CRAGGY  崎嶇的

HIGH AND STEEP.
STEEPPRECIPITOUSSHEERPERPENDICULARROCKYRUGGEDRAGGED
Hypernym
  • HIGHBIG VERTICALLY.
    • BIGOF INTENSE SIZE OR DEGREE IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN.
      • SIZEQUANTITY of a DIMENSION.
        • QUANTITYDEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Xiǎn 險 (ant. píng 平 "level") refers to inaccessible precipitous and dangerous high terrain.

2. Yán 巖 (or yán 岩 ) focusses on height and steepness in a rocky landscape.

3. Qiào 峭 means extremely steep, and it lays an emphasis on a steepness of a mountain.

4. Jùn 峻 emphasises the height of a mountain.

NB: A large number of poetic words should be added here.

Modern Chinese Criteria
高峻

陡峻

峻峭

連天

崢嶸

嵯峨

峨峨

岩岩

壁立千仞

崎嶇

坎坷

陂陀 refers to unevenness of territory without connoting any craggy height, and is marginal in this group.

起伏

此起彼伏

凹凸不平

高低不平

坑坑窪窪

高高低低

凹凹凸凸

疙疙瘩瘩

高崗下窪

七高八低

七上八下

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

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 30

Words

巖  yán OC: ŋɡraam MC: ŋɣam 7 AttributionsWD

Yán 巖 (or yán 岩) focusses on height and steepness in a rocky landscape.

    Syntactic words
  • nprobably as a deverbal noun: craggy high mountain; by implication or extension, occasionally: cave in the craggy mountains
  • vadNmountainous; often intensitive and reduplicated: craggy, high; (recluses) hidden in the mountains
  • vi(poetic) be mountainous; often intensitive and reduplicated: craggy, high
  • vi.redintensitivebe impressively craggy
峭  qiào OC: smʰewɡs MC: tshiɛu 3 AttributionsWD

Qiào 峭 means extremely steep, and it lays an emphasis on a steepness of a mountain.

    Syntactic words
  • vadNsteep, high, and dangerous (of mountains or city walls)
  • vibe steep, high, and dangerous (of mountains or city walls)
峻  jùn OC: sqluns MC: sʷin 2 AttributionsWD

Jùn 峻 emphasises the height of a mountain.

    Syntactic words
  • n[adN]craggy shape; cragsCH
  • vadNcraggy (mountain or ravine)
崎嶇  qī qū MC: khje khju OC: khral --DS 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadNcraggyDS
危  wēi OC: ŋɡrol MC: ŋiɛ 0 AttributionsWD

Wēi 危 lays an emphasis on a height and verticality of a mountain.

    Syntactic words
陡  dǒu OC: tooʔ MC: tu 0 AttributionsWD

Dǒu 陡 refers to a slopy terrain.

    Syntactic words
險  xiǎn OC: qhromʔ MC: hiɛm 0 AttributionsWD

Xiǎn 險 (ant. píng 平 "level") refers to inaccessible precipitous and dangerous high terrain.

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