FORTIFY    設防

BUILD CITY WALLS FOR DEFENDING a PLACE.
BUILD DEFENSES AROUNDSTRENGTHENSECUREPROTECT
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard general word for fortifying a place by building a city wall is chéng 城. 2. Zhù 築 refers to the building or reinforcing of city walls.
Modern Chinese Criteria
設防 布防 鞏固 固 加強 refers to strengthening something, not necessarily for defensive purposes, and the word is marginal in the group. first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH
See also
  • BUILDPRODUCE as a BUILDING.
  • STRONGABLE to ACHIEVE DIFFICULT TASKS of the BODY OR to the MIND.
Hypernym
  • BUILD　PRODUCE as a BUILDING. (anc: 13/0, child: 1)
  • PRODUCE　ACT so as to DELIBERATELY CAUSE something to BEGIN to EXIST. (anc: 12/0, child: 17)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)

Words (3 items)

城  chéng OC: djeŋ MC: dʑiɛŋ 37 Attributions

The standard general word for fortifying a place by building a city wall is chéng 城.

    Syntactic words
  • nabactthe walling of cities
  • viactbuild city walls with their moats; build a city wall and moat
  • vtoNto build a city wall and moat around (an activity either pursued by those in the city or by an expeditionary military force)
戍  shù OC: qhjos MC: ɕi̯o 19 Attributions

Shù 戍 put up a (not necessarily successful) military defense.

    Syntactic words
  • nabactdefensive garrison arrangements
  • viactto take urgent defensive action; to keep militarily secure, to garrison
  • vtoNto garrison; defend with a garrison;
築  zhù OC: tuɡ MC: ʈuk 5 Attributions

Zhù 築 refers to the building or reinforcing of city walls.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNfortify; build a wall around (a place)