COMBINE  合併

CAUSE things to MOVE OR BECOME TOGETHER.
LINKCONNECTAMALGAMATEINTEGRATEINCORPORATEMERGEMIXFUSEBLENDBINDJOINMARRYUNIFY
Antonym
  • DIVIDECAUSE something to BECOME TWO OR MANY DIFFERENT PARTS.
    Hypernym
    • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
      • 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
    • TOGETHERALL of a set IN the SAME PLACE OR TIME.
      • HARMONYCOOPERATION among INTERACTING ELEMENTS.
        Hyponym
        • UNITE　COMBINE so as to CAUSE TO BECOME ONE.
          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 ／

          Words

          合  hé OC: ɡloob MC: ɦəp 14 AttributionsWD

          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:
          • vtoN{PLUR}bring together; combine, combine into one; coordinate (ideas, plans etc.); assemble
          兼  jiān OC: kleem MC: kem 12 AttributionsWD

          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 AttributionsWD
            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 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vtoNcombine and coordinate (forces etc)
          雜  zá OC: sɡuub MC: dzəp 3 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vt+prep+Ncombine attention to
          • vtoNcombine (the five colours etc)
          • vtoNpassivecombine
          搆  gòu OC: koos MC: ku 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vtoNcross, join (weapons in combat); enter (trouble); form (associations etc)
          會  huì OC: ɡloobs MC: ɦɑi 2 AttributionsWD

          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
          交  jiāo OC: kreew MC: kɣɛu 1 AttributionWD
            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 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vicombine two inconstistent things, have it both ways
          • vtoNhold to jobs jointly
          攝  shè OC: qhljeb MC: ɕiɛp 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vicombine (two offices), overlap
          聚  jù OC: sɡos MC: dzi̯o
          聚  jù OC: sɡoʔ MC: dzi̯o 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • nabactcombination
          • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
          聯  lián OC: ɡ-ron MC: liɛn 1 AttributionWD

          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"
          贅  zhuì OC: tjods MC: tɕiɛi 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vtoNjoin together (a military force)
          合為  hé wéi OC: ɡloob ɢʷal MC: ɦəp ɦiɛ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPtoNresultativecombine so as to become
          襲  xí 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vi2be so close to each other as to combine into one wholeLZ
          并  bīng MC: -- OC: peŋLZ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vttoN1. N2to amalgamate N1 with N2LZ
          並  bìng OC: beeŋʔ MC: beŋ 0 AttributionsWD

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

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

          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 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vadNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: joined-to>added, as in 從法 "joined divisor" JIUZHANG 9.19.
          關  guān OC: kroon MC: kɣan 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vtoNconnect with
          合分  hé fēn OC: ɡloob pɯn MC: ɦəp pi̯un 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPimathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
          和合  hé hé OC: ɡool ɡloob MC: ɦʷɑ ɦəp 0 AttributionsWD
            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

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