC: sklɯʔ MC: tsɨ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- npost-V梳子 "instrument used for combing"
盤 pán OC: baan MC: bʷɑn 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- ntray (a 盤 made of wood or metal)
鑽 zuàn OC: tsoons MC: tsʷɑn
鑽 zuān OC: tsoon MC: tsʷɑn 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- na drill
車 chē OC: khlja MC: tɕhɣɛ
車 jū OC: kla MC: ki̯ɤ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nmachine, tool or instrument which involves wheels
Click here to add pinyin MC: OC: CH 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPfigurativeeffective toolsCH
Existing SW for
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