CHOPPING BLOCK    砧板

BIG TIMBER TOOL USED FOR CUTTING THINGS ON.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Zhì 鑕 is a chopping block used for beheading and cutting in the waist. 2. Zhēn 砧 is a post Qín 秦 word for a block used to beat a silk and other fabrics; it can also refer to a block for executions by beheading or cutting in the waist. 3. Zǔ 俎 refers to a small ritual table used for cutting fresh meat; it can also refer to a chopping block on which the food is cut.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 FOOD 16. 俎，陳放與切割牲肉的几狀禮器；也可稱廚用砧板。 鑕，腰斬時下墊的金屬砧板。 砧，本指搗練衣帛的砧臼；漢代起常指稱刑具砧板；口語中作各種砧板通稱。 几，喻指砧板，有口語色彩。
Modern Chinese Criteria
砧板 案板 菜墩子 俎 砧 砧子 椹 椹質 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • TOOL　ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD. (anc: 5/0, child: 53)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)

Words (5 items)

鑕  zhì OC: tjid MC: tɕit
質  zhì OC: tjid MC: tɕit 1 Attribution

Zhì 鑕 is a chopping block used for beheading and cutting in the waist.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 斧/AXE The most current word for an axe is perhaps fǔ 斧, but the word refers specifically to an axe as in the illustration, used to split things with. [SPECIFIC]; [COMMON+]

    Syntactic words
  • nn: executioner's chopping block (used in executions)
椹質  zhēn zhì OC: krlum tjid MC: ʈim tɕit 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPchopping block
椹  zhēn OC: krlum MC: ʈim 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nchopping block
俎  zǔ OC: skraʔ MC: ʈʂi̯ɤ 0 Attributions

俎 zǔ refers to a small ritual table used for cutting fresh meat; it can also refer to a small chopping block on which the food is cut.

    Syntactic words
  • nsmall elevated plate for chopping meat and other foods
砧  zhēn OC: krlim MC: ʈim 0 Attributions

砧 zhēn is a post Qín 秦 word for a block used to beat a silk and other fabrics; it can also refer to a block for executions by beheading or cutting in the waist.

    Syntactic words
  • nchopping block