LIQUID    液汁

SUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for any liquid of any kind, drinkable or not, is yè 液, and the term is of prime importance in medical texts. 2. Zhī 汁 "liquid" refers to anything where water has an admixture of something else, or which is the result of squeezing liquid out of something.
Modern Chinese Criteria
液汁 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • BODY JUICES　IMPORTANT LIQUID in the BODY. (anc: 6/0, child: 6)
  • MILK　LIQUID DEVELOPED IN the BREAST of FEMALES, which CAN NOURISH their CHILDREN. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • MOIST　COVERED by or MIXED with LIQUID, TYPICALLY with WATER. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • WATER　INTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA. (anc: 6/0, child: 10)
  • INK　TYPICALLY BLACK LIQUID one USES TO WRITE OR PAINT with. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • TEA　LIQUID FOR DRINKING PRODUCED USING HOT WATER AND LEAVES. [] (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • DROP OF LIQUID　SMALL SPHERE OF LIQUID. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • VINEGAR　COMMON SOUR LIQUID SPICE. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • JUICE　LIQUID PRODUCED USING FRUIT, USED FOR DRINKING. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
See also
  • SMELTCAUSE METAL TO BECOME LIQUID.
Hypernym
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.88

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 562

    1. Ye4 液 is not a common word in pre-Buddhist Chinese, but the word does not only refer to "body fluids" in those few examples we have in the non-medical literature, it can refer to edible liquids as in CC 吸飛泉之微液兮 "I sipped the subtle liquor of the Flying Spring". See also:

    CC JIUSI 03:04; SBBY 554; Huang 294; Fu 256; tr. Hawkes 311;

    吮玉液兮止渴， I sucked jade nectar to quench my thirst.

    2. Zhi1 汁 does sometimes mean "drinkable juice", but the word is also very common in medical contexts, the difference between zhi1 汁 and ye4 液 in medical contexts remaining to be determined.

    • Words (7 items)

    淖  nào OC: rneewɡs MC: ɳɣɛu 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]liquid substances 兩淖
    • vibe thinly liquid
    • vichangeturn liquid
    汁  zhī OC: kjub MC: tɕip 2 Attributions

    Zhī 汁 "liquid" refers to anything where water has an admixture of something else, or which is the result of squeezing liquid out of something.

      Syntactic words
    • nmliquid
    液  yè OC: k-laɡ MC: jiɛk 2 Attributions

    The current general word for any liquid of any kind, drinkable or not, is yè 液, and the term is of prime importance in medical texts.

      Syntactic words
    • nmliquid; fluid; moisture
    惡水漿  è shuǐ jiāng OC: qaaɡ qhjulʔ skaŋ MC: ʔɑk ɕi tsi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPcolloquialwaste-water, slop, swill
    滒  gē OC: klaal MC: kɑ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vithinly liquid
    漿  jiāng OC: skaŋ MC: tsi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nthick liquid
    • nmwaste-water, slop, swill
    瀋  shěn OC: khjɯmʔ MC: tɕhim 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nmspilt water; spilt liquid