EAVES  屋檐

CORNER of ROOF WITH DRAIN.
Hypernym
  • DRAINTUBE THROUGH which RAIN WATER FLOWS FROM the ROOF.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The general word for the eaves of a roof is yán 檐.

    2. Yǔ 宇 is an early literary word for the eaves of a roof.

    黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    ARCHITECTURE 11. 屋檐。

    梠，側重指屋檐板連綿不斷圍繞屋蓋，六朝前為屋檐的通稱。

    檐，後世屋檐之通稱。 [U+3bb0] ，屋椽端橫木，代稱屋檐。

    楣，屋檐口椽端的橫板，代稱屋檐。

    櫋，屋檐板，代稱屋檐。

    樀，屋檐泛稱。

    宇，四圍的屋檐。

    霤，由屋檐流水代稱屋檐。

    甍，由屋脊而泛稱屋檐。

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    屋檐

    房檐

    檐子

    檐

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

      Words

      宇  yǔ OC: ɢʷraʔ MC: ɦi̯o 1 Attribution

      Yǔ 宇 is an early literary word for the eaves of a roof.

        Syntactic words
      • nSHI, CC: eaves LU DEMING: 屋四垂為宇 "the four corners hanging from the roof are called yǔ"
      溜  liù OC: b-rus MC: lɨu 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • nthe eaves; the space under the eaves of a house
      霤  liù OC: b-rus MC: lɨu 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • nbeam along which water descends from the eaves
      宸  chén OC: ɡljɯn MC: dʑin 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nGY: roof: eaves
      檐  yán OC: k-lam MC: jiɛm
      檐  yán OC: k-lam MC: jiɛm 0 Attributions

      The general word for the eaves of a roof is yán 檐.

        Syntactic words
      • neaves, place in the roof from where rainwater escapes to the ground
      檐  yán OC: k-lam MC: jiɛm 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nTAO YUANMING: eaves
      宸宇  chén yǔ OC: ɡljɯn ɢʷraʔ MC: dʑin ɦi̯o 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • neaves

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: