NEAR  靠近近

RELATION of being at a SMALL DISTANCE of SPACE OR TIME IN-RELATION-TO something.
CLOSENEARBYCLOSE/NEAR AT HANDAT HANDA STONE'S THROW AWAYWITHIN REACHACCESSIBLEHANDYCONVENIENTINFORMAL WITHIN SPITTING DISTANCE
Antonym
  • DISTANTRELATION between TWO THINGS that are NOT MUTUALLY NEAR.
    Hypernym
    • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
    See also
    • SIDEPLACE to the LEFT OR RIGHT, AND NOT IN FRONT OR BEHIND.
      Hyponym
      • THIS　The NEAR OBJECT.
        • ONLY　THIS THING OR ACTION AND ALL OTHERS NOT.
      • APPROXIMATE　NEAR to being CORRECT.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The dominant general word is jìn 近 (ant. yuǎn 遠 "far") which refers to any concrete or abstract proximity in space, time or quality.

        2. Jī 幾 typically refers to an abstract closeness or relatedness with relates neither to space nor to time.

        3. Pò 迫 and "precariously close" refer to spatial proximity of a potentially dangerous kind.

        4. Bó 薄 "very close" refers to spatial proximity primarily but is occasionally used in transferred metaphorical senses to refer to abstract proximity.

        5. Lín 鄰 is permanent geographical proxity.

        6. Eψ 邇 is an archaic and elevated general term for closeness.

        7. Proximity to a city can be expressed by the "postposiiton" xià 下.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        近

        逼近

        接近

        靠近

        相近

        在望

        近便

        咫尺

        近在咫尺

        近在眼前

        近在眉睫

        朝發夕至

        一山之隔

        一牆之隔

        一水之隔

        一衣帶水

        望衡對宇

        衡宇相望

        鄰近

        鄰

        附近

        短途

        短距離

        近距離

        附近

        就近

        鄰近

        近邊

        左近

        近處

        一帶

        內外

        左右

        前後

        近郊

        近水樓台

        守 is to be close to (water etc).

        傍

        濱

        即

        瀕

        瀕臨

        瀕於

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

        Words

        近  jìn OC: ɡɯnʔ MC: gɨn 41 AttributionsWD

        The dominant general word is jìn 近 (ant. yuǎn 遠 "far") which refers to any concrete or abstract proximity in space, time or quality.

          Word relations
        • Ant: 遠/DISTANT The clearly dominant term for distance in general is yuǎn 遠 (ant. jìn 近 "close").
        • Assoc: 迫/NEAR Pò 迫 and "precariously close" refer to spatial proximity of a potentially dangerous kind.

          Syntactic words
        • nabconceptcloseness
        • nabstativecloseness of relationship
        • v[adN]N=humanone who is close at hand, people who are close at handCH
        • v[adN]N=nonhumanwhat is close at handCH
        • v[adN]nonreferentialone who is close at hand; what is close at hand; what is near(er)
        • vadNclose at hand, near one; concretely
        • vadNgradedcloser at hand
        • vadSclose at hand
        • vadVclose at hand; concretely
        • vadVgetting close to in spaceCH
        • vi(spatial) be close, near; be a small distance
        • vifigurativebe (emotionally) close 最近
        • vt( prep N)be close to the contextually determinate NCH
        • vt(oN)(temporal) be close (in time) to the contextually determinate object
        • vt(oN)figurativecome close to the relevant point
        • vt(oN)figurativekeep close to a contextually determinate person
        • vt+prep+Nfigurativecome close to, be close to, keep close to (something abstract, e.g. Goodness)
        • vt+prep+Nspacebe situated close to
        • vtoNabstracttry to keep close to (psychologically), try to keep close toCH
        • vtoNfigurativeapproximate
        • vtoNfigurativecome close to (something abstract like humaneness)
        • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
        • vtoNstativebe situated close to; keep close to
        邇  ěr OC: mljelʔ MC: ȵiɛ 12 AttributionsWD

        Eψ 邇 is an archaic and elevated general term for closeness.

          Word relations
        • Ant: 遠/DISTANT The clearly dominant term for distance in general is yuǎn 遠 (ant. jìn 近 "close").

          Syntactic words
        • n[adN]what is close at handCH
        • viclose
        • vt(oN)be near to the contextually determinate NCH
        • vt(oN1.)[adN2]what is near; those who are near NB: the two readings seem lexicalised.
        • vt+prep+Nstativeto close to, be near to, lie in the vicinity of 邇於
        • vtoNbe close up to
        下  xià OC: ɢraaʔ MC: ɦɣɛ 11 AttributionsWD

        Proximity to a city can be expressed by the "postposiiton" xià 下.

          Syntactic words
        • npost-.N+ZHIvicinity of N
        • npost-Nplacethe vicinity; near (a city); in front of (a tent etc)
        鄰  lín OC: rin MC: lin 10 AttributionsWD

        Lín 鄰 is permanent geographical proxity.

          Syntactic words
        • vadNneighbouring; adjacent
        • vt1post.vt2oNget close to
        • vtoNstativebe neighbour to, be next to
        迫  pò OC: praaɡ MC: pɣɛk 5 AttributionsWD

        Pò 迫 and "precariously close" refer to spatial proximity of a potentially dangerous kind.

          Word relations
        • Assoc: 近/NEAR The dominant general word is jìn 近 (ant. yuǎn 遠 "far") which refers to any concrete or abstract proximity in space, time or quality.

          Syntactic words
        • vibe very close together
        • vt+prep+Nbe squeezed in
        • vtoNstativebe geographically very close to so as to be possibly or typically threatened by
        幾  jī OC: kɯl MC: kɨi 3 AttributionsWD

        Jī 幾 typically refers to an abstract closeness or relatedness with relates neither to space nor to time.

          Syntactic words
        • vadVnearly
        • vichange(not) get anywhere near one's aim 不幾
        • vt+prep+Nfigurativecome close to (e.g. the truth, a virtue, one's aim), approximate 幾於死亡 We are close to death.
        親  qīn OC: tshiŋ MC: tshin 3 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vt(oN)figurativekeep close to a contextually determinate person; get close to a contextually determinate person
        密邇  mì ěr OC: mbriɡ mljelʔ MC: mit ȵiɛ 3 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPt+prep+Nbe physically close to
        • VPt+prep+Nfigurativebe close to and intimate with
        • VPtoNstativebe close to N
        旁  páng OC: baaŋ MC: bɑŋ 2 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nsubjectthose who are close to and beside
        臨  lín OC: b-rɯm MC: lim 2 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vt+prep+Nlocalbe close to (geographically)
        • vtoNstativebe close to, be near to
        幾乎  jī hū OC: kɯl ɢaa MC: kɨi ɦuo̝ 2 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • PPadSfigurativeIt is very much as if S is the case
        依  yī OC: qɯl MC: ʔɨi 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNbe close to
        及  jí OC: ɡrɯb MC: gip 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • vt[0]oN.postadVclose to
        向  xiàng OC: qhaŋs MC: hi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNcome close to
        薄  báo OC: baaɡ MC: bɑk 1 AttributionWD

        Bó 薄 "very close" refers to spatial proximity primarily but is occasionally used in transferred metaphorical senses to refer to abstract proximity.

          Syntactic words
        • vtoNstativebe very close to, be in the immediate vicinity of
        相望  xiāng wàng OC: sqaŋ maŋs MC: si̯ɐŋ mi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPibe close together
        傅  fù 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNbe close to, be adjacent toCH
        接  jiē MC: tsjep OC: skebCH 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • nabcontiguity, closeness; close relationCH
        垂  chuí MC: dzywe OC: djolDS 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • vadVnearly; almostDS
        密  mì OC: mbriɡ MC: mit 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNbe close to
        尼  ní OC: nil MC: ɳi 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vinear, close-by (SHIZI)
        接  jiē OC: skeb MC: tsiɛp 0 AttributionsWD

          Syntactic words
        • vadNconnecting> adjacent
        暱  nì OC: nid MC: ɳit
        昵  nì OC: nid MC: ɳit 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNbe close to
        次  cì OC: snʰis MC: tshi 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNstativebe close to; be next to
        比  bì OC: bis MC: bi 0 AttributionsWD

          Syntactic words
        • vadNneighbouring 比室 "neighbouring houses"
        • vtoNkeep together (as shoulders), keep close to and rely on
        邊  biān OC: peen MC: pen 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNstativeborder onto
        陪  péi OC: bɯɯ MC: buo̝i 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vadNadjacent, attached
        相近  xiāng jìn OC: sqaŋ ɡɯns MC: si̯ɐŋ gɨn 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPimathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
        周  zhōu OC: tjɯw MC: tɕɨu 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nplacevicinity
        • npost-N
        • vadN

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