INSIDE 裡面內
PLACE which BE-IN:is-in ANOTHER MORE BIG PLACE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for the inside of three-dimensional objects as opposed to what is outside them is nèi 內 (ant. wài 外 ), but this word is sometimes used to refer quite generally to the insides territories and the like. There are no degrees of neì 內 : things are either inside or outside.
2. Zhōng 中 (ant. e.g. pàn 畔 "the margins"(!) cf. 江中 versus 江畔 ) typically refers to the centre of a domain and contrasts with the margins or what lies just outside that domain. There are degrees of zhōng 中 : some things may be more central, closer to the core, than others. Note that 中國 does not contrast with 外國 but with ZHOULI 遠國 or occasionally jué guó 絕國. Ancient China did not recognise foreign "states".
3. Lǐ 裡 (ant. biǎo 表 ) is rare and refers in a rather abstract way to what is inward rather than mereley outward.
4. Yāng 央 is only occasionally used to refer to the centre and is most current in the ubiquitous combination 中央 "central; the centre".
2. Zhōng 中 (ant. e.g. pàn 畔 "the margins"(!) cf. 江中 versus 江畔 ) typically refers to the centre of a domain and contrasts with the margins or what lies just outside that domain. There are degrees of zhōng 中 : some things may be more central, closer to the core, than others. Note that 中國 does not contrast with 外國 but with ZHOULI 遠國 or occasionally jué guó 絕國. Ancient China did not recognise foreign "states".
3. Lǐ 裡 (ant. biǎo 表 ) is rare and refers in a rather abstract way to what is inward rather than mereley outward.
4. Yāng 央 is only occasionally used to refer to the centre and is most current in the ubiquitous combination 中央 "central; the centre".
Modern Chinese Criteria
內
中
裡
裡面
裡邊
裡頭
裡首
以內
內部
其間
其中
之間
之內
之中
當中
中間
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
中
裡
裡面
裡邊
裡頭
裡首
以內
內部
其間
其中
之間
之內
之中
當中
中間
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Old Chinese Contrasts
Nèi 內 thus refers to the inner versus the outer ( 內臟 not 中臟 ), but note that we do have nèi xīn 內心 "the heart which is inside the body, the inner heart" as well as zhōng xīn 中心 "what is inside the heart, the core of one's heart, one's innermost heart" cf. also 中道 "mid-way". Wài yè 內業 is concerned with what is in one's three-dimenional body, not what is in the yè 業. Zhōng yè 中夜 is the middle of the yè 夜, not the yè 夜 which is in the middle of something.
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Words
中 zhōng OC: krluŋ MC: ʈuŋ 91 AttributionsWD
Zhōng 中 (ant. e.g. pàn 畔 "the margins"(!), cf. 江中 versus 江畔) typically refers to the centre of a domain and contrasts with the margins or what lies just outside that domain. There are degrees of zhōng 中: some things may be more central, closer to the core, than others. Note that 中國 does not contrast with 外國 but with ZHOULI 遠國 or occasionally jué guó 絕國. Ancient China did not recognise foreign "states".
- Word relations
- Ant: 外/OUTSIDE
The dominant word for outside is wài 外, a word with great semantic and syntactic flexibility. - Assoc: 央/INSIDE
Yāng 央 is only occasionally used to refer to the centre and is most current in the ubiquitous combination 中央 "central; the centre".
- Syntactic words
- n(post-N)the inside of the contextually determinate N
- n(post-N)placecentre; middle; the inside
- n-Nin N (中山, 中野, 中國 etc.)LZ
- n[post-N]one's ownone's insideCH
- nabfigurativepsychological inside (of a person etc)
- nadNmiddle; innermost; inner; under-(wear); inside
- nadNfigurativeinnermost (feelings etc)
- nadVinside, in one's heart, in one's mind; in my mind
- npost-.N+ZHIinside of N
- npost-.N1+N2in N1 and N2
- npost-Ninside of NCH
- npost-Nthe inside of NDS
- npost-N1.adN2inside
- npost-Nconcrete physicalthe inside of, in
- npost-Nfigurativeinside, within N (with abstract nouns)
- npost-Nplaceinside, in the middle of N 其中x
- npost-Npostpositionin; inside
- n{PLACE}adVin the middle, at the centre; on the inside
- n{PRED}.post-N+ZHIfigurativeto be within the limits of NLZ
- vibe in the centre
- vt prep Vhave one's middle or central part in V-ingLZ
- vt+prep+Nhave one's middle or central part in N
- vtoNplace oneself in the middle of (a gate)
內 nèi OC: nuubs MC: nuo̝i 58 AttributionsWD
The current general word for the inside of three-dimensional objects as opposed to what is outside them is nèi 內 (ant. wài 外), but this word is sometimes used to refer quite generally to the insides territories and the like. There are no degrees of neì 內: things are either inside or outside.
- Word relations
- Ant: 外/OUTSIDE
The dominant word for outside is wài 外, a word with great semantic and syntactic flexibility.
- Syntactic words
- n(post-N)SHI, the inside; the inner chambers; ZUO: those inside; Inside the State
- nadNfigurativeinner
- nadSin privacy; as for the situation within the family
- nadVfigurativeon the inside; inwardly, i.e. psychologically
- nfigurativewhat is psychologically inside
- nplurthose on the inside; those inside one's clan
- npost-Nthe inside of N; the inner parts of N; within N
- npost-Nfigurativethe inside
- npost-Nplaceinside; psychologically: inside, inward; often with 之inserted
- nsubj=nonhumanWHAT IS INSIDE> internal situation
- vadNwithin the family, within the household: private; within the state: internal; within the court; inner
- vadNfigurativeinner, inward (as opposed to outer, outward, merely external and physical)
- vadVinternally; within the court; within the home; on the inside; directed towards the inside
- vibe internal
- vttoN1.+prep+N2causativecause a N1 to be placed inside N2 > put N1 inside N2
納 nà OC: nuub MC: nəp
內 nèi OC: nuubs MC: nuo̝i 20 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Ant: 外/OUTSIDE
The dominant word for outside is wài 外, a word with great semantic and syntactic flexibility. - Oppos: 色/APPEARANCE
Sè 色 (ant. xīn 心 "real inner feelings") is external appearance, particular facial expression, expressive of or productive of feeling. Thus hǎo sè 好色 is the kind of appearance which, being attractive, causes men to feel attracted. Hào sè 好色 "love beautiful women" involves a different meaning of the word: "female beauty; sex". [SIGNIFICANT+], [VOLUNTARY!]
- Syntactic words
- n(post-N)the inside of the contextually determinate NCH
- n(post-N1.)[adN2]something outside the contextually determinate N1CH
- nadVinternally; on the insideTWH
- npost-.N ZHIinside of NCH
- npost-Nindefiniteall within NVK
- vt(oN)philosophicalbe internal to the mind ; be endogenic (and not an external matter/exogenic)CH
- vtoNcausativecause to be inside> keep inside (and not let someone go)
裡 Click here to add pinyin OC: MC: 16 AttributionsWD
Lǐ 裡 (ant. biǎo 表) is rare and refers in a rather abstract way to what is inward rather than mereley outward.
- Word relations
- Ant: 表/OUTSIDE
Biǎo 表 refers to the outside of something as surface part of what it is the outside of. - Ant: 外/OUTSIDE
The dominant word for outside is wài 外, a word with great semantic and syntactic flexibility.
- Syntactic words
- nthe inside (versus biǎo 表)
- npost-Ninside of N
- npost-Nfigurativeinside of N (N=abstract)
中央 zhōng yāng OC: krluŋ qaŋ MC: ʈuŋ ʔi̯ɐŋ 8 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadNcentral
- NPfigurativecenter
- NPfigurativethe in-between realm
間 jiān OC: kreen MC: kɣɛn 6 AttributionsWD
Yú 於 "in, at" can sometimes come to be used in an extended figurative meaning "among". [[RARE]]; [vtpostV]
- Syntactic words
- npost-Nplaceinside; among 之間
入 rù OC: njub MC: ȵip 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabeventin internal affairs
- vadVinside
- vt+prep+Nfigurativefall within the range of NLZ
- vtoNget inside of NDS
閒 jiān MC: kean OC: kreen 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- npost-.N+ZHI= jian1 間: in, within, inside of NLZ
上 shàng OC: ɡljaŋs MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- npost-N(abstractly) inside
裏 lǐ OC: ɡ-rɯʔ MC: lɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nthe inside
許 xǔ OC: hŋaʔ MC: hi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
lǐ xǔ
- Syntactic words
- NPpro.postVtinside
央 yāng OC: qaŋ MC: ʔi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
Yāng 央 is only occasionally used to refer to the centre and is most current in the ubiquitous combination 中央 "central; the centre".
- Word relations
- Assoc: 中/INSIDE
Zhōng 中 (ant. e.g. pàn 畔 "the margins"(!), cf. 江中 versus 江畔) typically refers to the centre of a domain and contrasts with the margins or what lies just outside that domain. There are degrees of zhōng 中: some things may be more central, closer to the core, than others. Note that 中國 does not contrast with 外國 but with ZHOULI 遠國 or occasionally jué guó 絕國. Ancient China did not recognise foreign "states".
- Syntactic words
- nthe centre
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