LAKE    湖湖

INTENSELY BIG ACCUMULATION OF WATER IN a LANDSCAPE.
PONDPOOLTARNRESERVOIRSLOUGHLAGOONWATERWATERHOLEWATERING HOLEINLAND SEAOXBOW (LAKE)POTHOLE (LAKE)GLACIAL LAKE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a lake of any shape or kind is hú 湖, but that term does exclude the ocean. 2.. Yuān 淵 refers to a very deep pool. 3. Zé 澤 refers to a large natural lake (and also to the marshy landscape around such a lake). 4. Hǎi 海 can, from Han times onwards, come to refer to large lakes. 5. Tán 潭 is a small but rather deep (typically natural) pool. 8. Shǔ 藪 refers to a large shallow lake rich in water plants.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 GEOGRAPHY 10. 天然水池。 沼，通稱。 污，小水池。 潢，比 “ 污 ” 大的水池。 汪，污濁的小水池。 窪、或稱潭，深水池，前者為關東方言，後者是楚地方言。 淵，有旋渦的深水池。
Hyponym
  • POND　SMALL LAKE PRODUCED by HUMANS. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
Part of
See also
  • MARSHLOW INTENSELY WET LANDSCAPE.
  • SEAABUNDANT SALTY WATER SURROUNDING LAND.
Hypernym
  • WATER　INTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA. (anc: 6/0, child: 10)
  • LIQUID　SUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW. (anc: 5/0, child: 9)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.33

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    LAKE

    lacuna is a poetical word referring quite generally to any standing water, from a sea to a mere pool.

    lacus refers to a collection of standing water kept sound and fresh by it own spring or by ebbing and flowing which is large enugh to bring to mind the image of the open sea.

    stagnum is a very small lake or pool.

    palus is a stagnant, foul collection of water, typically in a marsh or any landscape covered with a surface of foul water.

    uligo refers to a bog or moor in which a person might sink down and drown.

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 48

  • Table de definitions, pp. 437- ( LEIBNIZ 1704) p. 442

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 246

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (15 items)

    淵  yuān OC: qʷiin MC: ʔen 29 Attributions

    Yuān 淵 refers to a very deep pool.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 深 / 深/DEEP The dominant current general word for anything deep in any sense is shēn 深 (ant. qiǎn 淺"shallow").

      Syntactic words
    • nvery deep pool; deep pond
    • n{PLACE}adVin the deep lakes
    沼  zhǎo OC: kljewʔ MC: tɕiɛu 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nnon-artificial lake; (uninhabitable) marshlands
    藪  sǒu OC: sqlooʔ MC: su 2 Attributions

    Shǔ 藪 refers to a large shallow lake rich in water plants.

      Syntactic words
    • nlarge shallow natural lake with water plants
    澤  zé OC: ɡrlaaɡ MC: ɖɣɛk 2 Attributions

    Zé 澤refers to a large natural lake (and also to the marshy landscape around such a lake).

      Syntactic words
    • nlarge natural lake; lakes in general
    水臧  shuǐ zāng MC: sywijX tsang OC: qhjulʔ skaaŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP= shui3zang4 水藏: water reservoirLZ
    洿池  wū chí OC: qʷlaa rlal MC: ʔuo̝ ɖiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1&N2}nonreferentialponds and pools
    淵沼  yuān zhǎo MC: 'wen tsyewX OC: qʷiin kljewʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPlakes of any kindLZ
    污  wū OC: qʷlaa MC: ʔuo̝
    汙  wù OC: qʷlaas MC: ʔuo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • ndirty muddled natural pool
    洿  wū OC: qʷlaa MC: ʔuo̝ 1 Attribution

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 池/POND The most common word for an artificial lake of any kind is chí 池, and this word typically refers to a meandering lake, sometimes close in shape to a moat, particularly round elevated terraces and the like, around gardens and orchards, but also as part of palaces.

      Syntactic words
    • nstagnant water; pool
    潭  tán OC: ɡ-loom MC: dəm 1 Attribution

    Tán 潭 is a small but rather deep (typically natural) pool.

      Syntactic words
    • nSouthern speech: deep water, deep pool
    汧  qiān OC: kheen MC: khen 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nwater from a river flowing out and building a stagnant pool (LIE)
    泊  bó OC: blaaɡ MC: bɑk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han northern dialect: natural lake
    海  hǎi OC: hmlɯɯʔ MC: həi 0 Attributions

    Hǎi 海 can, from Han times onwards, come to refer to large lakes.

      Syntactic words
    • nfrom Han times onwards: large lake
    淀  diàn OC: deens MC: den 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nnorthern dialect: shallow lake or bog
    湖  hú OC: ɡaa MC: ɦuo̝ 0 Attributions

    The current general word for a lake of any shape or kind is hú 湖, but that term does exclude the ocean.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 五/FIVE The standard word for "five" is wǔ 五.
    • Assoc: 江/RIVER Jiāng 江 can refer not only to the Yangtse River, but also to its system of tributaries, similarly for hé 河.

      Syntactic words
    • n(usually natural) lake