DROWN    溺死溺

DIE BECAUSE of SINKING into WATER.
SUFFOCATE IN WATERINHALE WATERGO TO A WATERY GRAVE
Old Chinese Criteria
1.The current general word for seeking death by drowning or dying through drowning is nì 溺. 2. A very common term for drowning oneself is zì tóu 自投. 3. Chén 沉／沈 refers to submerging either oneself or things, sometimes in order to drown them. See SINK
Modern Chinese Criteria
溺水 淹死 溺 淹 沒 滅頂 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH
Antonym
  • SWIMFLOAT on the SURFACE of WATER, NOT USING TOOLS.
See also
  • SINKMOVE DOWN INTO WATER.
Hypernym
  • DIE　STOP LIVING. (anc: 13/0, child: 1)
  • STOP　ACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION. (anc: 12/0, child: 10)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)

Words (8 items)

溺  nì OC: neewɡ MC: nek 27 Attributions

The current general word for seeking death by drowning or dying through drowning is nì 溺.

    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.
  • Synon: 沈/DROWN

    Syntactic words
  • nabactdrowning
  • v[adN]drowning person
  • vadNdrowning (son)
  • vi-Vresultativedrown with the V-resultDS
  • vichangebe drowning; drown and die
  • vt+prep+Nfigurative"drown" inCH
  • vtoNsink into; drown in
  • vtoNcausativedrown a person, metaphoric: cause somebody to face serious problems
  • vtoNfigurativeget plunged into; be drowned by (calamities); be drowned in, be inundated with
  • vtoNmiddle voicebe drowned in
  • vtoNpassivebe drowned by
自投  zì tóu OC: sblids doo MC: dzi du 7 Attributions

A very common term for drowning oneself is zì tóu 自投.

    Syntactic words
  • VPicommit suicide by drowning oneself
沈  chén OC: ɡrlum MC: ɖim 6 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Synon: 溺/DROWN The current general word for seeking death by drowning or dying through drowning is nì 溺.

    Syntactic words
  • viactcommit suicide by drowning
  • vtoNOBI: submerge; submerge and drown (OBI and also GUAN etc: in the process of sacrificing)
  • vtoNN=placethrow oneself into
  • vtoNpassivebe drowned
  • vtoNreflexive.自drown (oneself)
  • vttoN1.+N2reflexive.自drown (oneself) in N2
沉  chén MC: drim OC: ɡrlum
沉  chén MC: drim OC: ɡrlum 4 Attributions

Chén 沉／沈 refers to submerging either oneself or things, sometimes in order to drown them. See SINK

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNdrown oneself in
  • vtoNcausativedrown
  • vtt(oN1.) prep N2causative=沈　drown the contextually determinate N1 in N2CH
沒  mò OC: mɯɯd MC: muot 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vithrow oneself into the water
  • vtoNdrown 沒身
  • vtoNfigurativebe drowned in
  • vtoNmiddle voicebe drowned in
赴河  fù hé OC: phoɡs ɡlaal MC: phi̯o ɦɑ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vidrown oneself in a river
蹈  dào OC: ɡ-luus MC: dɑu 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNjump into in order to drown oneself in
沒溺  mò nì OC: mɯɯd neewɡ MC: muot nek 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNmiddle voicebe drowned in