BLOW    吹

BREATHE so as to CAUSE the LUNGS TO BECOME EMPTY of AIR in order to PRODUCE a TENUOUS WIND.
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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 ／
Hyponym
  • WHISTLE　BLOW OUT BREATH SO AS TO PRODUCE A SHARP SOUND. (anc: 14/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • SUCKSEEM to DRINK by CAUSING to ENTER ONE'S MOUTH by BREATHING IN.
    Hypernym
    • BREATHE　DISPLACE AIR so as to FILL the LUNGS with AIR AND THEN CAUSE the LUNGS TO BECOME EMPTY of that AIR in order to SURVIVE. (anc: 12/0, child: 5)
    • DISPLACE　CAUSE to MOVE. (anc: 11/0, child: 28)
    • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • 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 (6 items)

    吹  chuī OC: khjol MC: tɕhiɛ 28 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativeblow away
    吹散  chuī sàn OC: khjol sqaans MC: tɕhiɛ sɑn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)blow at so as to spread> blow apart
    飄飄  piāo piāo MC: bjiew bjiew OC: -- -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiblow lightly (of wind)DS
    號  háo OC: ɢluu MC: ɦɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viprocessto blow