AMONG    其中

BEing-IN a GROUP of THINGS. 
AMONGSTSURROUNDED BYIN THE COMPANY OFAMIDIN THE MIDDLE OFWITHLITERARY AMIDSTIN THE MIDST OF
Old Chinese Criteria
[[COMMON/RARE]] [BASIC/DERIVED] 1. The standard general word for "among" is zhōng 中. [[COMMON]]; [npostN] 2. Jiān 間 is primarily spatial and comes to mean "among" only by figurative extension. [DERIVED]; [npostN] 3. Yú 於 "in, at" can sometimes come to be used in an extended figurative meaning "among". [[RARE]]; [vtpostV]
Modern Chinese Criteria
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／ LU JIANMING
See also
  • PARTICLEA WORD that NOT VERBAL AND NOT NOMINAL. [NOTE THAT THE GRAMMATICAL PARTICLES HAVE NOT BEEN FOCUSSED SO FAR IN THE SYSTEM AND NO SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS HAS BEEN APPLIED SO FAR.]
Hypernym
  • BE IN　RELATION between a THING AND what that THING FILLS OR PART:partially FILLS. (anc: 5/0, child: 7)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)

Words (5 items)

於  yú OC: qa MC: ʔi̯ɤ 7 Attributions

Jiān 間 is primarily spatial and comes to mean "among" only by figurative extension. [DERIVED]; [npostN]

    Syntactic words
  • vt[0]oN.postadVamong the N, inside the group NCH
  • vt[0]oN.postadVfrom amongCH
  • vt[0]oN{PLUR}.postadV選於眾"choose from among the masses": from among the Ns
  • vtoN.adVamong
中  zhōng OC: krluŋ MC: ʈuŋ 6 Attributions

The standard general word for "among" is zhōng 中. [[COMMON]]; [npostN]

    Syntactic words
  • npost-N1.adN2among
  • n{PRED}.post-N+ZHIbe among N's, belong to N'sLZ
焉  yān OC: qran MC: ʔiɛn 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • v{vt+npro}postN.postVfrom among them 一焉
間  jiān OC: kreen MC: kɣɛn 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nab.post-Nrelation between
閒  jiān MC: kean OC: kreen 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • npost-Nthe place among CH