SPLIT    劈裂剖／判

CUT QUICKLY so as to DIVIDE into TWO.
BREAKCHOPCUTHEWLOPCLEAVESNAPCRACK
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most general word referring to the action of splitting things into several parts is pǒu 剖, and when the dividing is distinctly into two parts the current word is pàn 判 (ant.** bìng 併 "fit together"). 2. Pī 劈 / 辟 as well as the archaic s � 1 斯 refer to a violent act of cleaving or hacking to pieces. 3. Liè 裂 refers to any process which results in the cleaving of an object and focusses on that result rather than the process itself. 4.. Pī 披 is to split open without necessarily dividing the object of splitting into two separate parts. 5. Xī 析 is a mild act of dividing a thing, typically into its proper constituent parts, or separating off constituent parts (often for analysis).
Modern Chinese Criteria
劈裂 分裂 瓦解 支解 解體 土崩瓦解 分崩離析 豆剖瓜分 四分五裂 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
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. 9.27

    • Words (18 items)

    剖  pōu OC: phɯʔ MC: phu 15 Attributions

    The most general word referring to the action of splitting things into several parts is pǒu 剖, and when the dividing is distinctly into two parts the current word is pàn 判 (ant.** bìng 併 "fit together").

      Word relations
    • Object: 心/HEART The standard word for the physiological organ known as the heart in English is xīn 心.
    • Assoc: 判/SPLIT The most general word referring to the action of splitting things into several parts is pǒu 剖, and when the dividing is distinctly into two parts the current word is pàn 判 (ant.** bìng 併 "fit together").

      Syntactic words
    • viactget split, split apart
    • vtoNsplit; cut open (a heart etc); have cut open (one's back)
    • vtoNmiddle voicehave (one's heart etc) cut open
    • vtoNpassivebe split
    析  xī OC: seeɡ MC: sek 5 Attributions

    Xī 析 is a mild act of dividing a thing, typically into its proper constituent parts, or separating off constituent parts (often for analysis).

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcut into parts; cut into proper parts
    坼  chè OC: khrlaaɡ MC: ʈhɣaŋ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vito crack; to split
    判  pàn OC: phaans MC: phʷɑn 3 Attributions

    The most general word referring to the action of splitting things into several parts is pǒu 剖, and when the dividing is distinctly into two parts the current word is pàn 判 (ant.** bìng 併 "fit together").

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 剖/SPLIT The most general word referring to the action of splitting things into several parts is pǒu 剖, and when the dividing is distinctly into two parts the current word is pàn 判 (ant.** bìng 併 "fit together").

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsplit in two
    • vtoNpassivebe split in two
    披  pī OC: phral MC: phiɛ 3 Attributions

    Pī 披 is to split open without necessarily dividing the object of splitting into two separate parts.

      Syntactic words
    • viconativeto split open without necessarily dividing the object of splitting into two separate parts.
    • vtoNforce open
    • vtoNfigurativeforce open (mountains to create roads)CH
    分  fēn OC: pɯn MC: pi̯un 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsplit
    決  xuè MC: xwet OC: qhʷeed 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsplit; separateCH
    • vtoNfigurativebreak apartCH
    分裂  fēn liè OC: pɯn b-red MC: pi̯un liɛt 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNtear assunder; split up
    • VPtoNfigurativedivide so as to definitively split up completely> sow dissent among
    裂  liè OC: b-red MC: liɛt 1 Attribution

    Liè 裂 refers to any process which results in the cleaving of an object and focusses on that result rather than the process itself.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmiddle voiceget cracked or split
    • vtoNperfectivesplit
    決破  jué pò OC: kʷeed phaals MC: ket phʷɑ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativesplit open
    斬析  zhǎn xī OC: tsreemʔ seeɡ MC: ʈʂɣɛm sek 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)split the contextually determinate N
    • VPtoNsplit
    分壞  fēn huài OC: pɯn ɡruuls MC: pi̯un ɦɣɛi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)smash to pieces
    • VPtoNsmash to pieces
    分崩  fēn bēng OC: pɯn pɯɯŋ MC: pi̯un pəŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNget split up and disintegrate
    副  pì OC: phɯɡ MC: phɨk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcleave, divide (SHI)
    斯  sī OC: sqe MC: siɛ 1 Attribution

    Pī 劈/辟 as well as the archaic sī 斯 refer to a violent act of cleaving or hacking to pieces.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsplit with an axe
    • vtoNfigurativeseparate out
    牉  pàn OC: phaans MC: phʷɑn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vibe split into 2 pieces
    劈  pī OC: pheeɡ MC: phek
    劈辟  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions

    Pī 劈/辟 as well as the archaic sī 斯 refer to a violent act of cleaving or hacking to pieces.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNperfectivehack into pieces in a violent motion (in pre-Han times the word is usually written without the knife radical)
    拆  chāi OC: khrlaaɡ MC: ʈhɣaŋ 0 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Synon: 分/DIVIDE The most current general word for physically diving things into separate parts is fēn 分 (ant. yī 一 "treat as one undivided whole, to unite") and this word may refer to destroying the unity of what is being divided.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsplit