LOOK UP 仰望瞻
LOOK UPWARDS.
Old Chinese Criteria
2. Áng 昂 (ant. fǔ 俯 "look down") refers to holding one's head high and pushing out one's chest so as to face upwards in an imposing gesture of authority.
3. Yǎng 仰 (ant. fǔ 俯 "look down") refers to throwing one's head back, but it does not specifically focus on the act of looking in that position.
4. Wàng 望 refers to looking upwards or forward into the distance.
仰視, 仰見, 仰望, 仰觀, 仰察
Modern Chinese Criteria
仰視
舉目
瞻仰
張望
顧盼
東張西望
左顧右盼
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Words
仰天 yǎng tiān OC: ŋaŋʔ lʰiin MC: ŋi̯ɐŋ then 39 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadVthrow one's head back and V; throw one's head back and look at the sky
仰 yǎng OC: ŋaŋʔ MC: ŋi̯ɐŋ 22 Attributions
- Word relations
- Ant: 俯/LOOK DOWN
- Ant: 偃/BOW DOWN
- Object: 天/SKY
The current word for the sky, and for Heaven, is tiān 天 (ant. dì 地 "earth").
- Syntactic words
- nabactthe action of throwing one's head back so as to face upwards
- vadVbending back (so as to look upwards), looking upwards
- vadVact, derivedfigurative: looking "up" into earlier timesVK
- vadVfigurativelooking above, in respect to those higher in position (parents, ruler, etc.)
- viactthrow one's head back, look upwards, look up
- vt[oN]look up into antiquityCH
- vt[oN]derivedspecific: look up in one's text> look at what precedes in the textCH
- vtoNlook up at (Heaven) 仰天
- vtoNfromlook up from (something one is basically concerned with)
瞻 zhān OC: kljam MC: tɕiɛm 19 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNlook upwards towards something/someone (as in awe), look in front; look into the distance (LISAO 瞻前而顧後)
- vtoNrespectfullook up to with respect
卬 yǎng OC: ŋaŋʔ MC: ŋi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNlook up to (loan character for 仰)
盱盱 xū xū MC: xju xju OC: qhʷla qhʷlaCH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPifigurativebe visibly full of oneselfCH
睢睢 huī huī MC: xjwij xjwij OC: qhlul qhlulCH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPifigurativewear a proud look on one's faceCH
昂 áng OC: ŋaaŋ MC: ŋɑŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- viactraise (the head, the chest)
望 wàng OC: maŋs MC: mi̯ɐŋ
望 (wáng) OC: maŋ MC: mi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNlook upwards into the distance
Existing SW for
Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: