LEAK 漏漏
ISSUE DOWNWARD THROUGH a HOLE, as a LIQUID.
SEEP (OUT)ESCAPEOOZE (OUT)SECRETEBLEEDEMANATEISSUEDRIPDRIBBLEDRAINDISCHARGEEXUDE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current standard word for liquids leaking out of some place in which they are contained is lòu 漏, and the word is commonly used causatively.
2. Xiè 泄 is also commonly used in figurative senses.
Hyponym
Hypernym
- ISSUE SEND OUT. (anc: 17/0, child: 6)
- SEND COMMAND OR CAUSE something OR someone to MOVE OR BE MOVED to a PLACE. (anc: 16/0, child: 2)
- COMMAND ADDRESS someone, USING AUTHORITY, INTENDING to CAUSE that person to ACT RESEMBLE:as one INTENDS him to ACT. (anc: 15/0, child: 8)
Other Hypernyms
- ISSUEnew-a80170a5-4201-417f-8170-a54201217f15 SEND OUT. (anc: 16/3, child: 6)
- SENDnew-d9328389-0ed2-4195-b283-890ed2a195f3 COMMAND OR CAUSE something OR someone to MOVE OR BE MOVED to a PLACE. (anc: 15/2, child: 2)
- COMMANDnew-64400543-79c1-45c0-8005-4379c115c025 ADDRESS someone, USING AUTHORITY, INTENDING to CAUSE that person to ACT RESEMBLE:as one INTENDS him to ACT. (anc: 14/1, child: 8)
Words (8 items)
泄 xiè OC: sled MC: siɛt 11 Attributions
- Word relations
- Ant: 祕 / 祕 / 密/SECRET
The current general word for something being kept secret from the general public, but it remaining accessible to an inner circle, is mì 密 (ant. míng 明 "openly, for everyone to see"). - Ant: 匿/CONCEAL
Nì 匿 (ant. zhāng 章/彰 "make a display of") refers to the physical removal of things so as to make them inaccessible to others. - Assoc: 漏/LEAK
- Synon: 發/LEAK
- Syntactic words
- nabactleaking out secrets
- viprocessleak out
- vt+prep+Nfigurativeleak things to N
- vt+prep+Npassivebe leaked to
- vtoNfigurativeleak out (liquid); transferred: leak out (as words, news etc)
- vtoNpassiveget leaked, leak out (of liquids or words) (vi?? ???)
- vttoN1.+prep+N2leak N1 to N2
漏 lòu OC: roos MC: lu 11 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabfigurativeBUDDH: what leaks out > afflictions, impurities Willeman: bias
- vadNleakingCH
- vt[oN]be leaky, leak
- vt[oN]figurativeleak out [wealth] > be being robbed of wealth and becoming more and more poorLZ
- vtoNleak out (water; words)
- vttoN1.+N2leak (something N1) out to (others N2)
淋漏 lín lòu OC: ɡ-rɯm roos MC: lim lu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPileak
發泄 fā xiè OC: pod sled MC: pi̯ɐt siɛt 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPiprocessleak out; issue forth
漏泄 lòu xiè OC: roos sled MC: lu siɛt 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPiactleak out information
漏泄 lòu yì OC: roos leds MC: lu jiɛi 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNfigurativehave leaked out
泄 yì OC: leds MC: jiɛi 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- viprocessto leak out (also used metaphorically)