CLOCK  測日儀

TOOL USED FOR MEASURING TIME.
TIMEPIECETIMEKEEPERTIMERCHRONOMETERCHRONOGRAPH.TIMEPIECE
Hypernym
  • TOOLARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Hyponym
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a sundial is biǎo 表.

2. Niè 臬 and guǐ 晷 are technical terms for a sundial.

Modern Chinese Criteria
鐘

時鐘

座鐘

台鐘

擺鐘

掛鐘

鬧鐘

電鐘

子母鐘

石英鐘

天文鐘

馬蹄表

表

手表

手錶

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. 14.53

Words

表  biǎo OC: prawʔ MC: piɛu 1 AttributionWD

The current general word for a sundial is biǎo 表.

    Syntactic words
  • npost placed in the ground to measure the size of the shadow in order to measure the time of day; sun-dial
晷  guǐ OC: kʷrɯwʔ MC: ki 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nsundial which indicates by the position of the shadow it makes the time of day.
  • nfigurative(gnomon-like-) indicator;
  • vtoNcausativecause to be an indicator> use as an indictor; cause to become a manifestation of N
臬  niè OC: ŋɡeed MC: ŋet 0 AttributionsWD

Niè 臬 and guǐ 晷 are technical terms for a sundial.

    Syntactic words
  • nsundial used to determine the directions, predecessor of the compass

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