BLINK  眨

LOOK so as to SHUT AND OPEN one's EYES, OFTEN INVOLUNTARILY.
FLUTTERFLICKERWINKBAT
Antonym
  • STARELOOK ENDURINGLY IN ONE DIRECTION
    Hypernym
    • LOOKTRY to SEE.
      • TRYACT, BUT DOUBT WHETHER one WILL be SUCCESSFUL ACTING.
        • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
          • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....
    See also
    • MOMENTPOINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME.
      • MOMENTPOINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME.
          Old Chinese Criteria
          1. The current word is shùn 瞬, and even that word is rarely used in ancient literature. The blinking of the eye was not a favourite subject for discourse in our sources.

          Modern Chinese Criteria
          眨 zhǎ is a colloquial word for blinking.

          眨眼 is the current modern word for blinking.

          巴眨 is a colloquial modern word for blinking.

          睒 (obs) is an ancient word for blinking.

          眨巴

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

          Attributions by syntactic funtion

          • vi : 3
          • VPadV : 1
          • vtoN : 1
          • VPt+prep+N : 1

          Attributions by text

          • 莊子 : 3
          • 祖堂集 : 2
          • 賢愚經 : 1

          Words

          眴  xuàn OC: qhʷiins MC: hen 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • viactblink
          • viactsubject non-human: blinkTW
          眨  zhǎ OC: sproob MC: ʈʂɣɛp 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • viactrare, but in SHUOWEN XINFU: blinkOccurs in 說文新附 which shows that it is a new term.
          • vtoNblink (the eye)
          眨眼  zhǎ yǎn OC: sproob ŋɡrɯɯnʔ MC: ʈʂɣɛp ŋɣɛn 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPt+prep+Nblink at
          眴若  shùn ruò MC: sywinH nyae OC: qhʷljins njaɡTW 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPadVwith a blinkTW
          瞚  shùn MC: sywinH OC: qhljunsCH 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • viact=瞬　blinkCH
          瞬  shùn OC: qhljuns MC: ɕʷin
          瞬  shùn OC: qjuns MC: ɕʷin 0 AttributionsWD

          The current word is shùn 瞬, and even that word is rarely used in ancient literature. The blinking of the eye was not a favourite subject for discourse in our sources.

            Syntactic words
          • viactto wink, to blink

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