CLEAN    乾淨

LACK DIRT OR NOT CONTAIN DIRT, TYPICALLY on the SURFACE.
WASHEDSCRUBBEDCLEANSEDCLEANEDSPOTLESSUNSOILEDUNSTAINEDUNSULLIEDUNBLEMISHEDIMMACULATEPRISTINEDIRT-FREEHYGIENICSANITARYDISINFECTEDSTERILIZEDSTERILEASEPTICDECONTAMINATEDLAUNDEREDSQUEAKY CLEANAS CLEAN AS A WHISTLECLEANSE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most general word for cleanness, both physical and moral, is jié 潔／絜. 2. Qīng 清 focusses on translucence in its literal meaning.
Modern Chinese Criteria
清潔 潔靜 乾淨 衛生 整潔 清爽 清新 清潔 潔 淨 一塵不染 纖塵不染 窗明几淨 明窗淨几 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • CLEANSE　CAUSE TO BECOME CLEAN. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
Antonym
  • DIRTYCONTAIN DUST OR HAVE DUST, TYPICALLY on the SURFACE.
See also
  • GOODEXCELLENT in VIRTUE OR in IMPORTANT SKILL.
  • PUREEXCELLENT BECAUSE LACKING DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES.
Hypernym
  • LACK　SITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE. (anc: 6/0, child: 48)
  • SITUATION　RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.87

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 286

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.2141

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 135

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 127

    • Words (12 items)

    清  qīng OC: tsheŋ MC: tshiɛŋ 13 Attributions

    Qīng 清 focusses on translucence in its literal meaning.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 濁/DIRTY Zhuó 濁 (ant. qīng 清 "clear and pure") typically refers to physical states of dirtiness, but there are occasional usages like zhuó lì 濁吏 "morally impure official".
    • Epithet: 沂/RIVERS

      Syntactic words
    • vadNclean and unsullied; clear
    • vibe clean; be clear
    • vichangebecome clear and neat
    • vtoNcausativeclean impeccably clean
    • vtoNcausativeclean out; remove "dirty elements" so as to make things figuratively clean 清君側 "clean out the environment of the ruler"
    • vtoNreflexive.躬purify (oneself)
    絜  jié OC: keed MC: ket 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vibe clean
    • vtoNcausativerinse formally; clean (ritually)
    • vtoNfigurativepurify the abstract NLZ
    潔絜  jié jié OC: keed keed MC: ket ket 3 Attributions

    The most general word for cleanness, both physical and moral, is jié 潔／絜.

      Syntactic words
    • vibe clean
    • vtoNcausativemake clean
    蠲  juān OC: kʷliiŋ MC: ken 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vibe clean
    酥潤  sū rùn OC: saa njuns MC: suo̝ ȵʷin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNcleanse
    皎潔  jiǎo jié OC: keewʔ keed MC: keu ket 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPifigurativeclean and pure
    淨  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadNclean
    蠲絜  juān jié OC: kʷliiŋ keed MC: ken ket 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe in every way clean
    除  chú OC: rla MC: ɖi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vihave dirt removed; be clean for use
    洒濯  sǎ zhuó OC: sqrees rleewɡ MC: ʂɣɛ ɖɣɔk
    洗濯  xǐ zhuó OC: sɯɯlʔ rleewɡ MC: sei ɖɣɔk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNreflexive.自, figurativecleanse (the heart etc)
    洌  liè OC: b-red MC: liɛt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viclear, limpid
    澄清  chéng qīng OC: dɯŋ tsheŋ MC: ɖɨŋ tshiɛŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNcleanse