THREAD  線

INTENSELY LONG THIN ARTEFACT PRODUCED USING COTTON, WOOL, SILK ETC, TYPICALLY USED FOR SEWING OR TYING UP THINGS ETC..
COTTONFILAMENTFIBERYARNSTRINGTWINE
Hypernym
Hyponym
  • ROPE　INTENSELY BIG AND STRONG THREAD.
    • REINS　ROPES USED TO STEER HORSES.
  • KNOT　THREADS OR ROPES PUT TOGETHER so as to CAUSE it TO be DIFFICULT to MUTUALLY REMOVE them from each other.
    • CORD　THICK THREAD.
      • STRING　A THREAD WHICH one MOVES WHEN PLAYING a STRING INSTRUMENT.
        • CHAIN　METAL STRING PRODUCED USING LINKED RINGS.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The current general word for a thread is xiàn 線, and this thread is mostly used for sewing and binding things.

      2. Lu# 縷 refers to the thread or fibre as used in making cloth, and this fible can be of hemp or of silk.

      3. Lú 纑 refers specifically to a hemp thread.

      4. Luò 絡 refers to a silken cord.

      黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
      HUANG JINGUI 2006

      TRADE 7.

      貫，串錢貝的繩子的總稱。

      緡，細小的串錢絲繩，始於漢代。

      繈，較粗大的串錢絲繩。

      ANIMALS 39.

      緡，粗短、宜釣小魚鱉的釣魚繩，其名主要用於上古至漢魏間。

      綸，精緻、堅固可負重的絲釣魚繩，可用於長竿，大釣；漢以後， “ 綸 ” 遂成釣魚繩通稱。

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      線

      縷

      毛線

      絨線

      頭繩

      絨頭繩

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

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 6.38

      Words

      絲  sī OC: sɯ MC: sɨ 6 Attributions

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 竹/BAMBOO 1. The standard general current word for bamboo is zhú 竹, and the word usually refers to bamboo that is alive and growing.

        Syntactic words
      • nraw silk thread produced from cocoons
      • nadNfigurativethin/small like a silk thread
      線  xiàn OC: sons MC: siɛn 3 Attributions

      The current general word for a thread is xiàn 線, and this thread is mostly used for sewing and binding things.

        Syntactic words
      • nthread
      縷  lǚ OC: ɡ-roʔ MC: li̯o 3 Attributions

      Lǚ 縷 refers to the thread or fibre as used in making cloth, and this fible can be of hemp or of silk.

        Syntactic words
      • nthread; hemp fibre clothes
      縕  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 2 Attributions

      yùn

        Syntactic words
      • nadNhemp-quilted
      • nmhemp or silk floss
      經  jīng OC: keeŋ MC: keŋ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • nmain thread; warp
      繩  shéng OC: sbljɯŋ MC: ʑɨŋ 1 Attribution

        Syntactic words
      • ncordsCH
      升  shēng OC: qhljɯŋ MC: ɕɨŋ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nset of eighty threads in weaving (LIJI)
      紽  tuó OC: laal MC: dɑ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nbundle of threads
      絡  luò OC: ɡ-raaɡ MC: lɑk 0 Attributions

      Luò 絡refers to a silken cord.

        Syntactic words
      絮  xù OC: snas MC: si̯ɤ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nraw silk; floss
      綅  qīn OC: skhim MC: tshim 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nthread (SHI)
      緎  yù OC: ɢʷrɯɡ MC: ɦɨk 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nbundle of threads
      總  zǒng OC: skooŋʔ MC: tsuŋ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nbundle of threads
      纑  lú OC: ɡ-raa MC: luo̝ 0 Attributions

      Lú 纑 refers specifically to a hemp thread.

        Syntactic words
      • nhempen threads

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: