POLISH    琢琢

RUB AND SMEAR USING LIQUID so as to CAUSE TO BECOME SMOOTH AND SHINING.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. Zhuó 琢 refers primarily to the polishing of jade. 2. Cuō 磋 is to transform a rude product by polishing it. 3. Dǐ 砥 refers to sharpening of an artefact with the small and fine whetstone. 4. Lì 礪 refers to sharpening of an artefact with the crude brushing stone.
Modern Chinese Criteria
鋼 礪 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • GRINDDESTROY so as to CAUSE to BECOME INTENSELY SMALL PIECES by SQUEEZING INTENSELY BETWEEN FLAT STONES.
Hypernym
  • RUB　TOUCH AND PRESS WHILE MOVING ALONG something. (anc: 15/0, child: 3)
  • SQUEEZE　TOUCH something so as to USE ENDURING FORCE ON IT. (anc: 14/0, child: 1)
  • TOUCH　INTERACT with a SURFACE USING one's FINGERS OR one's BODY. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
Other Hypernyms
  • RUBnew-059b71b2-d8ff-4452-9b71-b2d8ff3452ee　TOUCH AND PRESS WHILE MOVING ALONG something. (anc: 14/0, child: 3)
  • TOUCH　INTERACT with a SURFACE USING one's FINGERS OR one's BODY. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
  • INTERACT　ACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT. (anc: 12/0, child: 14)

Words (9 items)

琢  zhuó OC: rtooɡ MC: ʈɣɔk 7 Attributions

Zhuó 琢 refers primarily to the polishing of jade.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 彫/ENGRAVE Diāo 彫 refers to any form of engraving on or in any material, including jade and stone.
  • Assoc: 磨/RUB The current general word for rubbing the surface of something is mó 磨.
  • Assoc: 雕/SCULPTURE

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwork/polish (typically ivory or jade)
  • vtoNpassivebe polished
摩  mó MC: ma OC: maal 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nmadNpolishedCH
  • vtoNpolishCH
琢磨  zhuó mò MC: traewk maH OC: rtooɡ -- 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPabactpolishing and carving (of jade etc)CH
雕琢  diāo zhuó OC: tɯɯw rtooɡ MC: teu ʈɣɔk 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNfigurativepolish properly
錯  cuò OC: skhaaɡ MC: tshɑk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNpolish
擦  cā OC: skhaad MC: tshɑn 0 Attributions

Cā 擦 is a later word referring to a quick rubbing and polishing.

    Syntactic words
砥  dǐ OC: tjilʔ MC: tɕi 0 Attributions

Dǐ 砥 refers to sharpening of an artefact with the small and fine whetstone.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNgrind with fine whetstone.
磋  cuō OC: skhaal MC: tshɑ 0 Attributions

Cuō 磋 is to transform a rude product by polishing it.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 切/GRIND Qiē 切 can refer to the grinding action of one's teeth.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNwork ivory
礪  lì OC: b-rads MC: liɛi 0 Attributions

Lì 礪 refers to sharpening of an artefact with the crude brushing stone.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNgrind with coarse whetstone