COMFORTABLE 舒服
PEACEFUL:at-ease BECAUSE what one NEEDS is PREPARED:provided.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
恬適
舒坦
舒適
愜意
安適
適意
好過
甜美
寫意
舒展
伏帖
安逸
安燕
安樂
安慰
寬 as in 寬坐
養尊處優
生活無慮的
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Words
安 ān OC: qaan MC: ʔɑn 66 Attributions
The standard word for material and psychological comfort is ān 安.
- Word relations
- Ant: 勞/TIRED
Láo 勞 refers to the state of exhaustion after extended lasting effort. - Ant: 殆/DANGER
Dài 殆 is primarily perceived danger. - Epithet: 居/DWELL
The current general words for dwelling in a place for some considerable time are jū 居 and chǔ 處 (all ant. xíng 行 "travel"). - Assoc: 吉/LUCK
- Oppos: 恭 / 共/RESPECT
Gōng 恭 (ant. jù 倨 "behave in an informal impolite way") refers specifically to private proper polite and respectful attitudes shown to a deserving person.
- Syntactic words
- nabstativematerial comfort; comfortable safe conditions; personal comfort (note that after verbs of seeking one might want to take this as verbal...CH)
- vadNcomfortableCH
- vadVcomfortably, at ease
- vipsychfeel comfortable, feel well
- vtoNcausativeput physically at ease; provide comfort for, provide well for
- vtoNcausativemake (oneself) feel at ease
- vtoNcausativemake N comfortable (for oneself)TWH
- vtoNpassiveto be found comfortableLZ
- vtoNputativeconsider as comfortable, feel especially comfortable with, be fond of; feel comfortable with
- vtoNputative.reflex.自feel (oneself) to be at ease
安利 ān lì OC: qaan rids MC: ʔɑn li 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabstativematerial comfort and peace
- VPibe conducive to peace and material comfort
- VPienjoy peace and material comfortLZ
易 yì MC: yeH OC: leeɡsCH 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- v[adN]a person at easeCH
- vibe comfortable, be at ease, be unstrainedCH
平 píng OC: breŋ MC: bɣaŋ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vibe comfortable and in harmony with one's environment
自如 zì rú OC: sblids nja MC: dzi ȵi̯ɤ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPipsychfeel at ease
舒 shū MC: syo OC: lʰaCH 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativereflexive: cause oneself to feel comfortable and at easeCH
- vtoNcausativecause to feel at easeCH
猒猒 yān yān MC: 'jiem 'jiem OC: qem qemLZ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vi.redperfectly content and comfortableLZ
安舒 ān shū MC: 'an syo OC: qaan lʰaDS 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPabcomfortable and carefree lifestyleDS
和暢 hé chàng MC: hwa trhjangH OC: ɡool khrlaŋsDS 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPibe pleasant DS
𥳑易 jiǎn yì MC: keanX yeH OC: kreenʔ leeɡsLZ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPi(= 簡易) be at easeLZ
鼎 dǐng OC: teeŋʔ MC: teŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vi.redbe all at ease; be very comfortable
和 hé OC: ɡool MC: ɦʷɑ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vifeel well, be comfortable
Existing SW for
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