SQUEEZE  擁擠壓

TOUCH something so as to USE ENDURING FORCE ON IT.
PUSH (DOWN)PRESS DOWNDEPRESSHOLD DOWNFORCETHRUSTSQUEEZECOMPRESS
Hypernym
  • TOUCHINTERACT with a SURFACE USING one's FINGERS OR one's BODY.
    • INTERACTACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....
Hyponym
  • RUB　TOUCH AND PRESS WHILE MOVING ALONG something.
    • POLISH　RUB AND SMEAR USING LIQUID so as to CAUSE TO BECOME SMOOTH AND SHINING.
    • SCRATCH　RUB INTENSELY, TYPICALLY so as to INJURE.
    • WIPE　RUB, USING A CLOTH, so as to CAUSE TO BECOME CLEAN.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for the exercise of pressure downwards in any concrete or abstract sense is yā 壓, and the word is not a success verb.

2. Zhèn 鎮 adds to the notion of vigorous pressure from above the notion of successfully preventing things from moving or displacing itself in any way.

3. Yì 抑 refers specifically to a particularly vigourous action of pressing something down in any concrete or abstract way and preventing it from moving upwards while possibly allowing it to move sideways.

Modern Chinese Criteria
壓

按

強迫

驅使

擁擠

壓迫

握緊

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

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • vtoN : 12
  • vt(oN) : 3
  • VPtoN : 2
  • VPt[oN] : 2
  • vt0oN : 1
  • vttoN1.+prep+N2 : 1

Attributions by text

  • 百喻經 : 5
  • 春秋左傳 : 3
  • 祖堂集 : 3
  • 韓詩外傳 : 2
  • 陸機集十一卷 : 1
  • 史記 : 1
  • 莊子 : 1
  • 淮南子 : 1
  • 呂氏春秋 : 1
  • 論衡 : 1
  • 楚辭 : 1
  • 文子 : 1

Words

壓  yā OC: qraab MC: ʔɣap 5 AttributionsWD

The current general word for the exercise of pressure downwards in any concrete or abstract sense is yā 壓, and the word is not a success verb.

    Word relations
  • Result: 死/DIE The dominant general word is sǐ 死 (ant. shēng 生"be alive"), and this can refer to the death of plants as well as animals or men.

    Syntactic words
  • vt(oN)squeeze the contextually determinate N
  • vt0oNfigurativethere will be pressure inflicted on NDS
  • vtoNsqueeze
  • vtoNconativeZUO Zhao 4: (dream that Heaven) presses down (on one); ZUO Xiang 26: press close in on
按  àn OC: qaans MC: ʔɑn 4 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNpress down, squeeze
  • vtoNfigurativepress deeper> give greater aesthetic depth toCH
蹙  cù OC: sklɯwɡ MC: tsuk 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vt(oN)press the contextually retrievable N hard
  • vtoNpush; press
  • vttoN1.+prep+N2press N1 into N2CH
抑  yì OC: qɯɡ MC: ʔɨk 2 AttributionsWD

Yì 抑 refers specifically to a particularly vigourous action of pressing something down in any concrete or abstract way and preventing it from moving upwards while possibly allowing it to move sideways.

    Word relations
  • Ant: 舉/LIFT The most general and the most current word for lifting up anything, in literal as well as figurative senses is jǔ 舉.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNpress down, repress, hold down, keep down, curb
  • vtoNfigurativebe suppressed
按摩  àn mó OC: qaans maal MC: ʔɑn mʷɑ 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPt[oN]practise massage
  • VPtoNmassage
捺  nà OC: naad MC: nɑt 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNsqueeze
硾  zhuì OC: dols MC: ɖiɛ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNpress down
笮  zé OC: tsraaɡ MC: ʈʂɣɛk 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNpassivebe sqeezed; be pressed; be crushed
按成  àn chéng OC: qaans djeŋ MC: ʔɑn dʑiɛŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNresultativesqueeze into, press into the form of
夾繞  jiā rǎo MC: keap nyewX OC: kreeb ŋɢjewʔCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNpress in on from both sidesCH
抵  dǐ OC: tiilʔ MC: tei 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNpress down
鎮  zhèn OC: tins MC: ʈin 0 AttributionsWD

Zhèn 鎮 adds to the notion of vigorous pressure from above the notion of successfully preventing things from moving or displacing itself in any way.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNperfectiveSJ: press down vigorously or violently (and keep/get under control)

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