COLOURFUL  斑駁

MIXED in COLOURS in DIFFERENT PARTS.
MULTICOLOURED VARIEGATED
Hypernym
  • MIXEDINTENSELY TOGETHER AND DIFFICULT to SEPARATE.
    • TOGETHERALL of a set IN the SAME PLACE OR TIME.
      • ALLCOMMON so that of NONE NOT.
        • COMMONEXISTING IN MANY THINGS OR PLACES....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Bān 斑 can be used to describe anything as being of more than one colour.

2. Bó 駁 (ant. chún 純 "pure") refers to distinct variety in colour as a positive feature. But see also MIXED.

Modern Chinese Criteria
斑駁 is the currrent modern word for something motley or variegated.

五彩

彩色

花

彩

印花

雜色

五顏六色

五色繽紛

花花綠綠

花團錦簇

萬紫千紅

奼紫嫣紅

紅紅綠綠

大紅大綠

斑斕

五色斑斕

光怪陸離

斑駁

斑駁陸離

花花搭搭

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

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Words

駁  bó OC: praawɡ MC: pɣɔk 3 AttributionsWD

Bó 駁 (ant. chún 純 "pure") refers to distinct variety in colour as a positive feature. But see also MIXED.

    Word relations
  • Ant: 純/PURE The standard general term for purity is chún 純 (ant. zá 雜 "mixed").

    Syntactic words
  • vadNpiebald 駁馬
  • viSHI 156, CC518, ZZ 21.789: dappled, piebald (of horses); ZZ 33.1350: ununified/contradictory
楚  chǔ OC: skhraʔ MC: ʈʂhi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadNcolourful and beautiful (as customary in the state of Chu) 楚服
縟繡  rù xiù MC: nyowk sjuwH OC: njoɡ sɯwɡsCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe spectacularly colourfulCH
尨  máng OC: mrooŋ MC: mɣɔŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadNvariegated
斑  bān OC: praan MC: pɣan 0 AttributionsWD

Bān 斑 can be used to describe anything as being of more than one colour.

    Syntactic words
  • vadNmulticoloured
  • vibe multicoloured, be variegated
夏  xià OC: ɡraaʔ MC: ɦɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nmZHOULI: the various colours
  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe spectacularly colourfulCH

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