SLOPE    坡

SLANTED PART of a LANDSCAPE.
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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 ／
Hypernym
  • LANDSCAPE　FEATURES of TERRITORY. (anc: 6/0, child: 8)
  • TERRITORY　PLACE INSIDE DEFINED BOUNDARIES. (anc: 5/0, child: 7)
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)

Words (5 items)

阪  bǎn OC: braanʔ MC: bɣan 6 Attributions

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 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPnonreferentialinaccessible slopes
陵阪  líng bǎn OC: b-rɯŋ braanʔ MC: lɨŋ bɣan 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPnonreferentialhillsides
傾斜  qīng xié OC: khʷleŋ lja MC: khiɛŋ zɣɛ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPfigurativeslope > non-central place, outskirts
坡  pō OC: phaal MC: phʷɑ 0 Attributions

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

    Syntactic words
  • npost-Han: slope