CHOPPING BLOCK  砧板

BIG TIMBER TOOL USED FOR CUTTING THINGS ON.
Hypernym
  • TOOLARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
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 ／

    Words

    椹  zhēn OC: krlum MC: ʈim 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • nchopping block
    鑕  zhì OC: tjid MC: tɕit
    質  zhì OC: tjid MC: tɕit 1 AttributionWD

    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 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPchopping block
    俎  zǔ OC: skraʔ MC: ʈʂi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD

    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 AttributionsWD

    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

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