WEAR  穿

USE as GARMENT.
DRESS INBE CLOTHED INHAVE ONSPORTMODELPUT ONDON
Antonym
Hypernym
  • USEINTERACT with FOR one's SELF:own AIMS.
    • INTERACTACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for wearing clothes or putting on clothes of any kind is yì 衣 (ant. tuō 脫 "take off").

2. Fú 服 (ant. xiè 卸 "take off") refers to dressing up for an official occasion.

3. Bèi 被 refers to putting on or wearing outer clothing of any kind, especially cloak-like garments.

4. Zhōng 衷 and zhōng 中 refer to wearing as underwear.

5. Biǎo 表 refers to wearing as outer visible clothes.

6. Dài 戴 refers to wearing something on one's head.

7. Lu# 履 refers to wearing something on one's feet.

Modern Chinese Criteria
穿 is to wear whatever one inserts one's arms or legs into.

戴 is to wear on one's head.

穿著









上身





佩帶





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

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 6.11

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 122

  • 東漢﹣隨常用詞演變研究 ( WANG WEIHUI 2000) p. 106

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 63

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.400.361

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Words

  yì OC: qɯls MC: ʔɨi 58 Attributions

The current general word for wearing clothes or putting on clothes of any kind is yì 衣 (ant. tuō 脫 "take off").

    Word relations
  • Object: 帛/SILK The general word for any kind of silk cloth it is bó 帛.
  • Contrast: 服/WEAR Fú 服 (ant. xiè 卸 "take off") refers to dressing up for an official occasion.

    Syntactic words
  • vadVwearing clothes
  • vt(oN)wear the contextually determinate garment
  • vt(oN)causativegive clothes to a contextually determinate person
  • vt[oN]intransitive: wear clothes; put on one's clothes (and return home), get dressed
  • vtoNwear as one's clothes (occasionally also e.g. hat), use for clothing; dress up in (someone's clothes)
  • vtoN.-V[0]{以}causativecause N to be clothed by V-ingCH
  • vtoNcausativegive clothes to; put clothes on someone
  • vtoNconativetry to dress up inLZ
  • vtoNmetonymyto wear clothes characterised by N (e.g. colour)LZ
  • vtoNmiddle voicebe dressed upCH
  • vtoNpassivebe wornLZ
  • vttoN1.+N2causativecause N1 to wear N2CH
  fú OC: bɯɡ MC: buk 23 Attributions

Fú 服 (ant. xiè 卸 "take off") refers to dressing up for an official occasion.

    Syntactic words
  • vt(oN)wear, dress in a contextually determined objectLZ
  • vtoNwear and make use of, dress up in; carry on one's side (a sword); wear on one's head (a hat); wear as embellishments of one's robe (jade)
  • vtoNbe dressed upCH
  pī MC: -- OC: -- 23 Attributions

Pī 被 refers to putting on or wearing outer clothing of any kind, especially cloak-like garments.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNread pī: wear (cloth); bear (shield etc); abstractly, occasionally: bear (a bad name etc)
  • vtoNextended: wear things that have the effect of NCH
  • vtoNfigurativeread pī: wear (a saddle, as of horses)
  zhuó OC: k-laɡ MC: ʈi̯ɐk 19 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNcontinuouswear (clothes)
  • vtoNinchoativeput on
  • vtt(oN1.)+N2inchoativeput on N1 on the body part N2
  • vtt(oN1.)+prep+N2inchoativeput contextually determinate piece of clothing N1 on part of the body N2
  pèi OC: bɯɯs MC: buo̝i 14 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 服/WEAR Fú 服 (ant. xiè 卸 "take off") refers to dressing up for an official occasion.

    Syntactic words
  • vadNpassivefor wearing on the belt
  • vt(oN)wear the contextually determinate thing
  • vtoNcarry or wear (adornment or other precious item, e.g. a seal, or a belt) on the waist
  • vttoN1.+N2give N1 N2 to wear on the belt
  guàn OC: koons MC: kʷɑn 10 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • viactwear a hat; be of the age beyond 20 where one wears hats
  • viactcome to wear the cap of an adult; have come to wear the cap of an adult (as a rite of passage)
  • viinchoativeput on one's official cap
  • vtoNput on as a cap
  • vtoNwear on the capCH
  dài OC: taads MC: tɑi 4 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • viactcome to wear a beltDS
  • vtoNwear on one's head; wear
  • vtoNmiddle voicebe equipped with a beltCH
  dài OC: k-lɯɯs MC: təi 4 Attributions

Dài 戴 refers to wearing something on one's head.

    Word relations
  • Oppos: 履/TREAD ON Lǚ 履 refers to stepping on something in order to walk over it.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwear on one's head
  • vtoNinchoativeput on on one's head, start to wear on one's hed
  • vtoNpassivebe worn on the head
  pī OC: phral MC: phiɛ 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNthrow over the shoulder; wear
  xí OC: zɯb MC: zip 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwear/put on as extra outer garment
  lǚ OC: riʔ MC: li 2 Attributions

Lǚ 履 refers to wearing something on one's feet.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwear on one's feet
  pèi OC: bɯɯs MC: buo̝i 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npendant
  • vtoNwear at the girdle
  duān OC: toon MC: tʷɑn 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwear as official dress
  jī OC: kee MC: kei 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viwear a hairpin; be given a hairpin to wear when coming of age; see also AGE
  zhōng OC: krluŋ MC: ʈuŋ 2 Attributions

Zhōng 衷 and zhōng 中 refer to wearing as underwear.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwear as underwear
  chuí MC: dzywe OC: djolCH 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNcausativewear hanging down on one (as a skirt etc)CH
  jiè OC: kreeds MC: kɣɛi 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNinchoativeput on
  hù OC: ɡlaaʔ MC: ɦuo̝ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNcover oneself in, dress up with
  xié OC: ɡeeb MC: ɦep 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwear
  chī OC: khrlil MC: ʈhi 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • viwear fine cloth of linen or hemp
  sī OC: snɯ MC: sɨ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vito wear a mourning dress of coarse cloth (GU, LI)
  biǎo OC: prawʔ MC: piɛu 1 Attribution

Biǎo 表 refers to wearing as outer visible clothes.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNto wear on the outside, wear as outer clothes
  niè OC: mɢleb MC: ɳiɛp 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNput on, wear
  mò OC: mɯɯɡ MC: mək 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • viactwear black (as a sign of mourning)
著身  zhuó shēn OC: k-laɡ qhjin MC: ʈi̯ɐk ɕin 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNwear on one's body
被著  bèi zhuó OC: bralʔ k-laɡ MC: biɛ ʈi̯ɐk 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNwear
  nà MC: nop  OC: nuub CH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNput on (sandals, socks etc)CH
裝束  zhuāng shù MC: tsrjang syowk  OC: skraŋ lʰoɡ CH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPiwear elaborate garmentsCH
  qīn MC: tshin OC: tshiŋCH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwear, personally; put on personallyCH
  hè MC: haX OC: ɡlaalʔCH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwear and carryCH
  méng 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vadNthat is being wornLZ
  guàn MC: -- OC: --DS 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vt+prep+Nmiddle voiceloan for 貫 guàn: be worn on NDS
  zhōng OC: krluŋ MC: ʈuŋ 0 Attributions

Zhōng 衷 and zhōng 中 refer to wearing as underwear.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNto wear on the inside
穿  chuān OC: khjon MC: tɕhiɛn 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vimiddle voicebe dressed; wear clothes
更著  gēng zhuó OC: kraaŋ k-laɡ MC: kɣaŋ ʈi̯ɐk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNinchoativechange into (new clothes etc)

Existing SW for

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