GALLOP  馳騁馳

To HURRY of HORSES OR RIDING HORSES.
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Hypernym
  • HURRYACT OR WALK as QUICKLY as one CAN.
    • WALKMOVE across the FLOOR>ground USING one's LEGS.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for gallopping or - by extension - moving at a great speed is chí 馳.

2. Qū 驅 refers to speeding along at maximum speed by any means of transport, and the speeding along is typically construed as the action of the driver, not of the horses pulling the convenance.

3. Chěng 騁 refers to speeding along in a disciplined fashion at maximum speed, but the word usually occurs in the current binome chí chěng 馳騁 "gallop along".

4. Wù 騖 refers to horses gallopping along, typically beyond control of a keeper, rider or driver.

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

COMM 42.

驅，鞭馬使前進，泛指驅趕其他牲畜使前進，不強調其是否迅疾。

馳，馬疾行；引申為泛指疾行，不限於馬。

驟，馬碎步疾走，泛指奔馳，不限於馬。

騁，任意奔馳。

騖，亂跑，有貶義色彩。

Modern Chinese Criteria
馳騁

馳驅

驅馳

馳驟

跑馬

攢蹄

騰驤

奔騰

飛馳

奔馳

疾馳

奔逸

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

Words

馳騁  chí chěng OC: rlal phrleŋʔ MC: ɖiɛ ʈhiɛŋ 11 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPactgalloping; riding
  • VPiactgallop along, race along
  • VPiactrush along
  • VPt+prep+Nfigurativegallop about in
  • VPtoNgallop along; race along
  • VPtoNfigurativegallop over; gallop through; ride roughshed over
馳  chí OC: rlal MC: ɖiɛ 8 Attributions

The current general word for gallopping or - by extension - moving at a great speed is chí 馳.

    Syntactic words
  • nabactgallopping, a gallop
  • vadNgallopping
  • viactgallop along, race along (of horses)
  • vtoNrace about in; rush against
  • vtoNcover the distance N gallopping alongCH
騁  chěng OC: phrleŋʔ MC: ʈhiɛŋ 6 Attributions

Chěng 騁 refers to speeding along in a disciplined fashion at maximum speed, but the word usually occurs in the current binome chí chěng 馳騁 "gallop along".

    Syntactic words
  • viactgallop fast in a certain direction; exert to the full
  • vtoNcausative(cause to gallop>) deploy to a full and remarkable extent
  • vtoNcausativecause to gallop > give free reign to
驅  qū OC: kho MC: khi̯o 6 Attributions

Qū 驅 refers to speeding along at maximum speed by any means of transport, and the speeding along is typically construed as the action of the driver, not of the horses pulling the convenance.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 馳/HURRY Chí 馳 and the somewhat rarer zòu 驟 refer to racing along, typically on horseback.

    Syntactic words
  • vadVgallopingly> in a rush, in great haste
  • viactgallop; hasten along (ZUO); hurry
騖  wù OC: mos MC: mi̯o 4 Attributions

Wù 騖 refers to horses gallopping along, typically beyond control of a keeper, rider or driver.

    Syntactic words
  • viactgallop forward, gallop all over the place; gallop out of all control
  • vtoNfigurativemove towards, with supernatural speed, engage in romping spiritual travel amongCH
馳騖  chí wù OC: rlal mos MC: ɖiɛ mi̯o 4 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VP[adN]those who race along (through life)
  • VPigallop; race along (through life)
  • VPt+prep+Ngallop through
  • VPtoNgallop for; gallop through; gallop the distance of
騁騖  chěng wù OC: phrleŋʔ mos MC: ʈhiɛŋ mi̯o 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPiactrace along (often for pleasure)
駸  qīn OC: skhim MC: tshim 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vi.redactkeep gallopping along (SHI)
騑  fēi OC: pɯl MC: pɨi 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vi.redrun nonstop (horses)
前驅  qián qū OC: dzeen kho MC: dzen khi̯o 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VP[adN]N=humadvance party of fast horses, front runners
舛馳  chuǎn chí MC: tsyhwenX drje OC: thjonʔ rlalCH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPiactrace along wildlyCH
駓  pī OC: phrɯ MC: phi 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactto gallop, make speed, run fast (CC)
驟  zhòu OC: sɡrus MC: ɖʐɨu 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactgallop along

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: