SLOPE  坡

SLANTED PART of a LANDSCAPE.
GRADIENTINCLINEANGLESLANTINCLINATIONPITCHDECLINEASCENTDECLIVITYRISEFALLTILTTIPDOWNSLOPEUPSLOPEGRADEDOWNGRADEUPGRADE
Hypernym
  • LANDSCAPEFEATURES of TERRITORY.
    • TERRITORYPLACE INSIDE DEFINED BOUNDARIES.
      • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
        • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard pre-Buddhist word for a slope and perhaps also a hilly landscape more generally is bǎn 阪.

NB: Pō 坡 "slope" is post-Han colloquial.

Modern Chinese Criteria
坡

斜坡

山坡

阪

緩坡

慢坡

高坡

趄坡兒

陡坡

陽坡

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

    Words

    阪  bǎn OC: braanʔ MC: bɣan 7 AttributionsWD

    The standard pre-Buddhist word for a slope and perhaps also a hilly landscape more generally is bǎn 阪.

      Syntactic words
    • nslope
    • nadNhillside-, placed on a hillside
    阪險  bǎn xiǎn OC: braanʔ qhromʔ MC: bɣan hiɛm 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialinaccessible slopes
    陵阪  líng bǎn OC: b-rɯŋ braanʔ MC: lɨŋ bɣan 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialhillsides
    傾斜  qīng xié OC: khʷleŋ lja MC: khiɛŋ zɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPfigurativeslope > non-central place, outskirts
    坡  pō OC: phaal MC: phʷɑ 0 AttributionsWD

    NB: Pō 坡 "slope" is post-Han colloquial.

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: slope

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