COMBINE    合併

CAUSE things to MOVE OR BECOME TOGETHER.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for combining or linking things, or joining a new unit into an old one is jiān 兼 (ant. fēn 分 "be divided"). 2. Hé 合 (ant. lí 離 "get separated off") is the combining of typically abstract items into a single whole. 3. Lián 聯 and the Han equivalent lián 連 (all ant. jué 絕 "break relations with") refer to the establishing of links without the creation of a new unity. 4. Huì 會 refers to the combination of separate units into a whole as in huì yì 會意 "complex characters where semantically significant elements retain their graphic significance". 5 Bìng 並 refers to the lining things up and joining them together. See ANNEX. 6. Zhuān 專 is occasionally used to refer to the combining or uniting of things. See CONCENTRATE
Modern Chinese Criteria
合併 并 併 結合 合 并合 疊合 合結 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • UNITE　COMBINE so as to CAUSE TO BECOME ONE. (anc: 13/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • DIVIDECAUSE something to BECOME TWO OR MANY DIFFERENT PARTS.
See also
  • TOGETHERALL of a set IN the SAME PLACE OR TIME.
  • HARMONYCOOPERATION among INTERACTING ELEMENTS.
Hypernym
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • 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. 12.22

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 118

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 126

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1432

    連，聯，屬，綴

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 492

    • Words (23 items)

    合  hé OC: ɡloob MC: ɦəp 16 Attributions

    Hé 合 (ant. lí 離 "get separated off") is the combining of typically abstract items into a single whole.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 離/DIVIDE Lí 離 (ant. hé 合 "combine into one") is to keep apart what naturally is apart.

      Syntactic words
    • nab.post-Nactthe bringing together of NsLZ
    • vt(oN)figurativecombine the contextually determinate NsCH
    • vt+prep+Ncombine with
    • vtoNput together, combine into one complex structureCH
    • vtoNfit together
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    • vtoNpassivebe combinedLZ
    • vtoN{PLUR}bring together; combine, combine into one; coordinate (ideas, plans etc.); assemble
    兼  jiān OC: kleem MC: kem 12 Attributions

    The current general word for combining or linking things, or joining a new unit into an old one is jiān 兼 (ant. fēn 分 "be divided")

      Syntactic words
    • vt+V[0]{PASS}be combined so as to V
    • vt[oN]tolerantly accommodate all kinds of peopleLZ
    • vtoNcombine, hold jointly (offices etc); occasionally, LY 11: combine the energies of
    連  lián OC: b-ren MC: liɛn 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNlinked; connected with each other; adjoint (> subsequent)
    • vtoNlink together
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    • vtoNpassivebe linked to (the punishment), suffer the same
    僇  lù OC: ɡ-ruɡ MC: luk
    戮  lù OC: ɡ-ruɡ MC: luk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcombine and coordinate (forces etc)
    雜  zá OC: sɡuub MC: dzəp 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Ncombine attention to
    • vtoNcombine (the five colours etc)
    • vtoNpassivecombine
    搆  gòu OC: koos MC: ku 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcross, join (weapons in combat); enter (trouble); form (associations etc)
    會  huì OC: ɡloobs MC: ɦɑi 2 Attributions

    Huì 會 refers to the combination of separate units into a whole as in huì yì 會意 "complex characters where semantically significant elements retain their graphic significance".

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)put the contextually determinate things together, put the things in their right placesCH
    • vtoNcombine
    聚  jù OC: sɡos MC: dzi̯o
    聚  jù OC: sɡoʔ MC: dzi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabactcombination
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    聯  lián OC: ɡ-ron MC: liɛn 1 Attribution

    Lián 聯 and the Han equivalent lián 連 (all ant. jué 絕 "break relations with") refer to the establishing of links without the creation of a new unity.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNlinked, merging
    • vadVbeing interlocked and combinedCH
    • vtoNlink up with, make ties with
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe linked together 珠聯 "be strung together like pearls"
    襲  xí 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vi2be so close to each other as to combine into one wholeLZ
    贅  zhuì OC: tjods MC: tɕiɛi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNjoin together (a military force)
    合為  hé wéi OC: ɡloob ɢʷal MC: ɦəp ɦiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativecombine so as to become
    交  jiāo OC: kreew MC: kɣɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadNcombined > cross- (e.g. cross-legged)
    • vtoNget combined in (e.g. emotions in the heart)
    • vtoN{2}combine into one
    兩  liǎng OC: raŋʔ MC: li̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vicombine two inconstistent things, have it both ways
    • vtoNhold to jobs jointly
    并  bīng MC: -- OC: peŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vttoN1. N2to amalgamate N1 with N2LZ
    攝  shè OC: qhljeb MC: ɕiɛp 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vicombine (two offices), overlap
    和合  hé hé OC: ɡool ɡloob MC: ɦʷɑ ɦəp 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabfigurativeBUDDH: the harmonious combination of several parts into a harmonoius entity; > harmonious functions; simultaneous functions SANSKRIT: saṃgraha; samagraMULLER DDB: "...The combination of various elements in the formation of a single entity...." See DDB: http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?54.xml+id('b548c-5408')
    • VPtoNmix N1 into the contextually determinate N2
    • VPtt(oN1.)+prep+N2mix the contextually determinate substance N1 in with N2
    關  guān OC: kroon MC: kɣan 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNconnect with
    並  bìng OC: beeŋʔ MC: beŋ 0 Attributions

    Bìng 並 refers to the lining things up and joining them together. See ANNEX.

      Syntactic words
    同  tóng OC: looŋ MC: duŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNco-ordinate
    專  zhuān OC: tjon MC: tɕiɛn 0 Attributions

    Zhuān 專 is occasionally used to refer to the combining or uniting of things. See CONCENTRATE

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 一/UNITE The standard word for the unification of what is disunited is yī 一 (ant. fēn 分 "divide").

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNunite, concentrate zhuān bīng 專兵
    從  cóng OC: dzoŋ MC: dzi̯oŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: joined-to>added, as in 從法 "joined divisor" JIUZHANG 9.19.
    合分  hé fēn OC: ɡloob pɯn MC: ɦəp pi̯un 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPimathematical termCHEMLA 2003: