CONTRARY  相反

INTENSELY DIFFERENT so as to INTERFERE.
CONTRADICTORYCONTRADITIONOPPOSITEOPPOSINGOPPOSEDCONTRADICTORYCLASHINGCONFLICTINGANTITHETICALINCOMPATIBLEIRRECONCILABLE
Antonym
  • CONSISTENTRELATION of being NOT CONTRARY to OR OFFENDING AGAINST.
    Hypernym
    • DIFFERENTRELATION of NOT MUTUALLY RESEMBLING.
      • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
          • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
    Hyponym
    • NOT　BE CONTRARY to what is SAID in the WORDS that FOLLOW.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current word for being logically or practically opposed to something else is fǎn 反 (ant. tóng 同 "agree with, go along with").

    2. Guāi 乖 refers to any kind of practical contradiction or opposition, also opposition to what is current and acceptable. See WICKED

    2. Bèi 悖 (ant. xié 諧 "be in harmony with, be perfectly consistent with") refers quite abstractly to logical incoherence or inconsistency.

    3.Hài 害 (ant. yì 益 "further strengthen the point") is a term for logical inconsistency.

    4. Xiāng gōng 相攻 and bù xiāng róng 不相容 are technical terms referring to logical incompatibility.

    NB: Shuǐ huǒ 水火 is late post-Buddhist and refers vividly to a practical incompatibility.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    相反

    相左

    悖

    南轅北轍

    背道而馳

    戴盆望天

    惡濕居下

    引足救經

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

    Words

    反  fǎn OC: panʔ MC: pi̯ɐn
    返  fǎn OC: panʔ MC: pi̯ɐn 41 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVcontrary to expectations, against all expectations; conversely; on the contrary; contrary to intentions; on the other hand
    • vtoNbe the opposite of NLZ
    反  fǎn OC: panʔ MC: pi̯ɐn 32 AttributionsWD

    The current word for being logically or practically opposed to something else is fǎn 反 (ant. tóng 同 "agree with, go along with"). xxx

      Syntactic words
    • nablogiccontradictory; the logical opposite
    • nsubjectthe opposite, the reverse, the contrary; contradiction
    • vadNcontradictory, inconsistent
    • vibe inconsistent
    • vtoNactdo the contrary, act in a way contrary to
    • vtoNstativebe opposed to; be inconsistent with, be at variance with; be the opposite of, be contrary to
    悖  bèi OC: bɯɯds MC: buo̝i 7 AttributionsWD

    Bèi 悖 (ant. xié 諧 "be in harmony with, be perfectly consistent with") refers quite abstractly to contrariness as logical incoherence or inconsistency.

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Nbe in contravention of, be contrary to
    • vtoNbe in contradiction with;
    • vtoNlogiccontradict (oneself)
    違  wéi OC: ɢul MC: ɦɨi 6 AttributionsWD

      Syntactic words
    • vibe inconsistent with each other, be contrary to each other; fail to fit the circumstances
    • vtoNbe in contradiction with (of expressions), contradict
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    • vtoNreflexive.自contradict (oneself)
    繆  miù OC: mɢrus MC: mi̯u 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadNcontradictory and confused
    • viactbe contradictory and confused
    不  bù OC: pɯʔ MC: pi̯ut 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vt+V[0]by litotes: not in the least, the contrary of
    乖  guāi OC: kʷreed MC: kɣɛi 2 AttributionsWD

    Guāi 乖 refers to any kind of practical contradiction or opposition, also opposition to what is current and acceptable. See WICKED

      Syntactic words
    • vibe contrary
    • vt+prep+Ndisparage; be at odds with; go contrary to
    害  hài OC: ɡaads MC: ɦɑi 2 AttributionsWD

    Hài 害 (ant. yì 益 "further strengthen the point") is a term for logical inconsistency.

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Nabbe logically incompatible or factually inconsistent withCH
    • vtoNfigurativebe inconsistent with
    駁  bó OC: praawɡ MC: pɣɔk 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vibe contradictory
    不相容  bù xiāng róng OC: pɯʔ sqaŋ k-loŋ MC: pi̯ut si̯ɐŋ ji̯oŋ 2 AttributionsWD

    Xiāng gōng 相攻 and bù xiāng róng 不相容 are technical terms referring to logical incompatibility.

      Syntactic words
    • VPadNmarkedincompatible [This idiom is not claimed to be a word, but it is useful to compare with the other expressions in the synonym group.]
    • VPibe incompatible
    伐  fá OC: bod MC: bi̯ɐt 1 AttributionWD

      Word relations
    • Synon: 反/CONTRARY The current word for being logically or practically opposed to something else is fǎn 反 (ant. tóng 同 "agree with, go along with"). xxx
    • Synon: 違/CONTRARY

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfigurativebe in contradiction with
    午  wǔ OC: ŋaaʔ MC: ŋuo̝ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN(= wu3 迕) to oppose N, resist 
    損  sǔn OC: squunʔ MC: suo̝n 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNstativecontravene; be contrary to; be in violation of
    詭  guǐ OC: krolʔ MC: kiɛ 1 AttributionWD

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 殊/DIFFERENT Shū 殊 (ant. jìn 近 "essentially close to", yī 一 "be one and the same") refers abstractly to a categorial distanc
    • Assoc: 違/CONTRARY
    • Synon: 乖/CONTRARY Guāi 乖 refers to any kind of practical contradiction or opposition, also opposition to what is current and acceptable. See WICKED

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbe contradictory with, be incompatible with; be radically different
    讎  chóu OC: ɡju MC: dʑɨu 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vibe inconsistent
    乖忤  guāi wǔ OC: kʷreed ŋaas MC: kɣɛi ŋuo̝ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vi2be conflicting
    相攻  xiāng gōng OC: sqaŋ kooŋ MC: si̯ɐŋ kuŋ 1 AttributionWD

    Xiāng gōng 相攻 and bù xiāng róng 不相容 are technical terms referring to logical incompatibility.

      Syntactic words
    • VPibe in conflict with each other
    • VPtoNbe in conflict with each other in
    舛駁  chuǎn bó OC: thjonʔ praawɡ MC: tɕhiɛn pɣɔk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe contrary
    相反  xiāng fǎn MC: sjang pjonX OC: sqaŋ panʔDS 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe contradictory; be in mutual contradictionDS
    反  fǎn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • npost-NN's oppositeLZ
    刺  cì OC: skhleɡs MC: tshiɛ 0 AttributionsWD

      Word relations
    • Ant: 合/CONFORM Zhōu 周 and hé 合 (all ant. fǎn 反 "go against the model") refer to complete all-round conformity construed as overall identification with a model.

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Nbe contrary to
    忤  wǔ OC: ŋaas MC: ŋuo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbe at variance with, contradict
    狠  yán OC: - MC: ŋɣɛn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactbe obstreporous and recalcitrant
    舛  chuǎn OC: thjonʔ MC: tɕhiɛn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vicontradictory
    還  huán OC: ɡʷraan MC: ɦɣan 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    乖異  guāi yì OC: kʷreed p-lɯɡs MC: kɣɛi jɨ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabmetaphysicalcontradictory divergence
    • VPi2be contradictorily divergent
    反復  fǎn fù OC: panʔ buɡ MC: pi̯ɐn buk 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: inverse, reciprocal
    水火  shuǐ huǒ OC: qhjulʔ qphaalʔ MC: ɕi hʷɑ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPipost-Han, Ming: be like fire and water, be practically quite incompatible with each other
    返衰  fǎn cuī OC: panʔ tshrol MC: pi̯ɐn ʈʂhiɛ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPimathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    還元  huán yuán OC: ɡʷraan ŋɡon MC: ɦɣan ŋi̯ɐn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    反其率  fǎn qí lǜ OC: panʔ ɡɯ rud MC: pi̯ɐn gɨ lit 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPimathematical termCHEMLA 2003:

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