RISK    冒

ACT so as to DELIBERATELY CAUSE ONESELF or one's PROPERTY to be in DANGER.
CHANCEUNCERTAINTYUNPREDICTABILITYPRECARIOUSNESSINSTABILITYINSECURITYPERILOUSNESSRISKINESS
Modern Chinese Criteria
冒險 is the standard word for taking a risk. 保險額 refers to the quantified risk. 作賭注 is to risk money in gambling. 冒危險去做 is to take a risk and go ahead with an action. 風險 refers to a hazard or risk involved in an action. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
Antonym
  • SAFEPEACEFUL AND NOT EASY to DAMAGE.
Hypernym
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 8.1045

    RISIKO

    • Words (5 items)

    以  yǐ MC: yiX OC: k-lɯʔ 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN.adVrisking N to V; at risk to N to VCH
    昧  mèi OC: mɯɯds MC: muo̝i 4 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Object: 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+V1.adV2e.g. 昧死 "at risk of losing my life": disregard the danger of (V1-ing) as one (V2s); expose oneself to the risk of (V1-ing) in (V2ing)
    離  lí OC: b-rel MC: liɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbe ready to meet, risk
    冒  mào OC: muuɡs MC: mɑu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNexpose oneself to; risk
    • vtoNpassivebe exposed (maybe syn. SHOW ????)
    效  xiào OC: ɡreews MC: ɦɣɛu 1 Attribution

      Word relations
    • Object: 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
    • vtoN效死: to risk one's death; be prepared to die (for something, handing up one's death in service)