REVOLVE  運轉轉

MOVE in CIRCLES.
TURN AROUNDGO AROUNDTURN AROUNDROTATESPIN
Hypernym
  • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
    • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
      • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME.
        • REALITYEXIST and NOT ONLY BE IMAGINED....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for revolving, both externally induced and proceeding spontaneously or naturally, is zhuǎn 轉.

2. Xuán 旋 typically refers to things revolving because they are turned by someone or something.

3. Yùn 運 refers prototypically to heavenly bodies moving on revolving circular or near-circular trajectories.

4. Huí 回 refers prototypically to revolving focussing on the fact that what revolves returns intermittently to the same position.

Modern Chinese Criteria
運轉

運行

盤旋

回旋

縈回

縈行

回繞

打圈子

兜圈子

轉圈子

繞圈子

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

  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 153

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 10.15

Words

反  fǎn OC: panʔ MC: pi̯ɐn 10 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 轉/REVOLVE The current general word for revolving, both externally induced and proceeding spontaneously or naturally, is zhuǎn 轉.

    Syntactic words
  • vadVrevolving backwards, backwards
  • viactturn round, turn one's body round
  • vifigurativerevert to the original state of affairsCH
  • vt(oN)turn a contextually determinate thing round
  • vtoNturn over; turn round (one's hand etc.)
  • vtoNfigurative: turn the inverse wayCH
  • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: invert (a procedure)
  • vtoNmiddle voicebe reversedCH
轉  zhuǎn OC: tonʔ MC: ʈiɛn 9 Attributions

The current general word for revolving, both externally induced and proceeding spontaneously or naturally, is zhuǎn 轉.

    Syntactic words
  • viprocessrevolve, turn round and round; billow
  • vt+prep+Ncausativecause to revolve
  • vtoNcausativeturn, roll and move, shunt back and forth; change
  • vtoNfigurativebe moved > be influenced
  • vtoNreflexive.身turn oneself, twist oneself
運  yùn OC: ɢuns MC: ɦi̯un 9 Attributions

Yùn 運 refers prototypically to heavenly bodies moving on revolving circular or near-circular trajectories.

    Syntactic words
  • nabprocessperiodic movement
  • vi0there is periodic movement or changeCH
  • vichangeto turn to somebody else for succour
  • viprocesscourse along on a revolving circular course (typically said of stars in the Heavens)
  • vt prep Nmove and revolve in NCH
  • vtoNpassivebe turned (in a place)
  • vttoN1.+N2causativecause (something or somebody N1) to revolve (in a certain place N2); to roll (something N1) (somewhere N2)
展轉  zhǎn zhuǎn OC: tenʔ tonʔ MC: ʈiɛn ʈiɛn 6 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPiacttoss and turn, revolve; go in circles all over the place (> be passed on, continue to circulate)
  • VPtoNrevolve in, circle around in
回  huí OC: ɢuul MC: ɦuo̝i 4 Attributions

Huí 回 refers prototypically to revolving focussing on the fact that what revolves returns intermittently to the same position.

    Syntactic words
  • vadNrevolving; whirling 回飆
  • viprocessrevolve, turn round and round
  • vtoNturn (the head); turn round (one's horses etc)
  • vtoNrevolveLZ
旋  xuán OC: sɢlon MC: ziɛn 4 Attributions

Xuán 旋 typically refers to things revolving because they are turned by someone or something.

    Syntactic words
  • vadNrevolving
  • viprocessrevolve[also; walk around][CA]
  • vtoNcausativeturn round (head etc)CH
遶  rǎo OC: ŋɢjewʔ MC: ȵiɛu 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactrevolve, circumambulate, circle around
  • vtoNcircumambulate around; revolve around
輪回  lún huí OC: ɡ-run ɢuul MC: lʷin ɦuo̝i 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPiprocesstransmigrate from generation to generation
  • VPtoNbuddhistBUDDH: revolve in; transmigrate in
行  xíng OC: ɢraaŋ MC: ɦɣaŋ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nabprocesscourse (of heavenly bodies)
覆  fù OC: phuɡ MC: phuk 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vt(oN)turn round the contextually determinate object
  • vtoNturn over (boats etc)
扶搖  fú yáo OC: ba k-lew MC: bi̯o jiɛu 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPiactwhirl up in flight
匝  zā OC: tsuub MC: tsəp 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • viprocessturn arund; revolve
南  nán OC: noom MC: nəm 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNturn round towards the south, turn southward
側  cè OC: skrɯɡ MC: ʈʂɨk 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPiactturn round and round
回換  huí huàn OC: ɢuul ɢloons MC: ɦuo̝i ɦʷɑn 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNfigurativebe tossed around; be twisted and turned (by circumstances)
抽身  chōu shēn OC: rlʰiw qhjin MC: ʈhɨu ɕin 1 Attribution
  • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 63

    The word also appears in BIANWEN

    BIANWEN, fasc. 2: 淨能承其帝命，抽身便起。

    BIANWEN, fasc. 4: 須達情地慞惶，抽身數步之外，遂屈帝子向前。

    Syntactic words
  • VPiactto turn round
盤旋  pán xuán OC: baan sɢlon MC: bʷɑn ziɛn 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPabactpolite shuffling back and forth, polite going in circles
  • VPigo in circles, shuffle back and forth politely
運行  yùn xíng OC: ɢuns ɢraaŋ MC: ɦi̯un ɦɣaŋ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPiprocessfollow one's regular course
還  huán OC: ɡʷraan MC: ɦɣan 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vadVfigurativeon the contrary turning in upon oneselfCH
  • viprocess
反側  fǎn cè MC: pjonX tsrik OC: panʔ skrɯɡLZ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPifigurativeto lurch, to fiddle aboutLZ
斡  wò OC: qood MC: ʔʷɑt 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viprocessCHUCI: revolve
動轉  dòng zhuǎn OC: dooŋʔ tonʔ MC: duŋ ʈiɛn 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPifigurative(BUDDH:) revolve (in the cycle of life and death), (the mind) be continously in motion > be caught up in continuous thinking processes
員員  yùn yuán OC: ɢuns ɢon MC: ɦi̯un ɦiɛn 0 Attributions

revolve, turn around; cf. HDC 周轉也

    Syntactic words
  • VPiturn around, revolve

Existing SW for

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