DYE    染

CAUSE to CHANGE so as to HAVE a DEFINED COLOUR.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for dyeing something is rǎn 染 "to dye".
Modern Chinese Criteria
染 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • CAUSE TO　MOVE in SUCH a way that THEREFORE someone or something else CHANGES. (anc: 11/0, child: 18)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 6.39

  • 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. 107A

    • Words (2 items)

    染  rǎn OC: njomʔ MC: ȵiɛm 20 Attributions

    The current general word for dyeing something is rǎn 染 "to dye".

      Syntactic words
    • nabactdyeing
    • nabact"dyeing"
    • vadNdyed
    • vadNfigurativedyed > conteminated; tainted
    • viactdye things
    • vtoNdye
    • vtoNfigurativebe "dyed", i.e. positively influences by
    • vtoNfigurativebe dyed by > be contaminated by > be distorted by
    • vtoNpassivebe dyed; be made dirty
    • vttoN1.+N2dye (something N1) in (something N2)
    涅  niè OC: m-liiɡ MC: net 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)dye the contextually determinate object black
    • vtoNdye black