REAP  收獲

AGRICULTURAL WORK INTENDING to OBTAIN HARVEST.
Hypernym
  • AGRICULTUREWORK IN FIELDS TO REAR USEFUL PLANTS. 
    • WORKMake an EFFORT ENDURINGLY CONFORMING to a PLAN, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE an AIM, and OFTEN IN ORDER TO be PAID a SALARY.
      • EFFORTDELIBERATE DILIGENT TRY:attempt to SUCCEED in an ACTION.
        • TRYACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING....
See also
  • HARVESTGRAIN, FRUITS ETC. REAPED in AUTUMN.
    Hyponym
    • HARVEST　GRAIN, FRUITS ETC. REAPED in AUTUMN.
      • MOW　REAP by CUTTING THINGS RESEMBLING GRASS.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. Huò 穫 and sè 穡 refer to the action of harvesting grain in general.

        2. Yì 刈 refers to harvesting grain with special focus on the cutting of the grain.

        3. Shōu 收 and liǎn 斂 refers to harvesting with special focus on the ability to collect, retain and use what is harvested.

        NB: For the nominal usages see HARVEST.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        收割

        收

        收獲

        秋收

        搶收

        麥收

        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

        • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 8.32

          獲，穫

          1. For harvesting, both can be used, but for catching wild animals one cannot use huo4 穫. This is so.

          2. However, as a marginal footnote it must be noted that not only 穀物 can be harvested huo4 穫, also the harvesting of beans can be described as huo4 穫.

        • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 704

        Words

        穫  huò OC: ɢʷaaɡ MC: ɦɑk
        獲  huò OC: ɢʷreeɡ MC: ɦɣɛk 28 AttributionsWD

        Huò 穫 and sè 穡 refer to the action of harvesting grain in general.

          Syntactic words
        • viactto harvest grain, reap the harvest
        • vt(oN)reap the contextually determinate thing
        • vtoNto harvest (grain)
        • vtoNfigurativereap (reproaches etc)
        收  shōu OC: qjiw MC: ɕɨu 6 AttributionsWD

        Shōu 收 and liǎn 斂 refers to harvesting with special focus on the ability to collect, retain and use what is harvested.

          Syntactic words
        • viactharvest; collect the harvest
        • vtoNto harvest
        • vtoNpassiveget harvested, get reaped
        斂  liǎn OC: ɡ-romʔ MC: liɛm 1 AttributionWD

        Shōu 收 and liǎn 斂 refers to harvesting with special focus on the ability to collect, retain and use what is harvested.

          Syntactic words
        • nabactthe process of harvesting
        穡  sè OC: srɯɡ MC: ʂɨk 1 AttributionWD

        Huò 穫 and sè 穡 refer to the action of harvesting grain in general.

          Syntactic words
        • viactto harvest; to reap
        • vtoNharvest; gather
        刈  yì OC: ŋads MC: ŋi̯ɐi 0 AttributionsWD

        Yì 刈 refers to harvesting grain with special focus on the cutting of the grain.

          Syntactic words
        羨  xiàn MC: -- OC: ljans 0 AttributionsWD

        Xiàn 羨

          Syntactic words
        • vtoNoccasionally, apparently: reap a good harvest

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