CURVED    曲線的

SHAPE that is NOT STRAIGHT.
TWISTEDCROOKEDWARPEDCONTORTEDDEFORMEDMISSHAPENOUT OF SHAPEIRREGULARBOWEDARCHEDCURVEDANGLEDHOOKEDKINKED
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard general word for anything bent or curved rather than straight is qǔ 曲 (ant. zhí 直 "straight"), and this word has a range of metaphorical uses. 2. Qū 屈 refers to something being bent or twisted and therefore not stretched out to its full potential length (ant. shēn 伸 "stretch out") is mostly literal in meaning, except when referring to being bowed down by humiliation. 3. Wān 彎 refers to naturally curved objects of any kind without any suggestion of them having been bent into this shape. 4. Yǔ 傴 refers especially to the deformation of the human body through various diseases which cause humans to have curved backs. See HUNCHBACK 5. Gōu 枸 refers especially to bent wood without any indication of why this wood has become bent. 6. Róu 輮 is a rare word referring - always very literally - to the bending (especially of wood) into round shape and the resulting bent shape of wood.
Modern Chinese Criteria
曲 曲折 彎 彎曲 曲曲彎彎 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • ROUND　CURVED IN ALL DIMENSIONS. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • FOLD　CAUSE CLOTH ETC TO BE INTENSELY CURVED so as to BECOME LAYERS. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • BEND　CAUSE TO BECOME CURVED. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • STRAIGHTALONG the LINE of PERFECTLY SHORT DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS.
See also
  • TWISTDISPLACE so as to DISTORT.
Hypernym
  • SHAPE　APPEARANCE of the PLACE something is in, as PERCEIVED by the EYES, DISREGARDING the SUBJECTIVITY of the APPEARANCE. (anc: 5/0, child: 13)
  • APPEARANCE　CLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES. (anc: 4/0, child: 6)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.74

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    CURVED

    curvus and the more common and prosaic curvatus refer to anthing that is rounded and not straight.

    uncus refers to something very markedly rounded, almost into a semicircle.

    pandus refers to slight rounding.

    curva forms a continuous crooked line.

    incurva forms a straight line but ends in a curve.

    aduncus refers to e.g. horns being curved outwards.

    reduncus refers to e.g. horns being curved inwards.

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 356

    • Words (12 items)

    曲  qū OC: khoɡ MC: khi̯ok 10 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Ant: 直/STRAIGHT The current general word for something concrete or abstract being straight in any abstract or concrete way is zhí 直 (ant. wān 彎 "bent")

      Syntactic words
    • nab2roundnessLZ
    • nabfeatureroundnessLZ
    • nabfigurativeliterary: semantic and stylistic convolutionsCH
    • nfigurativebend in a waterway
    • nsubjecta bent object 輮直為曲, something crocked
    • vadNbent
    • vibe bent or curved
    • vifigurativebe crooked, be less than straightforward See WICKED
    句  jù OC: kos MC: ki̯o
    句  gōu OC: koo MC: ku 4 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 衿 / 襟/COLLAR Jīn 衿／襟 and rèn 衽 refer specifically to the lapels which normally cross in front of the chest.

      Syntactic words
    • nabcurve
    • vadNcurved ??
    • vishaped like a hook > be curved
    • viactto make a hoook-like movement
    邐迤  lǐ yǐ OC: b-relʔ lalʔ MC: liɛ jiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabfeaturewinding curved shapes
    枸  gōu OC: koo MC: ku 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadNbent, crooked (wood)
    • vibe bent, be crooked
    輮  róu OC: mljuʔ MC: ȵɨu 0 Attributions

    Róu 輮 is a rare word referring - always very literally - to the bending (especially of wood) into round shape and the resulting bent shape of wood.

      Syntactic words
    • nbend> bent wood???
    詰詘  jié qū OC: khid khlud MC: khit khi̯ut 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabfeaturecurvatures
    傴  yǔ OC: qoʔ MC: ʔi̯o 0 Attributions

    Yǔ 傴 refers especially to the deformation of the human body through various diseases which cause humans to have curved backs. See HUNCHBACK

      Syntactic words
    • vibe bent, crippled
    局  jú OC: ɡoɡ MC: gi̯ok 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vibent, curved (of body)
    • vtoNto bend; arch back
    彎  wān OC: qroon MC: ʔɣan 0 Attributions

    Wān 彎 refers to naturally curved objects of any kind without any suggestion of them having been bent into this shape.

      Syntactic words
    • na bend
    • viP: curved, bent
    捄  qiú OC: ɡu MC: gɨu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vibe long and curved
    枸  gōu OC: koo MC: ku 0 Attributions

    Gōu 枸 refers especially to bent wood without any indication of why this wood has become bent.

      Syntactic words
    • ncurved piece of wood
    紆  yū OC: qʷla MC: ʔi̯o 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vibe bent; be crooked