SHORE    水邊岸

SIDE of a RIVER, LAKE, OR SEA.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most current and general word for a shore of any kind became àn 岸, which originally referred to a steep embankment. 2. Yá 涯 typically refers to a distant shore, and the word is often used metaphorically for "limit". 3. Bīn 濱 refers to the general area near a river or a lake, including the shoreline. 4. Hǔ 滸 refers to a the well-defined area very near a river or lake. 5. Pǔ 浦 refers to an estuary where small rivers meet larger ones, or where a river runs into a lake or the sea, and it is important that this term included the area covered by water. 6. Sì 涘 is a poetic and archaic general word for a river bank. NB: As far as I can see there was no special word for the sea-shore.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 GEOGRAPHY 14. 涯，水邊，通稱。 岸，臨深水而高峻的邊岸。 涘，大水之邊岸。 澨，河岸，常用於水名前。 濆，堤防似的高岸。 潯，深水之邊岸，楚地方言。 湄，水草相交的邊岸。 渚，陸地之岸。 漘，上平坦而下水深的邊岸。 澳，水邊深曲處。 隈，向外彎曲的水岸，江東方言。 浦，大江湖海的邊岸，包括岸前水域。 濱，大江湖海的邊岸，包括近岸地域。 滸，河水之岸，包括近岸地域，使用範圍小於濱。 皋，水邊，包括近岸的沼澤淤地。
Modern Chinese Criteria
岸 岸邊 水邊 濱 滸 沿 湄 潯 (obs) "water margin" 磯 (obs) apparently refers to a water-side rock. 皋 (obs) referred to a river bank when it was current. first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis 18.11.2003. CH
Hypernym
  • SIDE　PLACE to the LEFT OR RIGHT, AND NOT IN FRONT OR BEHIND. (anc: 5/0, child: 2)
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.27

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    SHORE

    margo refers to the bring, the natural boundary of a surface considered almost as a mere mathematical line.

    ora denotes the brim or border, the artificial edging of a surface, generally for the sake of ornament and therefore necessarily including certain portion of the suface.

    SHORE

    ripa refers to the bank of a river

    litus refers to the shore of the sea only as the line which separates the land from the sea.

    ora refers to the shore of the sea as the space and the tract of land that borders on the sea, as the coast, in a purely geographical referce to the adjacent land.

    acta refers to the coast with the accessory notion of being distinguishable by the sesnes, inasmuch as the coast affords striking views and a pleasant residence.

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 61

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 14

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 247

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 56

  • 簡明古漢語同義詞詞典 ( XU XINGDONG 2003) p. 2

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no. 51

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 196

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO. 51

    • Words (23 items)

    濱  bīn OC: pin MC: pin 10 Attributions

    Bīn 濱 refers to the general area near a river or a lake, including the shoreline.

      Syntactic words
    • narea close to the bank of a river or by the side of a lake, or the sea
    上  shàng OC: ɡljaŋs MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Nplacethe banks of (a river or lake) 沼上 "beside the pond"
    彼岸  bǐ àn OC: pralʔ ŋɡaans MC: piɛ ŋɑn 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPfigurativeBUDDH: the other shore, further shore (metaphor for nirvāṇa 涅槃); SANSKRIT pāra
    崖  yá OC: ŋɡree MC: ŋɣɛ
    崖  yí OC: ŋɡre MC: ŋiɛ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nhigh bank of a river or lake
    • npost-NshoreCH
    墳  fén OC: bɯn MC: bi̯un 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbank
    阿  ā OC: qlaal MC: ʔɑ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nwinding river bank
    崖涘  yá sì MC: ngea zriX OC: ŋɡree -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralshoresCH
    涘  sì OC: srɯʔ MC: ʐɨ 1 Attribution

    Sì 涘 is a poetic and archaic general word for a river bank.

      Syntactic words
    • narchaic: general term for a bank
    涯  yá OC: ŋɡree MC: ŋɣɛ
    涯  yí OC: ŋɡre MC: ŋiɛ 1 Attribution

    Yá 涯 typically refers to a distant shore, and the word is often used metaphorically for "limit".

      Syntactic words
    • nshore
    滸  hǔ OC: hŋaaʔ MC: huo̝ 1 Attribution

    Hǔ 滸 refers to a the well-defined area very near a river or lake.

      Syntactic words
    • nbanks, marshlands near a river or lake
    漘  chún OC: ɢljun MC: ʑʷin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nSHI: shore facing deep waters
    皋  gāo OC: kuu MC: kɑu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nbank or shore of a lake or of marshlands
    陂  bēi OC: pral MC: piɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nshore
    隈  wēi OC: quul MC: ʔuo̝i 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nland and water near a winding river bank suitable for fishing
    岸  àn OC: ŋɡaans MC: ŋɑn 0 Attributions

    The most current and general word for a shore of any kind became àn 岸, which originally referred to a steep embankment.

      Syntactic words
    • n(origninally typically steep and craggy) bank of a river; generally: bank of a river
    浦  pǔ OC: phaaʔ MC: phuo̝ 0 Attributions

    Pǔ 浦 refers to an estuary where small rivers meet larger ones, or where a river runs into a lake or the sea, and it is important that this term included the area covered by water.

      Syntactic words
    • narea near a river or lake; area where a minor river runs into a larger river�
    湄  méi OC: mril MC: mi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nriver bank lush with vegetation
    漵  xù OC: ljaʔ MC: zi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
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    • nNANBEICHAO: shore facing shallow waters
    潯  xún OC: ljum MC: zim 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nHANSHU: southern dialect: shore close to deep waters
    澳  yù OC: quɡ MC: ʔuk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nthe shore where there is a bend in a river
    濆  fén OC: bɯn MC: bi̯un 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbank like a dike
    界  jiè OC: kreeds MC: kɣɛi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npoetic: shore
    畔  pàn OC: baans MC: bʷɑn
    泮  pàn OC: phaans MC: phʷɑn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nshore (of a swamp or swampy area)