JADE  玉屬玉

HARD BRIGHT STONE USED FOR PRODUCING ORNAMENTS. []
Hypernym
  • STONECOMMON INTENSELY HARD SUBSTANCE in LANDSCAPE.
    • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
XUN 27:8, Knoblock 3:209

聘人以珪， Men on official visits use the gu• (which is square at the bottom and round on top),

問士以璧， freemen asking advice use the b“ (ring-jade);

召人以瑗， someone summoning other will use the yuàn;

絕人以玦， someone breaking off relations with someone will use the jué;

反絕以環。 someone who is making good again broken-off relations will use the huán.

Words

玉  yù OC: ŋɡoɡ MC: ŋi̯ok 45 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Object: 服/WEAR Fú 服 (ant. xiè 卸 "take off") refers to dressing up for an official occasion.
  • Epithet: 人/HUMAN The dominant term is rén 人 which refers to any human.
  • Epithet: 美 / 媄 / 媺/BEAUTIFUL The general word is měi 美 "handsome and admirable" (ant. è 惡 "ugly") which refers to anything concrete or abstract which is attractive or handsome in a dignified way, and the word often retains its primary culinary sense of "tasty". [GENERAL], [GRADED]; [[COMMON]]
  • Epithet: 寶/PRECIOUS The current general word for objective preciousness and real high value and importance is bǎo 寶 (ant. zhuì 贅 "trifles"), and this word often has abstract figurative meanings "what one treasures as most important in one's life".
  • Epithet: 璞/JADE
  • Epithet: 青/BLUE
  • Epithet: 几/TABLE Most general word for the table is jǐ 几. According to the character, its main characteristic was crooked legs. The word refers to two different pieces of furniture, both possessing this feature: 1) to the small and very narrow table made usually of wood or bamboo and used for relying one's body on when sitting (or, more precisely, kneeling); this was put behind one's left side or in front of him, 2) to the low table broader than previous, which was used to put something on. In relation to the latter meaning, the term can be also used as a general term for the different kinds of tables.
  • Contrast: 石/STONE The general word for a stone is shí 石.
  • Assoc: 磬/STONE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Qìng 磬 refers to the musical instrument made of stone which was suspended on the wooden construction (usually in a set) and beaten with a wooden stick. This kind of instrument came to use already in the 3rd millenium B.C. Qìng 磬 was together with bells and drums the core instrument of ritual musical assemblages, and it is quite often found in aristocratic tombs dating from the Shang to the Warring States period (most remarkable being an assemblage of 32 pieces from the grave of Marquis Yi of Zeng who died in 433 B.C.). By Han times it was already rare.
  • Assoc: 珠/PEARL The standard word for a rounded pearl is zhū 珠.
  • Assoc: 金/GOLD Jīn 金 "metal" is sometimes used as short for huáng jīn 黃金.

    Syntactic words
  • npiece of jade
  • nadV{PASS}.adNwith jade, using jade 玉作
  • nmjade
  • nm[adN]jade [objects]CH
  • nmadNmade of jade
  • nmadNfigurativejade-like; beautiful like jade 玉英
璞  pú OC: phrooɡ MC: phɣɔk 7 Attributions

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  • nuncarved and unpolished piece of jade or precious stone
  • nmadNLIKE UNPOLISHED JADE> unpolished
圭  guī OC: kʷee MC: kei 6 Attributions
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  • njade tablet indicating rank
球  qiú OC: ɡu MC: gɨu 4 Attributions
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  • nkind of jade that gives off a pleasant sound when knocked or beaten
玨  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 2 Attributions
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  • ncpost-V{NUM}.post-Nclassifierpair of jade, joined together
瑱  tiàn OC: thiins MC: then 2 Attributions
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  • njade pendant covering the ear; ear-plugs
瑩  yíng OC: ɢʷeŋ MC: ɦɣaŋ 2 Attributions
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  • njade-like stone
瑤  yáo OC: k-lew MC: jiɛu 2 Attributions
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  • nSHI: precious stone, precious jade
  • nadNjade-studdedCH
  • nmadNjade-like
璋  zhāng OC: kjaŋ MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
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  • nhalf a guī 珪 jade as a sign of one's rank and allegiance. One of the liù yù 六玉 used in sacrifices to Heaven and Earth and the Four Directions, as well as in various formal court ceremonials. ILLUSTRATION
珽  tǐng OC: theeŋʔ MC: theŋ 1 Attribution
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  • nkind of jade
琇  xiù OC: slus MC: sɨu 1 Attribution
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  • nkind of precious stone (maybe a coarse variety of jade)
琦  qí OC: ɡral MC: giɛ 1 Attribution
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  • nkind of jade
琰  yǎn OC: k-lamʔ MC: jiɛm 1 Attribution
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  • nfine, carved jade
琬  wǎn OC: qonʔ MC: ʔi̯ɐn 1 Attribution
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  • njade tablet
璲  suì OC: sɢluds MC: zi 1 Attribution
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  • njade insignium carried on a belt
瓊  qióng OC: ɡʷeŋ MC: giɛŋ 1 Attribution
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  • nadNmade of gemsDS
  • nsubjectWHAT IS PRECIOUS> precious stone, gem
玉璞  yù pú OC: ŋɡoɡ phrooɡ MC: ŋi̯ok phɣɔk 1 Attribution
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  • NPuncarved jade
瓊敷  qióng fū MC: gjwieng phju OC: ɡʷeŋ phlaCH 1 Attribution
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  • NPderivedprecious gems> literary treasuresCH
玉藻  yù zǎo MC: ngjowk tsawX OC: ŋɡoɡ tsaawʔCH 1 Attribution
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  • NPmetaphoricaljade beads in the official hat of rulers> literary treasuresCH
碧盧  bì lú MC: pjaek lu OC: plaɡ ɡ-raaCH 1 Attribution
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  • NPGreenish JadeCH
珂  kē OC: khlaal MC: khɑ 0 Attributions
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  • njade-like stone of inferior quality
玲  líng OC: ɡ-reeŋ MC: leŋ 0 Attributions
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  • nkind of jade
圭  guī OC: kʷee MC: kei 0 Attributions
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  • nguī-jade longish tablet, often with round head. One of the liù yù 六玉 used in sacrifices to Heaven and Earth and the Four Directions, as well as in various formal court ceremonials. ILLUSTRATION
珵  chéng OC: deŋ MC: ɖiɛŋ 0 Attributions
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  • nkind of precious stone
琅  láng OC: ɡ-raaŋ MC: lɑŋ 0 Attributions
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  • njade-like stone
琪  qí OC: ɡɯ MC: gɨ 0 Attributions
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  • nkind of jade
琳  lín OC: ɡ-rɯm MC: lim 0 Attributions
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  • nkind of jade
琥  hǔ OC: qhlaaʔ MC: huo̝ 0 Attributions
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  • njade object in shape of a tiger, standardly used as a symbol of military authority. One of the liù yù 六玉 used in sacrifices to Heaven and Earth and the Four Directions, as well as in various formal court ceremonials. ILLUSTRATION
琨  kūn OC: kuun MC: kuo̝n 0 Attributions
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  • nprecious stone
琮  cóng OC: dzuuŋ MC: dzuo̝ŋ 0 Attributions
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  • njade object which is tube-shaped, eight-cornered on the outside, round hole inside. One of the liù yù 六玉 used in sacrifices to Heaven and Earth and the Four Directions, as well as in various formal court ceremonials. ILLUSTRATION
琛  chēn OC: khrlum MC: ʈhim 0 Attributions
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  • nprecious stone, treasure
瑁  mào OC: muuɡs MC: mɑu 0 Attributions
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  • njade sceptre
瑜  yú OC: lo MC: ji̯o 0 Attributions
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  • nfine jade, lustre, excellence
瑰  guī OC: kuul MC: kuo̝i 0 Attributions
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  • nkind of precious stone
瑾  jǐn OC: ɡrɯns MC: gin 0 Attributions
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  • nbeautiful jade
琁  xuán OC: sɢlon MC: ziɛn 0 Attributions
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  • nfine jade; precious stone
璫  dāng OC: taaŋ MC: tɑŋ
當  dāng OC: taaŋ MC: tɑŋ 0 Attributions
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  • njade ear pendant (sometimes written 當)
璪  zǎo OC: tsaawʔ MC: tsɑu 0 Attributions
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  • njade pendants on a hat
瓘  guàn OC: koons MC: kʷɑn 0 Attributions
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  • nkind of jade
瓚  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions
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  • njade of low quality
碧  bì OC: plaɡ MC: pɣɛk 0 Attributions
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  • npiece of green jade
玫瑰  méi guī OC: mɯɯl kuul MC: muo̝i kuo̝i 0 Attributions
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  • NPshiny pearl-like precious stone; pearl
翡翠  fěi cuì OC: buls skhuds MC: bɨi tshi 0 Attributions
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  • NPkingfisher jadeite
  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 Attributions
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  • NPmetaphoricaljade beads in the official hat of rulers> literary treasuresCH

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