ESPIONAGE  間諜間

SECRET INVESTIGATION of the SITUATION in OTHER STATES.
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Hypernym
  • INVESTIGATETRY SYSTEMATICALLY to UNDERSTAND.
    • TRYACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....
Hyponym
  • SPY　PERSON ACTING ESPIONAGE.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general word for spying is jiàn 間, and this is the general word for military intelligence used in SUN.

    2. Dié 諜 refers to strictly professional and government-sponsored spying of any kind.

    3. Tàn 探 refers to a spy-like operation which is not necessarily entirely secret.

    4. Hòu 候 refers specifically to military espionage on the borders.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    諜

    間諜活動

    間諜

    情報員

    諜報員

    特務

    特工

    特

    細作

    坐探

    探子

    眼線

    眼目

    耳目

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      SPY

      explorator refers to a person sent out to scout out conditions in an enemy country.

      speculator refers to real spies sent out to explore the intentions of the enemy as well as the prevailing enemy conditions.

      emissarius refers to a person sent on a secret mission, secret negotiations or other secret transactions in enemy country.

    • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1564

    Words

    閒  jiàn OC: kreens MC: kɣɛn
    間  jiàn OC: kreens MC: kɣɛn 9 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactact as a spy
    • vtoNab{S}ascertain by espionage that S
    • vtoNobject=enemyspy on
    • vtoNobject=spymasteract as spy for
    諜  dié OC: leeb MC: dep 4 AttributionsWD

    Dié 諜 refers to strictly professional and government-sponsored spying of any kind.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactformal espionage
    • v[adN]spy
    • vtoNspy on
    探  tàn OC: kh-luum MC: thəm 1 AttributionWD

    Tàn 探refers to a spy-like operation which is not necessarily entirely secret.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmanage to spy out
    斥  chì OC: khljaɡ MC: tɕhiɛk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNspy out (ZUO) [examine][CA]
    姦人  jiān rén OC: kraan njin MC: kɣan ȵin 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPspy
    耳目  ěr mù OC: mljɯʔ muɡ MC: ȵɨ muk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiact as spies
    俔  qiàn OC: kheens MC: khen 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nabactERYA: espionage
    候  hòu OC: ɡoos MC: ɦu 0 AttributionsWD

    Hòu 候 refers specifically to military espionage on the borders.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNspy out
    詗  xiòng OC: qhʷeŋs MC: hiɛŋ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNinvestigate

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