SILK PRODUCTION    絲綢加工

PRODUCING SILK.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for producing refined silk is liàn 練.
Hypernym
  • PRODUCE　ACT so as to DELIBERATELY CAUSE something to BEGIN to EXIST. (anc: 12/0, child: 17)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)

Words (7 items)

練  liàn OC: ɡ-reens MC: len 2 Attributions

The current general word for producing refined silk is liàn 練.

    Syntactic words
  • nabactrefining of silk
  • virefine silk, among other things, from Han times onwards, by dǎo 搗 "pounding" it, and from earliest times by xǐ 洗 "washing" it, shài 晒 "exposing it to the sun" etc.
搗  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNHAN: pound silk in order to remove the glue-like substance and produce smooth silk for garments (rather than the raw silk used for production of silk cords etc)
曝  pù OC: booɡ MC: buk
暴  pù OC: booɡ MC: buk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNMENG: expose silk to the sun
洴  píng OC: beeŋ MC: beŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viwash silk
漂  piào OC: phews MC: phiɛu 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNSHIJI: wash silk (in order to remove glue-like substance etc)
澼  pì OC: pheeɡ MC: phek 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viwash silk
濯  zhuó OC: rleewɡ MC: ɖɣɔk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwash silk