DRY 乾燥
LACK WATER INSIDE OR ON the SURFACE.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
DRY
aridus refers to something that has lost its natural moisture through internal factors.
torridus refers to something that has lost its natural moisture through external impact.
siccus refers to dryness on the surface only.
areo 'to be dry' [v. II] (P1.+)
Derivatives: dridus 'dry, arid' (P1.+; also ardus PL), peraridus 'very dry' (Cato+),
ardere 'to bum' (P1.+), ardor 'a burning, fire' (Acc.+); area 'open space, clearing'
(P1.+); arefacio 'to make dry' (Cato+; also arfacio Cato, facit are Lucr.); adarescere
'to become dry' (Cato), exarescere 'to dry up' (P1-+), perarescere 'to dry up
thoroughly' (Varro+).
Words (24 items)
乾 gān OC: kaan MC: kɑn 26 Attributions
Gān 乾 (ant. shī 濕 "wet") focusses on the striking and complete absence of liquid.
- Word relations
- Ant: 濕 / 濕/MOIST
Shī 濕 refers to wetness as a property of surface or of the whole object. - Ant: 興/FLOURISH
- Assoc: 燥/DRY
The common general term for dryness is zào 燥 (ant. shī 濕 "wet"). - Assoc: 燥/DRY
The common general term for dryness is zào 燥 (ant. shī 濕 "wet").
- Syntactic words
- vadNdried up; parched
- vibe completely lacking in (life-giving) humidity, dead dry; be dry; be dried
- vichangeget dry
- vt(oN)causativecause to become dry> to dry the contextually determinate N
- vtoNcausativemake dry, cause to become dry
- vtoNcausativemake things dry NB: the object is not really omitted, but the verb is clearly transitive. This is a tricky case for grammatical analysis.
枯 kū OC: khaa MC: khuo̝
枯㱠 Click here to add pinyin OC: MC: 19 Attributions
Gǎo 槁 and kū 枯 (ant. rùn 潤 "lush") are common words referring specifically to dryness of trees and sometimes other plants.
- Word relations
- Result: 死/DIE
The dominant general word is sǐ 死 (ant. shēng 生"be alive"), and this can refer to the death of plants as well as animals or men. - Ant: 濕 / 濕/MOIST
Shī 濕 refers to wetness as a property of surface or of the whole object. - Assoc: 槁/DRY
Gǎo 槁 and kū 枯 (ant. rùn 潤 "lush") are common words referring specifically to dryness of trees and sometimes other plants. - Assoc: 萎/WITHER
Wěi 萎 (ant. shèng 盛 "rich and flourishing") refers to plants (and in a transferred usually permanent sense male sexual organs!) shrivilling up and drying out.
- Syntactic words
- vadNwaterless; dried-up; dried (fish) 枯魚 "dried fish"
- vichangewither; become all parched; dry up completely
- vistativebe dry; be shrivelled up
- vtoNcausativecause to become dry> make dry
燥 zào OC: saawʔ MC: sɑu 10 Attributions
The common general term for dryness is zào 燥 (ant. shī 濕 "wet").
- Word relations
- Ant: 濕 / 濕/MOIST
Shī 濕 refers to wetness as a property of surface or of the whole object. - Assoc: 乾/DRY
Gān 乾 (ant. shī 濕 "wet") focusses on the striking and complete absence of liquid. - Assoc: 乾/DRY
Gān 乾 (ant. shī 濕 "wet") focusses on the striking and complete absence of liquid.
- Syntactic words
- nabstativedryness
- nsubj=nonhumanwhat is dry
- vadNdry (and infertile)CH
- viXUN 1: be comparatively dry (of firewood), be not wet enough; be dry
涸 hé OC: ɡaaɡ MC: ɦɑk 9 Attributions
Hé涸 (ant. mǎn 滿 "full of water") views dryness as the result of a process of dissication.
- Syntactic words
- nabdrying upCH
- vadNdried up
- vichangebecome dry, dry up, lose water supply
- vtoNcausativeHUAINAN: cause to dry up or dry out (as a fishing pond)
竭 jié OC: ɡad MC: gi̯ɐt 5 Attributions
THIS IS THE WRONG CHARACTER AND MUST BE CHANGED UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM!!!!!!
- Syntactic words
- vadNdry
- vibe naturally poorly supplied with water, be dry
- vichangebecome dry; dry out
- vtoNcausativecause to become dry: drain
- vtoNpassivebe drainedLZ
槁 gǎo OC: khoowʔ MC: khɑu 4 Attributions
Gǎo 槁 and kū 枯 (ant. rùn 潤 "lush") are common words referring specifically to dryness of trees and sometimes other plants.
- Word relations
- Subject: 苗/SPROUT
- Assoc: 枯 / 枯㱠/DRY
Gǎo 槁 and kū 枯 (ant. rùn 潤 "lush") are common words referring specifically to dryness of trees and sometimes other plants.
- Syntactic words
- vadNshrivelled
- vichangeturn dry
焦 jiāo OC: tsew MC: tsiɛu
燋 jiāo OC: tsew MC: tsiɛu 4 Attributions
Jiāo 焦 adds to the notion of dryness that of exceesive heat.
- Word relations
- Syntactic words
- vadNparched, have lost humidity, dried
- vichangeget dried out (as of skin etc)
- vtoNcausativeburn so as to make parched dry; also figuratilvely
枯竭 kū jié OC: khaa ɡad MC: khuo̝ gi̯ɐt 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPichangedry out, dry up
槁暴 gǎo pù OC: khoowʔ booɡ MC: khɑu buk 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPibe all dry; be dried and parched
- VPichangeto get dryLZ
衄 nǜ OC: m-luɡ MC: ɳuk 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vichangeshrivel up (as a dead body); be all shrivelled up
豁 huò huō， huá MC: xwat OC: qhʷaad 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vifigurativebe dissiccated, inwardly shrivelled upCH
髐 xiāo MC: -- OC: -- 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- v-P.adVall parchedCH
旱涸 hàn hé OC: ɡaanʔ ɡaaɡ MC: ɦɑn ɦɑk 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPichangedry up
枯乾 kū gān OC: khaa kaan MC: khuo̝ kɑn 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPichangedry up, dry out
戾 lì OC: rɯɯds MC: lei 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativedry
晞 xī OC: qhlɯl MC: hɨi 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativeparch dry 晞髮
- vtoNmiddle voicebe dried
炙 zhì OC: tjaɡ MC: tɕiɛk 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativecause to be dry by heating
眢 yuān OC: qon MC: ʔi̯ɐn 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vadNdry (well etc)
稿 gǎo MC: -- OC: -- 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vifigurativeprocess: =槁 shrivel upCH
晅 Click here to add pinyin OC: MC: 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativeto dry in the sun (SHUOWEN)
暵 hàn OC: qhlaans MC: hɑn 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vibe dry
歇 xiē OC: qhad MC: hi̯ɐt 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
烜 xuǎn OC: qhonʔ MC: hi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativecause to become dry; to dry in the sun (YI)
燋 jiāo OC: tsew MC: tsiɛu 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vidry out; get dry; shrivel