DISTRIBUTE 分佈
GIVE EQUAL QUANTITY to MANY.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
SHARE OUT
impertire refers to an act of sharing out or giving something to someone as an act of free will and of goodness.
tribuere refers to an act of sharing out or giving as an act of justice or of judiciousness.
participare refers to the giving something out of which one retains a part oneself, and the object of the verb is generally the person to whom something is given.
communicare generally refers to the giving something out of which one retains a part oneself, and the object of the verb is generally the thing shared out.
DIVISER.PARTAGER
Words (9 items)
分 fēn OC: pɯn MC: pi̯un 20 Attributions
- Word relations
- Contrast: 散/SCATTER
The current standard word for scattering anything in any way is sàn 散.
- Syntactic words
- nabactthe apportioning, distribution; allotment
- vtoNdistribute, give out; apportion; allot, mete out, parcel out
- vtoNpassivebe distributed (to others), be allotted to others
- vtt(oN1.)+N2distribute contextually determinate things to the N2
- vttoN1.+N2distribute things to people; share things with people
- vttoN1.+N2passivebe given a portion of N2LZ
施 shī OC: lʰal MC: ɕiɛ 15 Attributions
Shī 施 is to give away to a general group of recipients, and as an act of generosity.
- Word relations
- Contrast: 加/GIVE
- Contrast: 布/ISSUE
- Oppos: 身/PERSONALLY
Shēn 身 "in person" hovers between an adverbial and a nominal function and is often contrastive in parallelistic constructions.
- Syntactic words
- vadNcharacterised by a tendency towards distributing what one has generously
- vtoNdeploy generously; dispense generously to; show generosity to
- vtoNfigurativepromulgate (orders etc)CH
- vtt(oN1.)+N2ompresent (a gift N2) to someone determinate N1
- vtt(oN1.)+prep+N2omgive generously of something contextually determinate N1 to (the beneficiaries N2); dispense things to 施於
- vttoN1.+N2distribute N1 all over or to N2
- vttoN1.+prep+N2give generously of (something N1) to (the beneficiaries N2); dispense things to 施x於y
遍 biàn OC: peens MC: pen 5 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vt+prep+Ndistribute throughout
- vt+prep+Nfigurativepermeate throughout, reach to; spread among
- vtoNdistribute throughout (a state etc); > cover
布 bù MC: puH OC: paas 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNdistribute generouslyCH
流 liú OC: ru MC: lɨu 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNspread, distribute, disburse
- vtoNmiddle voicebe distributedCH
疏 shū OC: sqra MC: ʂi̯ɤ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNdole out, confer; distribute 疏爵 "distribute high appointments"
- vtoNmathematical termdistribute, divide (used like 分)VK
分施 fēn shī MC: pjun sye OC: pɯn lʰal 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPabactdistribution of things to peopleLZ
散 sàn MC: -- OC: -- 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNdistribute (goods etc)CH
班 bān OC: praan MC: pɣan 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNdistribute (gifts)