CLOTH  紡織品布

ARTEFACT TYPICALLY PRODUCED by WEAVING OR KNITTING, SOMETIMES USED FOR PRODUCING GARMENTS.
ABRICMATERIALTEXTILE(S)SOFT GOODS
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See also
  • GARMENTCLOTH ARTEFACT WORN by HUMANS IN ORDER TO CAUSE THEMSELVES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. 
    Hyponym
    • BLANKET　BIG CLOTH USED to SAFEGUARD SLEEPING HUMANS AGAINST the COLD WHILE they SLEEP.
      • MAT　A BLANKET FOR PUTTING ON the FLOOR....
    • CURTAIN　HANGING CLOTH USED FOR BLOCKING OR CONCEALING something.
      • CARRIAGE SCREEN　VEHICLE PART in the form of a CURTAIN which blocks the view inside the carriage.
    • RIBBON　INTENSELY SMALL LONG AND NARROW CLOTH.
      • SILK　CLOTH PRODUCED USING SILK THREADS.
        • BROCADE　EMBROIDERED SILK CLOTH.
        • SILK PADDING　SILK USED FOR CAUSING CLOTH to BECOME THICK.
      • TOWEL　CLOTH USED FOR CAUSING ONE'S BODY TO BECOME DRY.
        • VEIL　INTENSELY THIN CLOTH USED FOR HIDING something.
          • HANDKERCHIEF　SMALL CLOTH USED FOR WIPING one's FACE, HANDS ETC.
            • LINEN　Kind of CLOTH made of flax.???
              • DIAPER　CLOTH USED TO COVER RUMP OF BABIES
                Old Chinese Criteria
                1. The general word for cloth is bù bó 布帛 "coarse or silk cloth".

                2. Bó 帛 refers quite generally to silk cloth. See SILK.

                3. Bù 布 refers quite generally to all kind of coarse cloth, typically made of hemp and the like, but the word is also occasionally used loosely as a general term for cloth including silk.

                4. Chī 絺 refers to fine linen or hemp cloth.

                5. Xì 綌 refers to coarse dolichos cloth.

                6. Sī 緦 refers generally to any kind of coarse cloth worn in periods of mourning.

                Modern Chinese Criteria
                布

                布匹

                棉布

                棉織品

                粗布

                毛布

                大布

                土布

                老布

                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. 6.21

                • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 188ff

                Words

                布  bù OC: paas MC: puo̝ 7 AttributionsWD

                Bù 布 refers quite generally to all kind of coarse cloth, typically made of hemp and the like, but the word is also occasionally used loosely as a general term for cloth including silk.

                  Syntactic words
                • na cloth
                • nadNN of plain cloth
                • nmcloth
                坐具  zuò jù OC: sɡoolʔ ɡos MC: dzʷɑ gi̯o 5 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • NPbuddhistmonks' cloth for performing ritual bows or for sitting on; see DDB: http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?57.xml+id('b5750-5177')
                綌  xì OC: khaɡ MC: khɣɛk 4 AttributionsWD

                Xì 綌 refers to coarse dolichos cloth.

                  Syntactic words
                • nmcoarse dolichos cloth
                布帛  bù bó OC: paas braaɡ MC: puo̝ bɣɛk 4 AttributionsWD

                The general word for cloth is bù bó 布帛 "coarse or silk cloth".

                  Syntactic words
                • NPmcloth, including silk
                絺  chī OC: khrlil MC: ʈhi 3 AttributionsWD

                Chī 絺 refers to fine linen or hemp cloth. [OC Reconstruction surely qhlvl]

                  Syntactic words
                • nm[OC Reconstruction surely qhlvl] SHI: fine linen or hemp cloth
                帷  wéi OC: ɢrul MC: ɦi 2 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nclothCH
                • nmadNwhole-cloth (curtain style)
                疊  dié OC: dɯɯb MC: dep 2 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nfolded cloth
                • vadNfolded cloth
                紺  gàn OC: kooms MC: kəm 2 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • ndark purple silk
                • vadNmade of deep purple dark purple silk
                • vibe deep purple
                帨  shuì OC: lʰods MC: ɕiɛi 1 AttributionWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nhandkerchief
                素  sù OC: saas MC: suo̝ 1 AttributionWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nadVin white silk clothCH
                • nmplain silk cloth
                緅  zōu OC: skoo MC: tsu 1 AttributionWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nmbrowning purpose silk cloth
                • vadNmade of brownish purple silk
                鹿布  lù bù OC: b-rooɡ paas MC: luk puo̝ 1 AttributionWD
                  Syntactic words
                • NPcoarse cloth
                帛  bó OC: braaɡ MC: bɣɛk 0 AttributionsWD

                Bó 帛 refers quite generally to silk cloth. See SILK.

                  Syntactic words
                緦  sī OC: snɯ MC: sɨ 0 AttributionsWD

                Sī 緦 refers generally to any kind of coarse cloth worn in periods of mourning.

                  Syntactic words
                • nmcoarse mourning cloth
                錫  xī OC: sleeɡ MC: sek 0 AttributionsWD
                  Syntactic words
                • nmthin and smooth cloth

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