BLANKET    被子被

BIG CLOTH USED to SAFEGUARD SLEEPING HUMANS AGAINST the COLD WHILE they SLEEP.
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Old Chinese Criteria
[[CONGERIES]] 1. Bèi 被 is a general term for a blanket, and the word perhaps has something of a colloquial flavour. [FAMILIAR?] 2. Qīn 衾 is probably the most common general word for a blanket, but the word also has specific uses where it emphasises the large size of a blanket. Ancient Chinese blankets were generally made with "silk-cotton, silk floss" miǎn 綿 (not identical with modern miánhuā 棉花 ) or hemp fillings. This type of blanket was important in funeral rites. 3. Chóu 裯 refers to a single-layered thin blanket. 4. Rèn 衽 refers to a thin blanket covering a mattress rù 褥. See MAT. 5. Qiǎng 襁 refers to a small wrapping blanket which packs up babies to be carried on one's back. 6. Bǎo 褓 refers generally to a small blanket used to protect a child against the cold. 7. Qǐn yī 寢衣 refers to a relatively short blanket under which to sleep when it is not too cold, maybe even a kind of pyjamas (but note that in China as in the Middle Ages in Europe one tended to sleep naked, apparently).
Modern Chinese Criteria
被子 被臥 被頭 被 衾 蓋被子 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • MAT　A BLANKET FOR PUTTING ON the FLOOR. (anc: 7/0, child: 3)
    See also
    • BEDFURNITURE ON which one SLEEPS.
    Hypernym
    • CLOTH　ARTEFACT TYPICALLY PRODUCED by WEAVING OR KNITTING, SOMETIMES USED FOR PRODUCING GARMENTS. (anc: 5/0, child: 9)
    • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
    • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 780

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 164,163

    • Words (10 items)

    衾  qīn OC: khrɯm MC: khim 7 Attributions

    Qīn 衾 is probably the most common general word for a blanket, but the word also has specific uses where it emphasises the large size of a blanket. Ancient Chinese blankets were generally made with "silk-cotton, silk floss" miǎn 綿 (not identical with modern miánhuā 棉花) or hemp fillings. This type of blanket was important in funeral rites.

      Syntactic words
    • nlarge, typically double-layered blanket to sleep under; coverlet
    • nshroudgarment or blanket used to dress corpses, shroud
    襁  qiǎng OC: kaŋʔ MC: ki̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions

    Qiǎng 襁 refers to a small wrapping blanket which packs up babies to be carried on one's back.

      Syntactic words
    • npiece of cloth to wrap babies in so that they can be carried along on the back
    • nadVinstrumentin swaddling clothes, in the clothes used to wrap babies in; in a blanket like swaddles
    紟  jìn OC: ɡrɯms MC: gim 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nshroud
    衣  yī OC: qɯl MC: ʔɨi 1 Attribution

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 衾/BLANKET Qīn 衾 is probably the most common general word for a blanket, but the word also has specific uses where it emphasises the large size of a blanket. Ancient Chinese blankets were generally made with "silk-cotton, silk floss" miǎn 綿 (not identical with modern miánhuā 棉花) or hemp fillings. This type of blanket was important in funeral rites.

      Syntactic words
    • ngive N1 N2 to wear
    被  bèi OC: bralʔ MC: biɛ 1 Attribution

    Bèi 被 is a general term for a blanket, and the word perhaps has something of a colloquial flavour. [FAMILIAR?]

      Syntactic words
    • ncoverlet, blanket to sleep under
    褓  bǎo OC: puuʔ MC: pɑu 1 Attribution

    Bǎo 褓 refers generally to a small blanket used to protect a child against the cold.

      Syntactic words
    • nsmall blanket for babies (also written with silk radical for garment radical, and indeed without any radical)
    寢衣  qǐn yī OC: skhimʔ qɯl MC: tshim ʔɨi 1 Attribution

    Qǐn yī 寢衣 refers to a relatively short blanket under which to sleep when it is not too cold, maybe even a kind of pyjamas (but note that in China as in the Middle Ages in Europe one tended to sleep naked, apparently.

      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1adN2}LY: a small blanket under which to sleep
    繭  jiǎn OC: keenʔ MC: ken 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nsilk blanket
    衽  rèn OC: njɯms MC: ȵim 0 Attributions

    Rèn 衽 refers to a thin blanket covering a mattress rù 褥. See MAT.

      Syntactic words
    裯  chóu OC: dɯw MC: ɖɨu 0 Attributions

    Chóu 裯 refers to a single-layered thin blanket.

      Syntactic words
    • nsingle layered bed-sheet