MOAT  護城河池

CANAL PRODUCED FOR DEFENDING A CITY.
Hypernym
  • CANALARTEFACT:artificial RIVER.
    • RIVERMUCH ASSEMBLED FLOWING WATER as PART OF LANDSCAPE.
      • WATERINTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA.
        • LIQUIDSUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW....
See also
  • CITY WALLFORTIFYING WALL ENCIRCLING a CITY.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general word for a moat designed for military defense is chí 池.

    2. Gōu 溝 often refers to any kind of canal, but can be used in particular for defensive canals, especially those not built in conjunction with city walls.

    黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    ARCHITECTURE 2. 我國從上古至宋代的城牆都是夯土牆，泥土就地挖取，故有城牆必有護城河。護城河中古前常稱 “ 池 ” ，與 “ 城 ” 並用。

    魏晉後，常稱 “ 壕 ” ，範圍大於 “ 池 ” ，有更明確的軍事防禦性質。

    塹，指深險難越的護城河。

    隍，水乾涸的護城河。

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    護城河

    城池

    城壕

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

    Words

    池  chí OC: rlal MC: ɖiɛ 12 Attributions

    The current general word for a moat designed for military defense is chí 池.

      Word relations
    • Object: 鑿/DIG
    • Assoc: 城/CITY WALL Chéng 城 refers to the inner city wall. It was originally built of rammed earth, but during the Han there were also walls built of bricks or stones.
    • Assoc: 溝/MOAT Gōu 溝 often refers to any kind of canal, but can be used in particular for defensive canals, especially those not built in conjunction with city walls.

      Syntactic words
    • ndefensive moat
    溝  gōu OC: koo MC: ku 2 Attributions

    Gōu 溝 often refers to any kind of canal, but can be used in particular for defensive canals, especially those not built in conjunction with city walls.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 壘/CITY WALL
    • Assoc: 池/MOAT The current general word for a moat designed for military defense is chí 池.

      Syntactic words
    • ndefensive moat
    渠  qú MC: gjo OC: ɡaCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nmoatCH
    塹  qiàn OC: tshams MC: tshiɛm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nNANBEICHAO: deep moat that is hard to cross
    壕  háo OC: ɡoow MC: ɦɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nThree Kingdoms: standard term for defensive moat
    隍  huáng OC: ɡʷaaŋ MC: ɦɑŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nLate, BAN GU: dried-up moat

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: