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Old Chinese Criteria
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Modern Chinese Criteria
說教 is a current word for preaching.
說法 refers literally to the preaching of Buddhism, but is used much more widely.
傳教 has something of a missionary flavour.
傳道 refers generally to the preaching of any tradition.
布道 focusses on the spreading of an intellectual or religious tradition.
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Hypernym
ADDRESS SPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR
READ AND TO REACT to IT. (anc: 14/0, child: 23)
PRODUCE ACT so as to DELIBERATELY CAUSE something to
BEGIN to EXIST. (anc: 12/0, child: 17)
Other Hypernyms
ADDRESSnew-b2b104ff-6112-4947-b104-ff611229470d SPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR
READ AND TO REACT to IT. (anc: 13/0, child: 23)
SPEAK ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING
MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards
audience Y, in order to communicate message
Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
ACT MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own
DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
(BUCK 1988)
p. 22.22