LIE DOWN  躺臥

REMAIN OR DISPLACE ONESELF so as to BECOME in VERTICAL POSITION.
RECLINELIE DOWNLIE BACKBE RECUMBENTBE PROSTRATEBE SUPINEBE PRONEBE STRETCHED OUTSPRAWLRESTREPOSELOUNGELOLL
Antonym
  • STANDSUPPORT one's WEIGHT USING one's FEET AND NOT MOVE one's FEET.
    Hypernym
    • REMAINBE-IN ENDURINGLY:continuously in the FUTURE.
      • BE INRELATION between a THING AND what that THING FILLS OR PART:partially FILLS.
        • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
          • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general words are wò 臥 (ant. lì 立 "stand up") which can refer to lying in any position, on the side, on the back, or indeed on the stomach, and the purpose of this action is rest or sleep.

    2. Fú 伏 (ant. qǐ 起 "rise") refers specifically to lying face down on the ground, often with the purpose of hiding, never with the purpose of resting.

    3. Yǎn 偃 refers to reclining and lying on one's back, often so as to rest.

    4. Jiā1ng 僵 is said to refer to lying flat on one's back.

    NB: Tǎng 躺 "lie" is post-Han.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    躺

    臥

    睡

    躺下

    睡下

    臥倒

    仰臥

    偃臥

    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. 12.14

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      LIE DOWN

      cubare refers to animate beings not standing up but lying down, typically in order to recuperate his strength.

      situm esse refers to inanimate objects lying in a position with no special reference to whether they lie flat rather than standing upright.

      jacere refers to the jacent position of animate or inanimate things.

    • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1356

    Words

    偃  yǎn OC: qanʔ MC: ʔi̯ɐn 4 Attributions

    Yǎn 偃 refers to reclining and lying on one's back, often so as to rest.

      Syntactic words
    • vi-P.adVlying down comfortablyCH
    • viactrest, lying on one's back
    臥  wò OC: ŋʷaals MC: ŋʷɑ 4 Attributions

    The current general words are wò 臥 (ant. lì 立 "stand up") which can refer to lying in any position, on the side, on the back, or indeed on the stomach, and the purpose of this action is rest or sleep.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 悟/WAKE UP
    • Epithet: 恬/PEACEFUL Tián 恬 and dàn 淡 (all ant. dòng dàng 動蕩 "be all over the place) refer to serenity in an individual as cultivated, notoriously, by the Taoists.
    • Assoc: 寢/SLEEP Qǐn 寢 (ant. xǐng 醒 "be awake") is to go to bed in order to rest or sleep, and the word does not indicate to what extent one actually does fall asleep in one's bedroom.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNcrouching, lying down
    • viactlie down
    • vtoNlie down on
    寢  qǐn OC: skhimʔ MC: tshim 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNfigurative"lying down", "prostrate"CH
    • vt+prep+Nlie down in (a place)
    伏  fú 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vilie downDS
    僵  jiāng OC: kaŋ MC: ki̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions

    Jiā1ng 僵 is said to refer to lying flat on one's back.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 仆/COLLAPSE Pū 仆 refers to things falling from a vertical position so as to take up a horisontal position.

      Syntactic words
    • vilie immobile on the ground in a collapsed state
    躺  tǎng OC: thaaŋʔ MC: thɑŋ 0 Attributions

    Tǎng 躺"lie" is post-Han.

      Syntactic words

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: