ICE  冰冰

HARD FROZEN WATER.
Hypernym
  • WATERINTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA.
    • LIQUIDSUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW.
      • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
        • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT....
See also
  • SNOWWHITE FROZEN RAIN.
    Hyponym
    • HAIL　SNOW which has BECOME ICE SPHERES.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The current word for ice is bīng 冰.

      2. Shuāng 霜 refers to frost.

      黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
      HUANG JINGUI 2006

      GEOGRAPHY 13. 冰，水在攝氏零度以下凝結成的固體，統稱。

      凌，人工砍鑿的冰塊。

      凍，厚冰。

      澌，解凍時河中流動的冰塊。

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      冰

      冰凌

      凌

      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. 1.77

      Words

      冰  bīng OC: prɯŋ MC: pɨŋ 21 Attributions

      The current word for ice is bīng 冰.

        Word relations
      • Epithet: 寒/COLD The standard current word referring to coldness is hán 寒 (ant. standardly shǔ 暑, but also wēn 溫, rè 熱 "warm").

        Syntactic words
      • nadNfigurativeresembling ice, cf. 冰糖DS
      • nadVlike ice 冰釋 "dissolve like ice> 1. dissolve; 2.spread in all directions"
      • nmice; layer of ice; iced water
      • vadNfrozen
      • vi0there is ice MO 夏冰 "when there is ice in summer"
      • vichangebecome frozen
      霜  shuāng OC: sqraŋ MC: ʂi̯ɐŋ 12 Attributions

      Shuāng 霜 refers to frost.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 雪/SNOW The dominant word is xuě 雪.

        Syntactic words
      • nabfeaturepsychological chillCH
      • nmfrozen dew or vapour, frost
      霜露  shuāng lù OC: sqraŋ ɡ-raaɡs MC: ʂi̯ɐŋ luo̝ 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPmhoar-frost
      寒冰  hán bīng OC: ɡaan prɯŋ MC: ɦɑn pɨŋ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPmice as a torture instrument in Buddhist hell
      凌  líng OC: b-rɯŋ MC: lɨŋ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      凘  sī OC: sle MC: siɛ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nmCC: floating ice
      凝  níng OC: ŋɡɯŋ MC: ŋɨŋ 0 Attributions

      post-Buddhist: ice

        Syntactic words
      • nmice

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: