NATURALLY 自然自然
EASILY AND NOT:without BECAUSE of being COMPELLED OR BECAUSE of PLANNING, OR USING A METHOD.
Modern Chinese Criteria
Hyponym
- WILD NATURAL, UNRESTRAINED AND NOT TAMED. (anc: 10/0, child: 0)
Antonym
- INTENDDESIRE for what one BELIEVES to be a POSSIBLE:FEASIBLE FUTURE ACT by ONESELF.
- DELIBERATEINTENDING FREELY to ACT SAME:as one does ACT.
See also
Hypernym
DE SUYO
NATUR
SPONTANEITAET
SPONTAN
Words (14 items)
自然 zì rán OC: sblids njen MC: dzi ȵiɛn 127 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NP(post-N)the natural state of
- NPabactconduct that is so of itself; conduct according to nature
- NPabfigurativenaturalism
- NPabmetaphysicalthe natural course of things; what is naturally so
- NPabstativebeing in a natural state; natural state
- NPpost-Nthe natural tendencies of N; the natural properties of N
- NPsubjectNPab[adN] what is so of itself,what is so by itself
- VPadNnatural
- VPadSnaturally, all of itself S obtained
- VPadVnaturally; all by itself, all of itself; unprovoked; effortlessly
- VPadVV=negativenaturally
- VPihappen automatically (Greek: automatos), be so of and by itself; be naturally oneself; be natural; come naturally
- VPiactpractice naturalness
- VPieventnaturally ensue; emerge naturally, happen naturally, unprovoked by human or superhuman action of any kind
- VPpostadVnaturally
自 zì OC: sblids MC: dzi 94 Attributions
The standard classical Chinese word declaring something to happen naturally rather than by artifice of any kind is zì 自.
- Syntactic words
- npro{OBJ}+Vtin the natural course of events; naturally; automatically; spontaneously; by itself (without any external initiative)
天 tiān OC: lʰiin MC: then 42 Attributions
Tiān 天 refers specifically to the non-man-made aspect of the nature of things.
- Syntactic words
- nab.adVby their very nature, without any human interference or factors involved
- nabmetaphysicalNature; what is natural; natural endowment, natural features
- nab{PRED}be a matter of Nature (determined by Heaven)CH
- nadNheaven-given>inborn, natural; naturally endowed
虛 xū OC: qhla MC: hi̯ɤ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vadVwithout any particular agent or reason being involved: naturally
- vipsychologicalbe unobtrusively natural; be completely naturalCH
宜 yí OC: ŋɡral MC: ŋiɛ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vadSnaturally, S would be true; it is not surprising that S
不覺 bù jué OC: pɯʔ kruuɡ MC: pi̯ut kɣɔk 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadVnaturally; without intending the effects one is causing
灕然 lí rán MC: lje nyen OC: b-rel njen 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPadVin a natural way like water that seeps into the soilCS
優游 yōu yóu MC: 'juw yuw OC: qu lu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPibe free and easy; be uninhibitedCH
直爾 zhí ěr OC: dɯɡ mljelʔ MC: ɖɨk ȵiɛ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPadVjust like that, simply like that
率性 shuài xìng OC: sruds seŋs MC: ʂi siɛŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPadVfollowing one's basic nature
理自 lǐ zì OC: ɡ-rɯʔ sblids MC: lɨ dzi 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPadVby natural principle naturally > in the natural course of events
失 shī OC: lʰiɡ MC: ɕit 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vt+V(0)cannot help V-ing, come to V, V despite oneself 失笑 vt+V[0]
Click here to add pinyin MC: OC: 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPibe free and easy; be uninhibitedCH
順自 shùn zì OC: ɢjuns sblids MC: ʑʷin dzi 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadN{PRED}in the natural course of events