TOOL    工具

ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD.
INSTRUMENT
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for a tool for use of any kind is qì 器, but the primary meaning of the word remains "container, vessel". (For complex mechanical tools see CONTRAPTION.)
Modern Chinese Criteria
工具 用具 器 器具 傢伙 家什 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • AXE　TOOL OR WEAPON with a HANDLE and a BLADE, TYPICALLY for SPLITTING WOOD. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • BRIDLE　TOOL PRODUCED USING ROPES, USED to DRIVE:steer HORSES. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • CHOPPING BLOCK　BIG TIMBER TOOL USED FOR CUTTING THINGS ON. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • COMB　TOOL USED FOR CAUSING HAIR to BECOME STRAIGHT. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • COMPASS　TOOL USED to DEFINE the DIRECTIONS WITH. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • FETTERS　TOOL USED to HINDER PRISONERS from MOVING FREELY. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • HAMMER　TOOL which has a HEAVY METAL PART USED TO BEAT, BREAK, OR to CAUSE NAILS to ENTER TIMBER ETC.. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • HOOK　ROUND SHARP TOOL USED to CATCH FISH PULL OR SUSPEND THINGS. [] (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • LADDER　A TOOL PRODUCED USING TIMBER, BAMBOO, OR ROPE, USED TO ASCEND OR DESCEND WALLS ETC.. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • MOULD　A TOOL which has a CONCAVE SHAPE USED FOR PRODUCING THINGS of that SHAPE. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • OAR　TIMBER TOOL MOVED IN THE WATER, NOT TOUCHING THE GROUND, TO MOVE BOATS. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • PLOUGH　AGRICULTURE TOOL FOR TURNING UPSIDE DOWN SOIL. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SAW　TOOL which has METAL TEETH AND is USED FOR CUTTING TIMBER. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SCALES　TOOL USED FOR WEIGHING THINGS. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SPURS　A TOOL ON RIDER'S FOOT USED FOR STEERING HORSES. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • TRAP　TOOL USED FOR CATCHING ANIMALS OR HUMANS. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • VEHICLE　TOOL USED FOR TRAVELLING OR TRANSPORTING THINGS ACROSS LONG DISTANCES. (anc: 6/0, child: 8)
  • WHEEL　FLAT CIRCULAR TOOL WHICH CAN ROLL. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • YOKE　TIMBER TOOL PLACED ON the NECK of BOVINES AND USED TO CAUSE the BOVINES to PULL something. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • FAN　TOOL PRODUCED FOR MOVING AIR ACROSS one's FACE. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SICKLE　CUTTING TOOL for HARVESTING. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • CLOCK　TOOL USED FOR MEASURING TIME. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • WRITING TOOL　TOOL USED FOR WRITING. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • BRAKE　TOOL USED to CAUSE A VEHICLE to STOP OR to BECOME MORE SLOW. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • LID　TYPICALLY FLAT TOOL USED TO COVER the TOP of a VESSEL OR BASKET ETC.. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • EATING TOOLS　TOOLS USED FOR EATING. (anc: 6/0, child: 4)
  • KITCHEN UTENSIL　TOOLS TYPICALLY USED IN a KITCHEN. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • KEY　METAL TOOL PRODUCED for USE TO OPEN a DEFINED:certain LOCK with. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SHOVEL　A spade-like TOOL, consisting of a broad blade of metal or other material (more or less hollow and often with upturned sides), attached to a handle and used for raising and removing quantities of earth, grain or other loose material. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • MACHINE　COMPLEX TOOL which HAS MANY PARTS. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • NEEDLE　SMALL SHARP TOOL USED FOR SEWING OR FOR PIERCING SURFACES. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SHUTTLE　TOOL USED TO MOVE THREADS WHEN WEAVING. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • ANVIL　METAL TABLE as TOOL on which to PRODUCE OR CHANGE IRON TOOLS. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • BRUSH　TOOL CONTAINING a HANDLE AND HAIR OR RESEMBLING THINGS FIXED ON that HANDLE. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • FORK　AGRICULTURAL TOOL RESEMBLING a SPADE which HAS a DIVIDED BLADE. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • HOE　AGRICULTURAL TOOL. [] (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • HARROW　AGRICULTURAL TOOL. [] (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • LOOM　TOOL for PRODUCING CLOTH. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • MATCHES　SMALL STICK of FIREWOOD USED to CAUSE something to BURN. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SPINDLE　STICK USED as a TOOL WHEN SPINNING. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • TROWEL　A TOOL PRODUCED USING METAL, USED FOR PLASTERING WALLS. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • AWL　 AGRICULTURAL TOOL (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • CARPENTER TOOL　TOOL USED BY CARPENTER. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • TRAY　TOOL USED TO CARRY CUPS, PLATES ETC.. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • UMBRELLA　TOOL USED FOR PROTECTING one AGAINST RAIN. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • INKSTONE　STONE TOOL USED TO RUB INK STICKS on. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • CIRCLE-COMPASS　TOOL FOR DRAWING CIRCLES. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SPECTACLES　TOOL HELP ONE to SEE APPROPRIATELY. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • MEDICAL TOOL　TOOL USED FOR CURING DISEASES. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • SQUARE-TOOL　 (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • LIGHTER　TOOL USED TO CREATE FIRE FOR HOME USE. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • ANCHOR　TOOL FOR FIXING THE PLACE:position of a SHIP AND BINDING it to the BOTTOM of the WATER.  (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • WEAPON　TOOL USED FOR ATTACK OR DEFENSE IN WARFARE. (anc: 6/0, child: 9)
See also
  • VEHICLETOOL USED FOR TRAVELLING OR TRANSPORTING THINGS ACROSS LONG DISTANCES.
Hypernym
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 9.422

  • 中華古代文化辭典 Zhonghua gudai wenhua cidian ( QIAN YULIN 1996) p. 218-237

    Basic traditional implement terminology simply explained.

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 485

    器，械

    1. WL presents the received opinion that qi4 器 always refers to containers. This is clearly not so: 百工之銳器 does not refer to containers. Examples of this sort abound.

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. no. 7

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 100A

    • Words (25 items)

    規矩  guī jǔ OC: kʷe kʷaʔ MC: kiɛ ki̯o 34 Attributions

    compass and square

      Syntactic words
    • NPcompass and square
    器  qì OC: khrɯds MC: khi 22 Attributions

    The general word for a tool for use of any kind is qì 器, but the primary meaning of the word remains "container, vessel". (For complex mechanical tools see CONTRAPTION.)

      Word relations
    • Inconsist: 君子/GENTLEMAN Jūn zǐ 君子 can focus on nobility of birth and social status.
    • Assoc: 械/MACHINE The general term for any mechanical device, especially any such device used in weaponry, is xiè 械.
    • Assoc: 用/TOOL

      Syntactic words
    • nobject for use by someone; instrument, (agricultural) tool; appurtenance (used in dance and music, or in warfare);
    • nfigurative(mere) tool; (abstract) instrument>method
    • ngadgetgadget, artefact
    • viactact as a tool
    • vtoNattitudinaltreat as a tool only (not as an independent agent)
    具  jù OC: ɡos MC: gi̯o 11 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nimplements; necessary equipment; necessary tools
    • nabfigurativeabstract instrument(s); (abstract) tools; necessary meansLZ
    器械  qì xiè OC: khrɯds ɡrɯɯɡs MC: khi ɦɣɛi 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1=N2}nonreferentialcontraptions of all kinds
    備用  bèi yòng MC: bijH yowngH OC: brɯɡs k-loŋs 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPtoolsLZ
    械用  xiè yòng MC: heajH yowngH OC: ɡrɯɯɡs k-loŋs 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPutensilsLZ
    器用  qì yòng OC: khrɯds k-loŋs MC: khi ji̯oŋ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPhousehold goods, tools; sacrificial tools of all kinds
    用  yòng OC: k-loŋs MC: ji̯oŋ 4 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 器/TOOL The general word for a tool for use of any kind is qì 器, but the primary meaning of the word remains "container, vessel". (For complex mechanical tools see CONTRAPTION.)

      Syntactic words
    • nutensils, useful tools
    • nabcollectiveset of things needed
    隱栝  yǐn kuò OC: qɯnʔ kood MC: ʔɨn kʷɑt 2 Attributions

    yǐnkuò

      Syntactic words
    • ninstrument for bending wood to make nice round shapes
    樞機  shū jī MC: tsyhu kj+j OC: khjo kɯl 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPfigurativeeffective toolsCH
    備  bèi OC: brɯɡs MC: bi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmpluralnecessary prerequisites; convenient necessary means; convenient provisions
    楔  xiē OC: sqeed MC: set 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nwedge which is inserted between the teeth of a corpse
    • vtoNto insert a wedge between (the teeth of a corpse)
    橐  tuó OC: thaaɡ MC: thɑk 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nfire-blowing bellows
    械器  xiè qì MC: heajH khijH OC: ɡrɯɯɡs khrɯds 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPtools of any kindLZ
    鉗  qián OC: ɡram MC: giɛm 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • ntongs
    銶  qiú OC: ɡu MC: gɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nchisel
    鑿  záo 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • ndrill; chisel?CH
    連架  lián jià OC: b-ren kraals MC: liɛn kɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVagriculturewith a flail
    • NPagricultureflail; tool with a long handle and a series of evenly distributed spikes made of bamboo or wood; used for trashing corn, etc. (usually written 連枷 or 連耞); in ancient China the word was also used for a torture instrument capable of torturing more than one person at the same time
    槔  gāo MC: -- OC: kuu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nwellsweepCH
    檠  qíng MC: gjaeng OC: ɡreŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nstraightening frame for bowsCH
    車  chē OC: khlja MC: tɕhɣɛ
    車  jū OC: kla MC: ki̯ɤ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmachine, tool or instrument which involves wheels
    鑽  zuàn OC: tsoons MC: tsʷɑn
    鑽  zuān OC: tsoon MC: tsʷɑn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • na drill
    子  zǐ OC: sklɯʔ MC: tsɨ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-V梳子 "instrument used for combing"
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPfigurativeeffective toolsCH
    盤  pán OC: baan MC: bʷɑn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ntray (a 盤 made of wood or metal)