LADLE    勺子勺

INTENSELY BIG SPOON USED FOR MOVING LIQUID.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Shuò 勺 / 酌 refers to a small ladle with a long handle, which was typically used to pour wine into a cup. 2. Dǒu 斗 refers to a ladle with a short handle and a larger content than >shuò 勺 / 酌. 3. Yú 舀 is a general term meaning to ladle. The word has a strong colloquial flavour.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 FOOD 15. 挹器。 瓢，主要舀水，也可舀酒。 蠡，小瓢。 斗、勺相類：斗，容量大，短柄，主要舀水；勺，容量少，專舀酒，從酒樽舀酒入飲者杯爵中。 瓚，專用於祭祀、容量稍大、形制別致的玉勺。 匕，上古尖心形短柄飯勺，又作截牲具，截取大塊牲肉，取放於鼎、鑊、俎之間。 柶，用於喪禮的角製匕。 匙，湯匙，或稱 “ 匕 ” 。 FOOD 7. VERBAL, TO SCOOP UP: 斟，舀取濃重的汁液，多為羹。 酌，舀取水與酒，主要是酒。 舀，用瓢勺等挹取舂好之米；唐代以後，指舀取水、酒等液體，有口語色彩。挹，以瓢舀取液體。
See also
  • POURDISPLACE a LIQUID to CAUSE it to FLOW DOWN FROM a VESSEL.
Hypernym
  • SPOON　TOOL USED FOR EATING OR MOVING SMALL QUANTITIES of LIQUID. (anc: 7/0, child: 1)
  • EATING TOOLS　TOOLS USED FOR EATING. (anc: 6/0, child: 4)
  • TOOL　ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD. (anc: 5/0, child: 53)

Words (15 items)

酌  zhuó OC: pljewɡ MC: tɕi̯ɐk
勺  zhuó MC: tsyak OC: pljewɡ 35 Attributions

Shuò 勺/酌 refers to a small ladle with a long handle, which was typically used to pour vine into a cup.

    Word relations
  • Oppos: 注/POUR Zhù 注 is to pour by a well-defined small stream of liquid into a well-defined place.

    Syntactic words
  • viactengage in ladling wine; ladle wine; ladle water
  • vt(+prep+N)serve wine forCH
  • vt(oN)ladle from a contextually determinate container
  • vt+prep+Nladle with; serve wine with
  • vtoNserve (wine); SHI 246: ladle out; ladle from; HANSHU uses the second graph in a literal sense
  • vtoNobject=guestladle wine for (a guest)
  • vtoNobject=vesselladle from (a wine vessel)
  • vttoN1.+N2ladle (liquid N1) for (a guest N2)
斟酌  zhēn zhuó OC: kljum pljewɡ MC: tɕim tɕi̯ɐk 2 Attributions

Zhēn zhuó 斟酌 means to pour/ladle vine.

    Syntactic words
  • VPt[oN]figurativeto draw, gain things/resources/wealthLZ
  • VPtoNladle from, take the contents from
斟  zhēn OC: kljum MC: tɕim 2 Attributions

Zhēn 斟 means to ladle something.

    Syntactic words
  • viactladle things
  • vtoNladle out
瓢  piáo OC: bew MC: biɛu 2 Attributions

Piáo 瓢 refers to a kind of a ladle made of a cut opened gourd.

    Syntactic words
  • nZHUANG: small container for water made of gourd, for use as a ladle for water
斗  dǒu OC: tooʔ MC: tu 1 Attribution

Dǒu 斗 refers to a ladle with a short handle and a larger content than >shuò 勺/酌.

    Syntactic words
  • nladle for wine, also used for ladling water
柶  sì OC: plids MC: si 1 Attribution

Sì 柶 refers to a ritual spoon made of animal bones.

    Syntactic words
  • nYILI: large spoon, small ladle used in funeral contexts in serving libation
瓚  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 1 Attribution

Zàn 瓚 refers to a jade ladle for pouring vine which was used on ritual occasions.

    Syntactic words
  • nSHU: libation ladle
舀  yǎo OC: k-lewʔ MC: jiɛu 0 Attributions

Yú 舀 is a general term meaning to ladle. The word has a strong colloquial flavour.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNvery rare, SHUOWEN quoting SHI: to ladle
勺  sháo OC: bljewɡ MC: dʑi̯ɐk 0 Attributions

Shuò 勺/酌 refers to a small ladle with a long handle, which was typically used to pour vine into a cup.

    Syntactic words
匏  páo OC: bruu MC: bɣɛu 0 Attributions

Páo 匏 is a kind of a gourd which was used as a ladle.

    Syntactic words
  • nlong-neck gourd ladle
匙  chí OC: ɡlje MC: dʑiɛ 0 Attributions

Chí 匙 refers to a small spoon used to eat a soup. This developed in after the >Qín 秦 dynasty from >bǐ 匕.

    Syntactic words
挹  yì OC: qib MC: ʔip 0 Attributions

Yì 挹 is a common general term meaning to ladle liquids with a small vessel.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNSHI 203: to ladle; to fill with liquid (as one might a ladle), to use as a ladle
杓  biāo OC: plew MC: piɛu 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nladle, spoon
  • ncpost-V{NUM}.+Nclassifierclassifier: x-ladles/spoons of N
汋  sháo OC: bljewɡ MC: dʑi̯ɐk 0 Attributions

Zhuó 汋 means to ladle.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNladle
瓠  hù OC: ɡʷlaas MC: ɦuo̝ 0 Attributions

Hú 瓠 is another term for a páo 匏.

    Syntactic words
  • ngourd ladle