BITE    咬噬

CUT into something USING ONE'S TEETH.
SINK ONE'S TEETH INTOCHEWMUNCHCRUNCHCHOMPTEAR ATSNAP AT
Old Chinese Criteria
[[COMMON/RARE]] [GENERAL/SPECIFIC] [HABITUAL/OCCASIONAL] NB: Curiously, none of the words for "to bite" are particularly common in ancient Chinese literature. 1. Hé 齕 is a general word for biting, especially by dogs, and this word is not used adjectivally for "snappy, snappish". [GENERAL] 2. Shì 噬 and refers to any person or animal biting into anything, also for dogs being prone to bite, snappy. [HABITUAL!] 3. Zhuó 啄 is the pecking (or biting) of birds. [SPECIFIC] 4. Yǎo 咬 refers very occasionally to the noise of gnashing one's teeth and the word is only mentioned in this group because by Tang times it came to mean "bite". [SPECIFIC]; [[RARE+]] 5. Niè 齧／囓 is occasionally used to refer to the biting by a dog. [[RARE]]
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 ANIMALS 32. 嚙，大小動物咬的通稱。 螫，有毒蟲蛇的刺咬。 蜇，螫的口語詞。 噬，猛獸咬；中古亦指爬蟲咬。 咥，虎咬。 食，常指禽獸咬傷人或蚊蟲等刺吸人血。
Modern Chinese Criteria
咬 噬 嗑 啃 嚙 咋 叮 啃 蜇 叮咬 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • CHEW　BITE so as to CAUSE TO BECOME TENUOUS, OFTEN:typically INTENDing to EAT.  (anc: 14/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • CUT　DISPLACE a SHARP INSTRUMENT INTO a THING. (anc: 12/0, child: 9)
  • DISPLACE　CAUSE to MOVE. (anc: 11/0, child: 28)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.58

    • Words (20 items)

    啄  zhuó OC: rtooɡ MC: ʈɣɔk 16 Attributions

    Zhuó 啄 is the biting or pecking of birds.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 食/EAT The general word is shí 食 which refers to any form of taking in food, but the word is probably primarily a noun meaning "food". Cf. 飯疏食 "dine on coarse food".
    • Assoc: 螫/STING
    • Synon: 擊/ATTACK

      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN]peck at things, eat
    • vtoNpeck at (in order to eat)
    • vtoNfigurativepick faults with, "nibble at", attack
    噬  shì OC: djads MC: dʑiɛi 8 Attributions

    Shì 噬 and refers to any person or animal biting into anything. [HABITUAL!]

      Syntactic words
    • vadNbiting, prone to biting; German: bissig
    • vt[oN]bite
    • vtoNZUO Ai 12: bite (of rabies-mad dog biting man)
    齕  hé OC: ɡɯɯd MC: ɦuot 7 Attributions

    Hé 齕 is a rare general words for biting.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNHF: bite (of dog biting man etc); bite off
    • vtoNreflexive.自bite (oneself)
    齧  niè OC: ŋɡeed MC: ŋet 3 Attributions

    Hé 齕 and the late niè 齧／囓 are rare general words for biting.

      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN]eat
    • vtoNbite, to crunch with the teeth
    嚙  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 2 Attributions

    niè

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbite; gnaw　毒蛇嚙指
    食  shí OC: ɢljɯɡ MC: ʑɨk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativebite
    嚙咋  niè zé MC: -- dzraek OC: -- -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)bite the contextually determinate N; attack the contextually determinate N with one's teethDS
    咋  zé MC: dzraek OC: -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbite to deathDS
    咬  yǎo OC: ŋɡreewʔ MC: ŋɣɛu
    咬齩  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 1 Attribution

    Yǎo 咬 refers to gnawing on something or gnashing one's teeth.

      Syntactic words
    • vignash one's teeth; make the sound of gnashing teeth
    • vtoNbite
    噬  shì OC: djads MC: dʑiɛi 1 Attribution

    nièshì

      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNbite (in all sorts of ways???)
    嚼  jiáo OC: dzewɡ MC: dzi̯ɐk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbite into (See CHEW)
    • vtoNgnash (teeth)CH
    螫殺  shì shā OC: qjaɡ sreed MC: ɕiɛk ʂɣɛt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpassiveget bitten to death
    拑  qián MC: gjem OC: ɡram 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpinchCH
    斷  duàn MC: twanH OC: toons 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbite through, bite offCH
    齕齧  xié niè MC: het nget OC: ɡɯɯd ŋɡeed 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)euphonicbite the contextually determinate NCH
    牙  yá OC: ŋɡraa MC: ŋɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbite 相牙 "bite each other"
    食  shí OC: ɢljɯɡ MC: ʑɨk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbite and injure
    咥  chì OC: kh-liɡ MC: ʈhit 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbite (of a tiger) (Yijing)
    囓  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions

    Hé 齕 and the late niè 齧／囓 are rare general words for biting.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpost-Han, HOUHANSHU: bite (as snake biting through a rope)
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpinchCH