COMPASS  羅盤

TOOL USED to DEFINE the DIRECTIONS WITH.
Hypernym
  • TOOLARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Sīnán 司南 is the predecessor of a compass; it was made of a natural magnetic iron.

2. Zhǐnánzhēn 指南針 is a compass pointing in the north-southern direction, which was made of a magnetic iron.

3. Zhǐnánchē 指南車 refers to a chariot pointing to the world directions; it came to be used by the emperors after the Jin dynasty.

Modern Chinese Criteria
羅盤

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    Words

    規  guī OC: kʷe MC: kiɛ 11 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • ncompass
    • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    司南  sī nán OC: sqlɯ noom MC: sɨ nəm 1 Attribution

    Sīnán 司南 is the predecessor of a compass; it was made of a natural magnetic iron.

      Syntactic words
    • ncompass indicating where south is
    羅盤  luó pán OC: b-raal baan MC: lɑ bʷɑn 0 Attributions

    Luópán 羅盤 is a round plate with a curved scale. ADD DETAILS

      Syntactic words
    指南車  zhǐ nán chē OC: kjiʔ noom khlja MC: tɕi nəm tɕhɣɛ 0 Attributions

    Zhǐnánchē 指南車 refers to a chariot pointing to the world directions; it came to be used by the emperors after the Jin dynasty.

      Syntactic words
    指南針  zhǐ nán zhēn OC: kjiʔ noom kjum MC: tɕi nəm tɕim 0 Attributions

    Zhǐnánzhēn 指南針 is a compass pointing in the north-southern direction, which was made of a magnetic iron.

      Syntactic words

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