BLUE  藍

COLOUR of the SKY AND the DEEP SEA.
Hypernym
  • COLOURAPPEARANCE of SURFACES which REFLECT OR ISSUE LIGHT, PERCEIVED USING the EYES.
    • APPEARANCECLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
  • GREENCOLOUR TYPICALLY RESEMBLING that of LEAVES IN SPRING.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. Qīng 青 is perhaps the most current word for dark blue, but this word covers a wider spectrum including dark green and even dark grey.

    2. Cāng 蒼 refers to the blue colour, prototypically to the bright blue colour like that of the sky.

    [GENERAL]

    3. Lán 藍 is rarely used in pre-Buddhist times, and the word refers to a deep, rich blue colour.

    [SPECIFIC]; [[RARE]]

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

    ART 16.

    青，春日草木之色，又指礦物顏料青雘；青色通稱。

    藍，藍草，其葉或莖可制藍色染料；唐代始用為口語中藍色通稱。

    蒼，草之色；兼指深青色和淺青色。

    碧，青色玉石；喻指淺青色。

    綠，帛之青黃色；引申為青黃色。

    翠，青羽雀；喻指淺青色。

    蔥，可作菜或調味品的草本植物，喻指淺青色。

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    藍

    蔚藍

    天藍

    碧藍

    青藍

    寶藍

    藍盈盈

    藍晶晶

    淡藍

    淺藍

    蔥白

    月白

    品月

    深藍

    湛藍

    靛藍

    靛

    藍靛

    靛青

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

    Words

    青  qīng OC: tsheeŋ MC: tsheŋ 18 AttributionsWD

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturedark green/blue/grey colour, "grue"
    • vadNgreen; green/blue; dark grey
    • vibe green; green/blue; dark grey
    • vi.red:adNintensitiveREDUP: deeply green
    • vichangeturn green/blue/dark grey
    • vt+prep+Ngradedbe more green/blue than
    蒼  cāng OC: skhaaŋ MC: tshɑŋ 12 AttributionsWD

      Syntactic words
    • n.redblue hue, blue colour
    • nmblue dye
    • v[adN]what is steely-dark blueCH
    • vadNazure blue (sky)
    • viazure blue
    • vichangeturn azure blue
    蒼蒼  cāng cāng MC: tshang tshang OC: skhaaŋ skhaaŋCH 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabfeatureintense bluenessCH
    藍  lán OC: ɡ-raam MC: lɑm 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturethe dark blue colour LH: 藍朱 "blue and scarlet"
    • viindigo blue
    靛  diàn OC: deens MC: den 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • videep blue
    蔚藍  wèi lán OC: quds ɡ-raam MC: ʔɨi lɑm 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPipost-Han, DU FU: sky-blue

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