SEA    海海

ABUNDANT SALTY WATER SURROUNDING LAND.
OCEAN
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The dominant word for the sea is hǎi 海. 2. Míng 冥 / 溟 are probably wrongly interpreted as referring to the sea, but since this misapprehension has become fairly common the meaning "sea" must be registered for the word in later times. 3. Xiè 澥 is a rare word referring to a gulf. NB: Yáng 洋 refers to the vast ocean, but the word first became current in Song times.
Modern Chinese Criteria
海 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Part of
  • BAY
  • TIDEREGULAR FLOW of the WATER of the SEA.
See also
  • LAKEINTENSELY BIG ACCUMULATION OF WATER IN a LANDSCAPE.
  • PONDSMALL LAKE PRODUCED by HUMANS.
Hypernym
  • WATER　INTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA. (anc: 6/0, child: 10)
  • LIQUID　SUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW. (anc: 5/0, child: 9)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.32

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    SEA

    mare refers to the sea as a mass of water.

    aequor denotes the sea with reference to its horizontal dimension, the surface of the sea.

    pelagus refers to the sea with reference to its horizontal dimension and focussus on its vast extent.

    pontusrefers to the sea with special reference to its perpendicular dimension, the depth of the sea.

  • Table de definitions, pp. 437- ( LEIBNIZ 1704) p. 442

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 246

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.544

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    OCEANS

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.250

    • Words (9 items)

    海  hǎi OC: hmlɯɯʔ MC: həi 15 Attributions

    The dominant word for the sea is hǎi 海.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 四/FOUR four
    • Assoc: 江/RIVER Jiāng 江 can refer not only to the Yangtse River, but also to its system of tributaries, similarly for hé 河.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfigurativesea, ocean (of knowledge, etc.)
    • nccsea
    • nccpluralthe seas, the oceansVK
    • nprplaceYellow sea???
    四海  sì hǎi MC: sijH xojX OC: plids hmlɯɯʔ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPall the waters surrounding the earth; all the seas in the four directionsCH
    煙海  yān hǎi MC: 'en xojX OC: qiin hmlɯɯʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPvast misty seaLZ
    大海  dà hǎi MC: dajH xojX OC: daads hmlɯɯʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPoceanCH
    冥  míng OC: meeŋ MC: meŋ 1 Attribution

    Míng 冥/溟 are probably wrongly interpreted as referring to the sea, but since this misapprehension has become fairly common the meaning "sea" must be registered for the word in later times.

      Syntactic words
    • nthe dark waters, the obscure waters; the mythical seaCH
    北冥  běi bò běi míng MC: pok -- OC: pɯɯɡ meeŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPprThe Northern DarksCH
    洋  yáng OC: k-laŋ MC: ji̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nvast ocean
    北海  běi hǎi OC: pɯɯɡ hmlɯɯʔ MC: pək həi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPprthe Northern Sea
    澥  xiè OC: ɡreeʔ MC: ɦɣɛ 0 Attributions

    Xiè 澥 is a rare word referring to a gulf.

      Syntactic words
    • ngulf