TURN BACK  回還

WALK IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION one was WALKING, TYPICALLY INTENDing to RETURN. 
GO BACKCOME BACKCOME HOME
Hypernym
  • WALKMOVE across the FLOOR>ground USING one's LEGS.
    • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
      • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
        • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME....
See also
  • RETURNTRAVEL to a PLACE FROM which one COMES.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    The standard word for changing direction and turning to one side is huán 還. 馬還 "the horses turn round" contrasts with tuì 退 "withdraw" in that there is no focus on the turning round in tui 退, and no ultimate aim of the withdrawal is envisaged.

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    Modern Chinese Criteria
    退還

    回還

    THIS NEEDS CAREFUL ATTENTION: THERE MUST BE BETTER WORDS.

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      Words

      還  huán OC: ɡʷraan MC: ɦɣan 145 AttributionsWD

      The standard word for changing direction and turning to one side is huán 還. 馬還 "the horses turn round contrasts with tuì 退 "withdraw" in that there is no focus on the turning round in tui 退, and no ultimate aim of the withdrawal is envisaged.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 走/FLEE The current general word for illicit disappearance from where one has some obligation to remain is zǒu 走.

        Syntactic words
      • vi-Vturn back so as to V
      • viactturn to one side, make a detour; veer to one side; turn round again
      • viactmake an about turn and withdraw, turn back, head back; turn round in order to withdraw or return to where one comes from, or retrace one's steps
      • vtoNturn so as to make a loop round so as to avoid entering
      反  fǎn OC: panʔ MC: pi̯ɐn 5 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • viactturn back
      • vtoNturn back to (taking a new direction towards the old)
      • vtoNfigurativerevert to (old ways etc), turn back toCH
      周旋  zhōu xuán OC: tjɯw sɢlon MC: tɕɨu ziɛn 5 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPido one's ritual turnsCH
      • VPiact(of horses, in court ritual) do one's correct turns
      嶲  suǐ OC: slolʔ MC: siɛ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • nrevolution of a wheel
      改  gǎi OC: klɯɯʔ MC: kəi 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNturn round (carts)
      輾  zhǎn OC: tenʔ MC: ʈiɛn 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNarchaic, SHI: toss and turn
      逌  yóu MC: -- OC: --CH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • viactturn back, turn one's headCH
      逃  táo OC: ɡ-laaw MC: dɑu 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNevade, turn away from a conflict with, avoid conflict by running a circle around
        Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • viactturn back, turn one's headCH

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