THIRSTY    口渴渴

NEED LIQUID to DRINK NOW.
LONGING FOR A DRINKDRYDEHYDRATEDINFORMAL PARCHEDGASPING
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The dominant general word fir thirstiness is kě 渴.
Modern Chinese Criteria
口渴 渴 嗜酒 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • DRYLACK WATER INSIDE OR ON the SURFACE.
Hypernym
  • NEED　LACK AND be DISTRESSED BECAUSE of that. (anc: 7/0, child: 3)
  • LACK　SITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE. (anc: 6/0, child: 48)
  • SITUATION　RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 5.15

    • Words (2 items)

    渴  kě OC: khaad MC: khɑt 18 Attributions

    The dominant general word fir thirstiness is kě 渴.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 餒/HUNGRY Něi 餒 refers to the state of being hungry in an individual, and at a certain time.
    • Oppos: 飢/HUNGRY The most common current and general word for insufficiency of food supplies is probably jī 飢 (ant. bǎo 飽 "have eaten enough"), and this word refers to any such insufficiency, temporary or lasting, serious or minor. Presumably, the word can also refer to insufficiency of food among animals.

      Syntactic words
    • nabstativethirst
    • v[adN]nonreferentialone who is thirsty, a thirsty person
    • vadNthirsty
    • vichangeget dehydratedCH
    • vigradedbe thirsty, go thirsty; feel thirsty 極渴
    • vt+prep+Nthirst for, yearn for NTWH
    • vtoNthirst after [CA]
    • vtoNcausativeleave thirsty, let go thirsty (horses etc)
    渴乏  kě fá OC: khaad bob MC: khɑt bi̯ɐp 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe thirsty