FORTIFY  設防

BUILD CITY WALLS FOR DEFENDING a PLACE.
BUILD DEFENSES AROUNDSTRENGTHENSECUREPROTECT
Hypernym
  • BUILDPRODUCE as a BUILDING.
    • PRODUCEACT so as to DELIBERATELY CAUSE something to BEGIN to EXIST.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....
See also
  • BUILDPRODUCE as a BUILDING.
    • STRONGABLE to ACHIEVE DIFFICULT TASKS of the BODY OR to the MIND.
      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

        Words

        城  chéng OC: djeŋ MC: dʑiɛŋ 37 AttributionsWD

        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 AttributionsWD

        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 AttributionsWD

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

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

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