WATER    水

INTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006
Modern Chinese Criteria
水 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • BRINE　WATER CONTAINING INTENSELY MANY:much SALT. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • CLOUD　VISIBLE MASS of ASSEMBLED WATER OR ICE FLOATING IN the AIR. (anc: 7/0, child: 2)
  • DEW　WATER from the AIR on COOL SURFACES, TYPICALLY VISIBLE in the MORNINGS. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • ICE　HARD FROZEN WATER. (anc: 7/0, child: 1)
  • LAKE　INTENSELY BIG ACCUMULATION OF WATER IN a LANDSCAPE. (anc: 7/0, child: 1)
  • RAIN　WATER FALLING FROM CLOUDS. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • RIVER　MUCH ASSEMBLED FLOWING WATER as PART OF LANDSCAPE. (anc: 7/0, child: 3)
  • SEA　ABUNDANT SALTY WATER SURROUNDING LAND. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • SNOW　WHITE FROZEN RAIN. (anc: 7/0, child: 1)
  • WAVE　MOVING WATER RESEMBLING MOUNTAIN RIDGE. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • LIQUID　SUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW. (anc: 5/0, child: 9)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 119

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.31

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 234

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art, and Cosmos in Early China ( ALLAN 1997) p.

  • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

    aqua 'water' [f. a] (Naev.+)

    Derivatives: aquola 'a small stream' (P1.+), aquosus 'well-watered' (Cato+), aqualis

    'watery, for water' (Cato+), aquariusrius [adj. / m.] 'of / for water' (Cato), aquatus

    'mixed with water' (Cato+), aquatilis 'watery, aquatic' (Varro); aquilex, -gis

    'water-diviner' (Varro+).

    • Words (12 items)

    水  shuǐ OC: qhjulʔ MC: ɕi 49 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 山/MOUNTAIN The general term for a mountain of any kind, large or small, is shān 山.

      Syntactic words
    • nabconceptconcept of water; idea of waterCH
    • nabnonreferentialthe substance 'water' in general
    • nadVinstrumentusing water; by means of flooding 水攻
    • nadVplace/instrumenton water 水行travel by river/water
    • nmwater
    • nmadVon water, in water;
    • nmadVresembling nmlike water
    • nmvocativeyou, water!
    湯  tāng OC: kh-laaŋ MC: thɑŋ 9 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmbathwater; hot water; boiling water
    • nmadVin boiling water
    江海  jiāng hǎi OC: krooŋ hmlɯɯʔ MC: kɣɔŋ həi 3 Attributions

    big waters in general

      Syntactic words
    • NPgeneralbig waters in general sense
    流水  liú shuǐ OC: ru qhjulʔ MC: lɨu ɕi 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmrunning water, non-stagnant water
    雨露  yǔ lù MC: hjuX luH OC: ɢʷraʔ ɡ-raaɡs 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmmoisture like that of rain and dewCH
    冰  bīng OC: prɯŋ MC: pɨŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nmicecold water
    鑊湯  huò tāng OC: ɢʷaaɡ kh-laaŋ MC: ɦɑk thɑŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPboiling water in a pot (Buddhist torture instrument)
    流  liú OC: ru MC: lɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventflowing water
    醴  lǐ OC: riiʔ MC: lei 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmdelicious sweet water
    白水  bái shuǐ OC: braaɡ qhjulʔ MC: bɣɛk ɕi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmthe clear river water
    汁  zhī OC: kjub MC: tɕip 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmwaste water
    淵  yuān OC: qʷiin MC: ʔen 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmopen-air water (?) (Nothing relevant in DZD or DCD)