LIKE    寧取

DESIRE INTENSELY so as to TEND to CHOOSE.
LIKE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general words expressing preference is ài 愛, but the notion is often hard to distinguish from a preferential desire, and for the semantically closely related hào 好 see DESIRE. 2. Nìng 寧 refers to subjective general preference. 3. Bù rú 不如 refers to objective preferability "one should prefer to, one should rather". See also SHOULD.
Modern Chinese Criteria
愛 好 ha4o 愛慕 傾慕 喜好 xi3ha4o 喜愛 比較喜歡 傾向 情願 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH
Hyponym
  • PARTIAL　HABITUALLY PREFER something LACKING GOOD REASONS. (anc: 14/0, child: 0)
  • PREFER　LIKE MORE. (anc: 14/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • DISCARDDISPLACE something so as to VOLUNTARILY CAUSE ONESELF to LACK it.
See also
  • CHOOSETAKE OR USE THING WHILE BELIEVING that one is ABLE to TAKE OTHER THINGS.
  • TENDENCYFEATURE CAUSING a HUMAN, ANIMAL OR THING to ACT in a DEFINED way IN-SO-FAR-AS it is NOT PREVENTED by MORE STRONG CAUSES than this FEATURE.
  • LOVEINTENSE AND OFTEN PARTIAL DESIRE to be INTIMATE with a PERSON OR to POSSESS a THING.
Hypernym
  • DESIRE　GOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO ONESELF concerning the FUTURE HAVING, CONTROLLING, or ACTING:doing SOMETHING DEFINED. (anc: 12/0, child: 11)
  • FEELING　NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • REACT　CHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something. (anc: 10/0, child: 5)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    INCLINED

    pronus, in its psychological meaning refers to any inclination in general.

    proclivis tends to an inclination in a positive direction.

    propensus refers to something bad.

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 12.19

    WAHL

  • 現代漢語同義詞詞典 ( LIU SHUXIN 1987) p. 2

  • 跟我學同義詞 ( CAI SHAOWEI 2010) p. 1

  • 跟我學同義詞 ( CAI SHAOWEI 2010) p. 2

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 293

    • Words (16 items)

    好  hào OC: qhuus MC: hɑu 47 Attributions

    The general words expressing preference is ài 愛, but the notion is often hard to distinguish from a preferential desire, and for the semantically closely related hào 好 see DESIRE.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 憎/HATE Zēng 憎 (ant. ài 愛 "love") is a rather mild and lingering form of resentment directed at a person.
    • Object: 樂/MUSIC The current general term for music, including dance, is yuè 樂.
    • Object: 貨/PROPERTY Huò 貨 refers to property, particularly precious metals or jade etc, insofar as these may be traded or is considered as being a possible object for trading.
    • Contrast: 愛/LOVE The clearly dominant word referring to love is ài 愛 (ant. hèn 恨 "dislike"; rarely zēng 憎 "dislike"; and wù 惡 "hate"), and this word refers both to the feelings of love and to the expression of love in loving care for another person as well as in sexual relations. (Occasionally, the word may refer to the emotional preference that a small child feels for its parents. For this meaning see PREFER.)

      Syntactic words
    • nab.tpsychlikes, preferencesCH
    • vtoN講究; go in for; pay meticulous attention to; prefer; be particularly fond of; show a preference for
    • vtoNgradedlike (very much etc)CH
    • vtoNpassive(graded) be liked (more, very much etc.)LZ
    • vtoV[0]like to V, be fond of V-ingCH
    • vttoN1.+N2love N1 more than N2
    愛  ài OC: qɯɯds MC: ʔəi 34 Attributions

    The general words expressing preference is ài 愛, but the notion is often hard to distinguish from a preferential desire, and for the semantically closely related hào 好 see DESIRE.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 賤/HUMBLE Jiàn 賤 (ant. 貴 "objectively of high standard, but also personally and subjectively judged to deserve this high status") typically adds to the notion of objectively judged low status that of subjectively appreciated moral decrepitude.

      Syntactic words
    • nabdispositionlikes, loves, preferences; favouritism
    • v[adN]N=obja person well liked
    • vadNcraving (mentality etc)
    • vt+prep+Ngradedlove more than 法愛於民"The laws he loves more than the people"
    • vtoNactprefer in action
    • vtoNgraded愛人"like others": like
    • vtoNpsychbe especially fond of; appreciate more; like, show an emotional preference for; be psychologically more attached to (something, compared to others); sometimes specifically: have as a protegé
    著  zhuó OC: k-laɡ MC: ʈi̯ɐk 18 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychpreferential attachments, appetitive preferences
    • vtoNshow an appetitive preference for; be attached to, be focused on, cling to mod.CH
    • vtoNcausativecause to be show an appetitive preference for; cause to be attached to; cause to be tied up with
    善  shàn OC: ɡjenʔ MC: dʑiɛn 8 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Synon: 多/OFTEN Duō 多 (ant. shǎo 少 "a few times, few times") is a colourless word indicating that something is of generally frequent occurrence.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfind good, like, be fond of; be perfectly fine with, do fine with; find perfectly OK
    • vtoNPab{S}like that SDS
    好惡  hào wù OC: qhuus qaaɡs MC: hɑu ʔuo̝ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabobjectwhat one likes or dislikesCH
    • NPabgeneralised abstractpreferences, likes and dislikes
    欲惡  yù wù MC: yowk 'uH OC: k-loɡ qaaɡs 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPab{N1actpreferencesLZ
    • VPtoNto like and dislike, to preferLZ
    偏心  piān xīn OC: phen slɯm MC: phiɛn sim 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVby way of doting preference
    • VPt(oN)dote on a contextually determinate person
    愛著  ài zhuó OC: qɯɯds k-laɡ MC: ʔəi ʈi̯ɐk 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychpreferential appetitive attachments
    適  shì OC: qljeɡ MC: ɕiɛk 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • nabdispositionpreference in action
    染著  rǎn zhuó MC: nyemX trjoH OC: njomʔ ɡ-laɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)be stained by so as to show preference for
    向背  xiàng bèi OC: qhaŋs pɯɯɡs MC: hi̯ɐŋ puo̝i 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabhead towards or leave behind > preferences, likes and dislikes
    取  qǔ OC: skhoʔ MC: tshi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)make a deliberate preferential choice in favour of
    • vt+V[0]prefer to V
    先貴  xiān guì OC: sɯɯn kluds MC: sen kɨi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNgive first priority to
    作好  zuò hào MC: tsuH xawH OC: tsaaɡ qhuus 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactpursuance of one's personal tastesLZ
    利  lì OC: rids MC: li 0 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Ant: 畏/FEAR Wèi 畏 is typically a stable state of reasoned fear, typically relating those who are in authority (the etymologically related wēi 威 on which relation there is much word-play in texts like ZUO), or ghosts etc, but the word also has extended generalised uses, as in wèi sǐ 畏死 "be afraid to die".

      Syntactic words
    • vttoN1.+N2find N1 more profitable than N2
    哀  āi OC: qɯɯl MC: ʔəi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbe fond of 各哀其所生 "all are fond of what they are born from"