SWEEP  打掃

REMOVE DUST USING a BROOM.
BRUSHCLEANSCRUBWIPEMOPDUSTSCOURINFORMAL DO
Hypernym
  • REMOVEDISPLACE something from where it is EXPECTED to REMAIN.
    • DISPLACECAUSE to MOVE.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
See also
  • BROOMINTENSELY BIG BRUSH USED FOR:in order to CAUSE ROOMS TO BECOME CLEAN.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The standard word for sweeping as a cleaning routine in the house is sǎo 掃／埽, and this process commonly involved the sprinkling of the area to be swept with water, a process called xǐ 灑／洒.

    2. Shuā 刷 refers to sweeping away something with a small brush.

    3. Fèn 拚 seems to have been a technical ritual term for the sweeping of the area around the sitting mat.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    掃

    掃除

    打掃

    清掃

    大掃除

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

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 9.37

    Words

    掃  sǎo OC: sbluuʔ MC: sɑu 10 AttributionsWD

    The standard word for sweeping as a cleaning routine in the house is sǎo 掃／埽, and this process commonly involved the sprinkling of the area to be swept with water, a process called xǐ 灑／洒.

      Syntactic words
    • nsubjectsweeper
    • viactto sweep
    • vtoNto clean by sweeping
    • vtoNobject=dirtsweep away, to clean away by sweeping
    • vtoNobject=dirtbe swept away, be swept away by a process of cleaning
    掃  sǎo OC: sbluuʔ MC: sɑu 7 AttributionsWD

    The standard word for sweeping as a cleaning routine in the house is sǎo 掃／埽, and this process commonly involved the sprinkling of the area to be swept with water, a process called xǐ 灑／洒.

      Syntactic words
    • viactdo the sweeping with a broom
    • vtoNsweep away
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe swept clean
    拚  fèn OC: pɯns MC: pi̯un 3 AttributionsWD

    Fèn 拚 seems to have been a technical ritual term for the sweeping of the area around the sitting mat.

      Syntactic words
    • viactdo the sweeping around a sitting mat
    • vtoNsweep (something) away, specifically around a mat
    刷  shuā OC: srood MC: ʂɣat 1 AttributionWD

    Shuā 刷 refers to sweeping away something with a small brush.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNwipe away, brush away YAN 刷涕"brush away tears"
    • vtoNfigurativesweep away (shame)
    掃除  sǎo chú OC: sbluuʔ rla MC: sɑu ɖi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativesweep away

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