RAINBOW    彩虹虹

APPEARANCE OF ROW of COLOURS IN the SKY which APPEARS WHEN there is RAIN DURING SUNSHINE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for rainbow is hóng 虹, and the word refers specifically to the rainbow itself as opposed to the faded colours manifesting themselves around the rainbow. 2. Ní 霓 refers to the faded colours around the rainbow. 3. Dì dō4ng 螮蝀 is an archaic poetic way of referring to the rainbow.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 ASTRONOMY 20. 虹，現代所稱雄虹和色白而純的日傍氣總稱。 霓，雌虹，為四時皆有的日月旁雲氣。 螮蝀，見於東方的虹。隮，見於西方的虹。 白虹為雌虹（ “ 霓 ” ）的一種，為日月中或旁白而直的雲氣。
Modern Chinese Criteria
彩虹 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • 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)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 791

    Regnbogen, Schlange mit zwei Koepfen:

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 319

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.453

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 28

    • Words (7 items)

    霓  ní OC:  MC: ŋei 3 Attributions

    Ní 霓 refers to the faded colours around the rainbow.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 雲 / 云/CLOUD The current general word for a cloud is yún 雲.

      Syntactic words
    • nfaded shadow around the rainbow; faint rainbow; rainbow
    虹蜺  hóng ní OC: ɡooŋ MC: ɦuŋ ŋei
    虹霓  hóng ní OC: ɡooŋ MC: ɦuŋ ŋei 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPrainbow
    虹  hóng OC: ɡooŋ MC: ɦuŋ 2 Attributions

    The general word for rainbow is hóng 虹, and the word refers specifically to the rainbow itself as opposed to the faded colours manifesting themselves around the rainbow.

      Syntactic words
    • nbright rainbow with clear colours; rainbow
    雲霓  yún ní MC: hjun ngej OC: ɢun -- 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPcloudy rainbowCH
    蜺  ní OC:  MC: ŋei 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nrianbow (var. of 霓)
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPcloudy rainbowCH
    螮蝀  dì dōng OC: teeds tooŋ MC: tei tuŋ 0 Attributions

    Dì dōng 螮蝀 is an archaic poetic way of referring to the rainbow.

      Syntactic words
    • nSHI: rainbow