BLOW  吹

BREATHE so as to CAUSE the LUNGS TO BECOME EMPTY of AIR in order to PRODUCE a TENUOUS WIND.
EXHALEPUFFBREATHE OUTEMITEXPELDISCHARGEISSUE
Antonym
  • SUCKSEEM to DRINK by CAUSING to ENTER ONE'S MOUTH by BREATHING IN.
    Hypernym
    • BREATHEDISPLACE AIR so as to FILL the LUNGS with AIR AND THEN CAUSE the LUNGS TO BECOME EMPTY of that AIR in order to SURVIVE.
      • DISPLACECAUSE to MOVE.
        • 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....
      Hyponym
      • WHISTLE　BLOW OUT BREATH SO AS TO PRODUCE A SHARP SOUND.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

        1. The standard word is chuī 吹 (opp. xī 吸 "breathe in") and this word can have human, animal as well natural subjects, and the word can also refer to the playing of wind instruments.

        [GENERAL]

        2. Fēng 風 can very occasionally be used verbally for the wind's "action" of blowing.

        [SPECIFIC]

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        吹 is the current modern word for the act of blowing by a person.

        刮 refers to the "act" of blowing by winds and the like.

        刮風

        起風

        風起

        拂面

        撲面

        拂拂 refers to the gentle blowing of the wind.

        習習 refers to the gentle blowing of the wind.

        清風徐來

        惠風和暢

        楊柳風輕

        春風駘蕩

        金風送爽

        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. 10.38

        • Tolkovo-kombinatornyj slovar' sovremmenogo russkogo jazyka. Explanatory Combinatorial Dictionary of Modern Russian ( Mel'cuk 1984) p. 189

        Words

        吹  chuī OC: khjol MC: tɕhiɛ 28 AttributionsWD

        The standard word is chuī 吹 (opp. xī 吸 "breathe in") and this word can have human, animal as well natural subjects, and the word can also refer to the playing of wind instruments. [GENERAL]

          Syntactic words
        • nabprocessblowing (of wind)
        • viactplay an instrument by blowing into it
        • vieventblow
        • viprocessbe blowing (wind)
        • vtoNblow, blow on, blow at; blow away; puff; play (a wind instrument)
        諷  fěng OC: plums MC: puŋ 3 AttributionsWD

        Fēng 風 can very occasionally be used verbally for the wind's "action" of blowing. [SPECIFIC]

          Syntactic words
        • viactblow (said of Heaven)
        吹卻  chuī què OC: khjol khaɡ MC: tɕhiɛ khi̯ɐk 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNresultativeblow away
        吹散  chuī sàn OC: khjol sqaans MC: tɕhiɛ sɑn 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPt(oN)blow at so as to spread> blow apart
        飄飄  piāo piāo MC: bjiew bjiew OC: -- --DS 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPiblow lightly (of wind)DS
        號  háo OC: ɢluu MC: ɦɑu 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • viprocessto blow

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