SILVER  銀

BRIGHT METAL [].
Hypernym
  • METALHARD INTENSELY HEAVY SUBSTANCE OFTEN USED FOR PRODUCING ARTEFACTS, TOOLS, AND WEAPONS. []
    • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for silver is yín 銀, but the word is not often used before Warring States times.

2. Wù 鋈 is an archaic word referring to silver ornaments used three times in SHI.

Modern Chinese Criteria
銀

銀子

白銀

紋銀

白金

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. 9.65

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    GOLD AND SILVER

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

Words

銀  yín OC: ŋɡrɯn MC: ŋin 8 Attributions

The standard word for silver is yín 銀, but the word is not often used before Warring States times.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 金/GOLD Jīn 金 "metal" is sometimes used as short for huáng jīn 黃金.

    Syntactic words
  • nsilver
  • nmadNmade of silver
鋈  wù OC: qowɡ MC: ʔuok 2 Attributions

Wù 鋈 is an archaic word referring to silver ornaments used three times in SHI.

    Syntactic words
  • nsilver
  • nmadNmade of silver; silver; silver-plated
白  bái OC: braaɡ MC: bɣɛk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vadNof silvery colour

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: