ARM  手臂臂

The LIMB BETWEEN SHOULDER AND the HAND of ANIMALS. 
Hypernym
  • LIMBBODY PART OTHER than the TORSO.
  • ARMPITThe HOLLOW under the ARM where THE ARM is JOINed IN-RELATION-TO the TRUNK of an ANIMAL. 
    • ELBOWJOINT IN the MIDDLE of the ARM of a HUMAN.
      • HANDLOWEST MAJOR PART of the ARM.
        • SHOULDERJOINT BETWEEN TRUNK AND ARM.
          Old Chinese Criteria
          [COMPREHENSIVE/FOCUSSED]

          [DYNAMIC/STATIC]

          [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

          1. Bì 臂 refers to the general word for the arm.

          [GENERAL], [COMPREHENSIVE]

          2. Shǒu 手 refers to the arm including, particularly, the hand.

          [FOCUSSED]

          3. Gōng 肱 refers to the arms as a source of physical strength of a person, and the term refers specifically to the bent arm.

          [DYNAMIC], [SPECIALISED]

          4. Wàn 腕 refers specifically to the joint between arm and hand, the wrist. See HAND

          [SPECIALISED]

          5. Zhǒu 肘 refers specifically to the elbows. See ELBOW

          [SPECIALISED]

          6. Yè 腋 refers specifically to the armpits. See ARMPIT

          [SPECIALISED]

          7. Jiān 肩 refers specifically to the shoulders. See SHOULDER

          [SPECIALISED]

          Modern Chinese Criteria
          臂

          胳膊

          胳臂

          臂膀

          臂膊

          膀子

          膀臂

          膀

          肱

          膊

          上臂

          膀子

          膀臂

          first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH/

          • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.31

          • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

            ARM

            ulna refers to the whole arm.

            lactertus refers to the upper arm.

            brachium refers to the lower arm.

            cubitus refers to the elbow.

          • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 541

          • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 308

          • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 264

          • "三國志"同義詞及其歷史演變 ( WANG TONGWEI 2010) p. 247-254

          • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 65ff

          • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.134

          • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO.134

          Words

          臂  bì OC: peɡs MC: piɛ 14 AttributionsWD

          Bì 臂 refers to the general word for the arm. [GENERAL], [COMPREHENSIVE]

            Syntactic words
          • nwhole arm
          肱  gōng OC: kʷɯɯŋ MC: kəŋ 7 AttributionsWD

          Gōng 肱 refers to the arms as a source of physical strength of a person, and the term refers specifically to the bent arm. [DYNAMIC], [SPECIALISED]

            Syntactic words
          • nwhole arm, with particular focus on the upper arm; specifically refers to the bent arm
          手  shǒu OC: hmljuʔ MC: ɕɨu 6 AttributionsWD

          2. Shǒu 手 refers to the arm including, particularly, the hand. [FOCUSSED]

            Syntactic words
          • narm including hand
          肩  jiān OC: keen MC: ken 1 AttributionWD

          upper arm

            Syntactic words
          • nupper arm
          腕  wàn OC: qoons MC: ʔʷɑn 1 AttributionWD

          Wàn 腕 refers specifically to the joint between arm and hand, the wrist. See HAND [SPECIALISED]

            Syntactic words
          • nrefers to the joint between arm and hand; the wrist
          螯  áo OC: ŋoow MC: ŋɑu 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • npincer
          肘  zhǒu OC: krluʔ MC: ʈɨu 0 AttributionsWD

          Zhǒu 肘 refers specifically to the elbows. See ELBOW [SPECIALISED]

            Syntactic words
          • nelbow
          腋  yè OC: k-laɡ MC: jiɛk 0 AttributionsWD

          Yè 腋 refers specifically to the armpits. See ARMPIT [SPECIALISED]

            Syntactic words
          胳膊  gē bó OC: klaaɡ phaaɡ MC: kɑk phɑk 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • npost-Han colloquial: arm

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