CROSSROADS  岐路

PLACE WHERE TWO OR MORE WAYS are LINKED.
Hypernym
  • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
    • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Qú 衢 refers generally to an intersection of roads, either in a city or in the countryside, from which one can move in four or more directions, once in CC even nine directions.

2. Chōng 衝 refers to such an intersection especially as a centre of communications.

3. Jiē 街 is sometimes used to refer to a cross-road within a city.

ERYA 一達謂之道路；二達謂之歧旁；三達謂之劇旁；四達謂之衢；五達謂之康；六達謂之莊；七達謂之劇驂；八達謂之崇期；九達謂之逵。 is a wonderful example of rationalisation in lexicography.

Modern Chinese Criteria
路口

街口

街頭

十字路口

十字街頭

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

Words

衢  qú OC: ɡʷa MC: gi̯o 4 AttributionsWD

Qú 衢 refers generally to an intersection of roads, either in a city or in the countryside, from which one can move in four or more directions, once in CC even nine directions.

    Syntactic words
  • nroad; cross-roads
逵  kuí OC: ɡʷrɯw MC: gi 4 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • ncross-road; place where many roads meet cf. Paris, "Etoile".
街  jiā OC: kree MC: kɣɛ 1 AttributionWD

Jiē 街 is sometimes used to refer to a cross-road within a city.

    Syntactic words
  • ncross-road in city, intersection of streets
街頭  jiē tóu OC: kree doo MC: kɣɛi du 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPintersection
逵路  kuí lù OC: ɡʷrɯw ɡ-raaɡs MC: gi luo̝ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPcross-road
十字街  shí zì jiē OC: ɡjub sɡlɯs kree MC: dʑip dzɨ kɣɛi 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPcross-road with the form of a 十
衝  chōng OC: thjoŋ MC: tɕhi̯oŋ 0 AttributionsWD

Chōng 衝 refers to such an intersection especially as a centre of communications.

    Syntactic words
  • ncross-road
馗  kuí OC: ɡʷru MC: gi 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • ncross-road; intersection
通口  tōng kǒu OC: kh-looŋ khooʔ MC: thuŋ khu 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPa crossroads

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