DWELLING  住宅

BUILDING PRODUCED so as to PERMIT HUMANS to DWELL in it.
RESIDENCEHOMEHOUSEACCOMMODATIONSQUARTERSROOMSLODGINGSINFORMAL PLACEPADDIGSFORMAL ABODEDOMICILEHABITATION
Hypernym
  • BUILDINGBIG ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS to DWELL in OR BE-IN, or MOVE ON.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
  • HOMEPLACE where one DWELLS ENDURINGLY OR ORIGINALLY.
    Hyponym
    • HUT　SMALL DWELLING.
      • MONASTERY　DWELLING FOR MONKS. See TEMPLE
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The most current general word for a dwelling of any kind noble or ordinary is shè 舍.

        2. Zhái 宅 refers generally to the abode of anyone of any status, and the word is a polite designation for what is presumed to be a dwelling of some elegance and status.

        3. Dì 第 refers, from Han times onwards, to a dwelling conferred on someone by the emperor.

        4. Jiā 家 can occasionally come to refer to the buildings which house a clan, but examples are surprisingly rare.

        黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
        HUANG JINGUI 2006

        ARCHITECTURE 6.

        宮，有圍牆圍護的房屋、住宅，秦以後作帝王宮殿的專稱。

        室，早期主要指堂後的寢室，引申為有封閉空間、居人貯物的居室。

        房，指堂兩邊的房間，秦以後作富貴者居舍之通稱。

        屋，本為屋蓋義，漢代起為一般居舍的通稱。

        ARCHITECTURE 7.

        宅，上古指經過選擇可以營築屋舍的宅基地，唐代起指在京朝臣的官宅。

        第，皇帝所賜的、有次第等級的官宅。

        府，官者居舍，偏指有官職人的私宅。

        邸，設在京師的接待外賓或諸郡王侯朝見時住宿的客居之所，引申指達官、王侯在外棲止的副宅。

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        住房

        住宅

        宅子

        宅院

        居屋

        居室

        廬舍

        第室

        闔廬

        宅

        齋

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

        • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 316

        • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 105

        • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.144:95FF

          MAISON.LOGIS; LOGIS.LOGEMENT; HABITATION.MAISON.SEJOUR.DOMICILE.DEMEURE

        • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.340

        • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 103

        • 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. 120A

        Words

        屋  wū OC: qooɡ MC: ʔuk 23 Attributions

        Wū 屋 refers originally to the roof, but from Han times onwards this word can come to replace gōng 宮 in its archaic meanings "family complex of buildings with a surrounding wall".

          Word relations
        • Assoc: 室/BUILDING Shì 室 is any building, can be smaller than gōng 宮, need not have an outer surrounding wall. It seems that when inside gōng 宮, shǐ 室 was located behind táng 堂. The term can also refer to the family or household. See CLAN
        • Synon: 室/BUILDING Shì 室 is any building, can be smaller than gōng 宮, need not have an outer surrounding wall. It seems that when inside gōng 宮, shǐ 室 was located behind táng 堂. The term can also refer to the family or household. See CLAN

          Syntactic words
        • nordinary non-main house for non-leading members of the clan; generally: house (occasionally even refers to many-storeyed 樓
        • nfigurativedwelling
        宅  zhái OC: brlaaɡ MC: ɖɣɛk 22 Attributions

        Zhái 宅 refers generally to the abode of anyone of any status, and the word is a polite designation for what is presumed to be a dwelling of some elegance and status.

          Word relations
        • Contrast: 居/HOME
        • Assoc: 室/BUILDING Shì 室 is any building, can be smaller than gōng 宮, need not have an outer surrounding wall. It seems that when inside gōng 宮, shǐ 室 was located behind táng 堂. The term can also refer to the family or household. See CLAN

          Syntactic words
        • nresidence of an official; housing; homestead
        • n[post-N]N=subjectone's own homeCH
        • nabfigurativeabode
        • nabfigurativepermanent standpoint, "spiritual abode"CH
        舍  shè OC: lʰas MC: ɕɣɛ 22 Attributions

        The most current general word for a dwelling of any kind noble or ordinary is shè 舍.

          Word relations
        • Assoc: 人/HUMAN The dominant term is rén 人 which refers to any human.

          Syntactic words
        • ndwelling; humble home; often used by guests only for a night or two; temporary hut; humble designation of one's own home; also abstract: place to assemble and exist in; encampment (of army)
        • nfigurative(abstract:) abode, dwelling place
        宮  gōng OC: kuŋ MC: kuŋ 6 Attributions

          Word relations
        • Assoc: 室/BUILDING Shì 室 is any building, can be smaller than gōng 宮, need not have an outer surrounding wall. It seems that when inside gōng 宮, shǐ 室 was located behind táng 堂. The term can also refer to the family or household. See CLAN

          Syntactic words
        • nhouse; generally: dwelling, often involving several buildings
        • nwomenwomen's quarters
        舍宅  shè zhái OC: lʰas brlaaɡ MC: ɕɣɛ ɖɣɛk 5 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • NPdwelling
        • NP(post-N.)adVin one's home
        • NP[post-N]one's dwelling
        • NP[post-N]reflexiveone's dwelling
        家  jiā OC: kraa MC: kɣɛ 4 Attributions

        Jiā 家 can occasionally come to refer to the buildings which house a clan, but examples are surprisingly rare.

          Syntactic words
        • ncompound of buildings housing a clan
        大寢  dà qǐn OC: daads skhimʔ MC: dɑi tshim 4 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • NPGrand Chamber (in the ancestral temple, as opposed to the side chamber, the xiǎo qǐn 小寢)
        宇  yǔ OC: ɢʷraʔ MC: ɦi̯o 3 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • nSHI: dwelling
        住處  zhù chù OC: dos qhljas MC: ɖi̯o tɕhi̯ɤ 3 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • NPdwelling place > domicile
        屋舍  wū shè OC: qooɡ lʰas MC: ʔuk ɕɣɛ 2 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • NPhome, dwelling
        府  fǔ OC: poʔ MC: pi̯o 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • npolite way of referring to the dwelling of a senior official
        • npost-NN's dwellingDS
        次  cì OC: snʰis MC: tshi 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • nthe place where one stays, near the tomb of one's parents, after these have died, for a period of three years
        夏屋  xià wū OC: ɡraaʔ qooɡ MC: ɦɣɛ ʔuk 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • NPsuptuous high building
        門閣  mén gé OC: mɯɯn klaaɡ MC: muo̝n kɑk 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • NPmany-storeyed building
        闔廬  hé lú OC: ɡaab k-ra MC: ɦɑp li̯ɤ 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • NPhumble dwelling
        高樓  gāo lóu OC: koow ɡ-roo MC: kɑu lu 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • NPbuilding of several storeys
        住止處  zhù zhǐ chù OC: dos kljɯʔ qhljas MC: ɖi̯o tɕɨ tɕhi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • NPplace to stay
        居  jū MC: kjo OC: kaCH 1 Attribution

          Syntactic words
        • ndwellingCH
        室堂  shì shǐ táng MC: syit dang OC: qhljiɡ daaŋLZ 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • NPhouse, dwellingLZ
        堂陛  táng bì MC: dang bejX OC: daaŋ biiʔCH 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • NPprivate inner dwellings (of a large court)CH
        廛宅  chán zhái MC: drjen draek OC: dan brlaaɡLZ 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • NPhomesteads with field plots pertaining to themLZ
        墅  shù OC: ɡljaʔ MC: dʑi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • nJINSHU: datcha
        寺  sì OC: sɢlɯs MC: zɨ 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • nfrom Qín times onwards: dwelling of a high official
        第  dì OC: liils MC: dei 0 Attributions

        Dì 第 refers, from Han times onwards, to a dwelling conferred on someone by the emperor.

          Syntactic words
        • nofficial permanent dwelling conferred by the emperor
        邸  dǐ OC: tiilʔ MC: tei 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • nemperor's biéshù 別墅 or datcha also for the use of empresses and imperial family

        Existing SW for

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