EXTRAVAGANT  奢侈奢

WASTE:wasteful so as to OFTEN EXCESSIVELY USE PROPERTY OR MONEY FOR AMUSEMENT.
LUXURYLUXURIOUSSPENDTHRIFTPROFLIGATEIMPROVIDENTWASTEFULPRODIGALLAVISH
Antonym
  • FRUGALMODERATE in USING MONEY AND PROPERTY.
    Hypernym
    • WASTEEXHAUST UNRESTRAINEDLY, LACKING A GOOD AIM.
      • EXHAUSTUSE so as to CAUSE NONE to CONTINUE to EXIST.
        • USEINTERACT with FOR one's SELF:own AIMS.
          • INTERACTACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. Sh1ē 奢 (ant. jiǎn 儉 "parsimonious") is excessive conspicuous consumption or use of money for one's private purposes, with or without demonstrative large scale extravagance, and the word is not necessarily pejorative.

    2. Chǐ 侈 (ant. jié 節 "moderate in the use of resources") always refers to manifestly reprehensible extravagance with no connotation of laudable generosity.

    3. Mǐ 靡 (ant. jiǎn 簡 "unextravagant") is pointless and wasteful luxuriousness, and the term is always strongly pejorative.

    4. Huá 華 is purely demonstrative conspicuous and aesthetically elaborate consumption.

    5. Tài 泰 (ant. yuē 約 "restrained in the use of resources") is grandiose and demonstrative extravagance.

    6. Yín 淫 can come to refer to extravagance as a symptom of general indulgence.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    奢侈

    奢華

    浮華

    闊氣

    闊綽

    闊

    豪華

    華

    華麗

    紛華

    靡麗

    麗靡

    華貴

    麗都

    堂皇

    富麗

    富麗堂皇

    金碧輝煌

    畫棟雕梁

    雕欄玉砌

    美輪美奐

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

    • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 72

      LUXURIOSUS, PRODIGUS

      326. Vid. Non., dict. Luxum, et dict. Luxuria, ipse lib. Etymolog. X, littera L.

      --Fest., dictione Prodegeris, et dict. Prodiguae hostiae.

      ]

      326. Inter Luxuriosum et prodigum. Luxuriosus, quasi solutus in voluptates, unde membra loco mota luxa dicuntur; prodigus autem sumptuosus, qui omnia porro agit, et quasi projicit.

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      LUXURY

      luxus denotes luxury as an act or condition, and sometimes even objectively as an object of luxury.

      luxuria is always usedf subjectively referring to a propensity and disposition as the desiderative of luxus.

    • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 355

    • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

      LUXURIA

      PRODIGALITAS

    • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 178

    • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.314

    • Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 5.5

    • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 529

    • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p.

    Words

    侈  chǐ OC: khljalʔ MC: tɕhiɛ 20 AttributionsWD

    Chǐ 侈 (ant. jié 節 "moderate in the use of resources") always refers to manifestly reprehensible extravagance with no connotation of laudable generosity.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 嗇/FRUGAL Sè 嗇 (ant. POST-BUDDHIST kāng kǎi 慷慨 "generous (with friends)" refers to commendable thrift.
    • Ant: 儉/FRUGAL The current general word for the virtue of parsimony is jiǎn 儉 (ant. shē 奢 "extravagant in the use of resources").
    • Ant: 節/FRUGAL Jié 節 (ant. chǐ 侈"lavish use of resources") refers to the virtue of moderation in the use of things as it applies to specified areas and does not function an abstract philosophical concept of parsimony.
    • Contrast: 淫/EXCESSIVE Yín 淫 stresses the aspect of indulgence often inherent in excessiveness.
    • Contrast: 淫/UNRESTRAINED Yín 淫 can come to refer to extravagance as a symptom of general indulgence.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactextravagance, luxuriousness, luxury
    • v[adN]pluralthose who are extravagant in the use of resources
    • vadNlavish
    • vadVextravagantly, lavishly
    • viactextravagant in the use of money; be lavish, be excessive
    • vichangebecome extravagant, luxurious
    • vt+prep+Nbe extravagant in relation to; be an excrescence in relation toCH
    奢  shē OC: qhlja MC: ɕɣɛ 11 AttributionsWD

    Shē 奢 (ant. jiǎn 儉 "parsimonious") is excessive conspicuous consumption or use of money for one's private purposes, with or without demonstrative large scale extravagance, and the word is not necessarily pejorative.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 儉/FRUGAL The current general word for the virtue of parsimony is jiǎn 儉 (ant. shē 奢 "extravagant in the use of resources").
    • Ant: 儉/FRUGAL The current general word for the virtue of parsimony is jiǎn 儉 (ant. shē 奢 "extravagant in the use of resources").
    • Assoc: 淫/UNRESTRAINED Yín 淫 can come to refer to extravagance as a symptom of general indulgence.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactoutrageous extravagance in the use of wealth; luxuriousness
    • nabfigurativeliterary effusiveness and proliferation, stylistic extravaganceCH
    • vadVextravagantly, lavishly
    • viactbe profligate, be outrageously generous and reckless in the use of wealth
    靡  mí MC: -- OC: -- 8 AttributionsWD

    Mǐ 靡 (ant. jiǎn 簡 "unextravagant") is pointless and wasteful luxuriousness, and the term is always strongly pejorative.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNextravagant
    • vadNfigurativeliterary: effusiveness; languorCH
    • viactbe extravagant, conduct oneself in an arrogant manner
    • vtoNbe extravagant in the ujse of, waste away
    荒  huāng OC: hmaaŋ MC: hɑŋ 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nabextravagancyDS
    • nabactexcessive hunting
    • vadNexcessive; wild; extravagant
    • vibe excessive; be indulgent; remiss; neglectful
    淫湎  yín miǎn OC: lɯm menʔ MC: jim miɛn 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactindulgence in women and wine
    • VPiactindulge in women and wine
    溢  yì OC: k-liɡ MC: jit 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vigive oneself up to luxurious living; be excessive
    華  huá OC: ɢʷraal MC: ɦɣɛ 2 AttributionsWD

    Huá 華 is purely demonstrative conspicuous and aesthetically elaborate consumption.　huā???

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 浮/FRIVOLOUS Fú 浮 sometimes refers to the kind of flippancy or frivolousness that might call for criticism but is not viewed as entirely serious.
    • Assoc: 淫/LEWD The current general word for lewdness and lasciviousness in attitude and in action is yín 淫 (ant. jié 節 "decently restrained").
    • Assoc: 虛/EMPTY The most geneal word is xū 虛 (ant. shí 實 "substantial and full") which can refer both to physical emptiness of a space and to abstract emptiness or tenuousness as a philosophical concept.

      Syntactic words
    • viactostentatious, show-offy, flashy
    淫侈  yín chǐ OC: lɯm khljalʔ MC: jim tɕhiɛ 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactprofligate extravagance
    • VPichangebecome more and more extravagant
    淫奢  yín shē OC: lɯm qhlja MC: jim ɕɣɛ 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactself-indulgent extravagance
    淫  yín 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nabdissipation; overindulgence; luxuriance; extravaganceCH
    • vt+prep+Nbe extravant and excessive in the use or cultivation ofCH
    淫泰  yín tài MC: yim thajH OC: -- thaadsLZ 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNextravagantLZ
    • VPiactto indulge in extravaganceLZ
    泰  tài OC: thaads MC: thɑi 1 AttributionWD

    Tài 泰 (ant. yuē 約 "restrained in the use of resources") is grandiose and demonstrative extravagance.

      Syntactic words
    • vibe extravagant by disposition
    • viactact extravagantly; be luxurious, be extravagant
    • vichangebecome extravagant, luxurious
    衍  yǎn OC: k-lanʔ MC: jiɛn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactgo to excess
    沈湎  chén miǎn OC: ɡrlum menʔ MC: ɖim miɛn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactbe given to alcohol, be pickled in alcohol
    猖披  chāng pī OC: thjaŋ phral MC: tɕhi̯ɐŋ phiɛ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPioutrageously deluded and unrestrained (=娼被??)
    太侈  tài chǐ MC: thajH tsyheX OC: thaads khljalʔLZ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiexcessively luxuriousLZ
    奢汰  shē tài MC: syae thajH OC: qhlja thaadsLZ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe outrageously extravagantLZ
    奢侈  shē chǐ MC: syae tsyheX OC: qhlja khljalʔDS 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactextravagant and wasteful way of lifeDS
    爛漫  làn màn MC: lanH manH OC: ɡ-raans moonsDS 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNextravagantDS
    騁  chěng OC: phrleŋʔ MC: ʈhiɛŋ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactbe extravagant
    奢廣  shē guǎng OC: qhlja kʷaaŋʔ MC: ɕɣɛ kɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactact with extravagance; be excessive in the use of resources
    奢淫  shē yín OC: qhlja lɯm MC: ɕɣɛ jim 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactluxurious extravagance, wasteful frivolity
    泰侈  tài chǐ OC: thaads khljalʔ MC: thɑi tɕhiɛ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactbe outrageous in one's demands

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database:

      Searching Wikidata

      Type: