LIKE  寧取

DESIRE INTENSELY so as to TEND to CHOOSE.
LIKE
Antonym
  • DISCARDDISPLACE something so as to VOLUNTARILY CAUSE ONESELF to LACK it.
    Hypernym
    • DESIREGOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO ONESELF concerning the FUTURE HAVING, CONTROLLING, or ACTING:doing SOMETHING DEFINED.
      • FEELINGNATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND.
        • REACTCHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something.
          • 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
    • CHOOSETAKE OR USE THING WHILE BELIEVING that one is ABLE to TAKE OTHER THINGS.
      • TENDENCYFEATURE CAUSING a HUMAN, ANIMAL OR THING to ACT in a DEFINED way IN-SO-FAR-AS it is NOT PREVENTED by MORE STRONG CAUSES than this FEATURE.
        • LOVEINTENSE AND OFTEN PARTIAL DESIRE to be INTIMATE with a PERSON OR to POSSESS a THING.
          Hyponym
          • PARTIAL　HABITUALLY PREFER something LACKING GOOD REASONS.
            • PREFER　LIKE MORE.
              Old Chinese Criteria
              1. The general words expressing preference is ài 愛, but the notion is often hard to distinguish from a preferential desire, and for the semantically closely related hào 好 see DESIRE.

              2. Nìng 寧 refers to subjective general preference.

              3. Bù rú 不如 refers to objective preferability "one should prefer to, one should rather". See also SHOULD.

              Modern Chinese Criteria
              愛

              好 ha4o

              愛慕

              傾慕

              喜好 xi3ha4o

              喜愛

              比較喜歡

              傾向

              情願

              first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH

              • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

                INCLINED

                pronus, in its psychological meaning refers to any inclination in general.

                proclivis tends to an inclination in a positive direction.

                propensus refers to something bad.

              • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 12.19

                WAHL

              • 現代漢語同義詞詞典 ( LIU SHUXIN 1987) p. 2

              • 跟我學同義詞 ( CAI SHAOWEI 2010) p. 1

              • 跟我學同義詞 ( CAI SHAOWEI 2010) p. 2

              • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 293

              Words

              好  hào OC: qhuus MC: hɑu 38 Attributions

              The general words expressing preference is ài 愛, but the notion is often hard to distinguish from a preferential desire, and for the semantically closely related hào 好 see DESIRE.

                Word relations
              • Ant: 憎/HATE Zēng 憎 (ant. ài 愛 "love") is a rather mild and lingering form of resentment directed at a person.
              • Object: 樂/MUSIC The current general term for music, including dance, is yuè 樂.
              • Object: 貨/PROPERTY Huò 貨 refers to property, particularly precious metals or jade etc, insofar as these may be traded or is considered as being a possible object for trading.
              • Contrast: 愛/LOVE The clearly dominant word referring to love is ài 愛 (ant. hèn 恨 "dislike"; rarely zēng 憎 "dislike"; and wù 惡 "hate"), and this word refers both to the feelings of love and to the expression of love in loving care for another person as well as in sexual relations. (Occasionally, the word may refer to the emotional preference that a small child feels for its parents. For this meaning see PREFER.)

                Syntactic words
              • nab.tpsychlikes, preferencesCH
              • vtoN講究; go in for; pay meticulous attention to; prefer; be particularly fond of; show a preference for
              • vtoNgradedlike (very much etc)CH
              • vtoNpassive(graded) be liked (more, very much etc.)LZ
              • vtoV[0]like to V, be fond of V-ingCH
              • vttoN1.+N2love N1 more than N2
              愛  ài OC: qɯɯds MC: ʔəi 34 Attributions

              The general words expressing preference is ài 愛, but the notion is often hard to distinguish from a preferential desire, and for the semantically closely related hào 好 see DESIRE.

                Word relations
              • Ant: 賤/HUMBLE Jiàn 賤 (ant. 貴 "objectively of high standard, but also personally and subjectively judged to deserve this high status") typically adds to the notion of objectively judged low status that of subjectively appreciated moral decrepitude.

                Syntactic words
              • nabdispositionlikes, loves, preferences; favouritism
              • v[adN]N=obja person well liked
              • vadNcraving (mentality etc)
              • vt+prep+Ngradedlove more than 法愛於民"The laws he loves more than the people"
              • vtoNactprefer in action
              • vtoNgraded愛人"like others": like
              • vtoNpsychbe especially fond of; appreciate more; like, show an emotional preference for; be psychologically more attached to (something, compared to others); sometimes specifically: have as a protegé
              著  zhuó OC: k-laɡ MC: ʈi̯ɐk 18 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • nabpsychpreferential attachments, appetitive preferences
              • vtoNshow an appetitive preference for; be attached to, be focused on, cling to mod.CH
              • vtoNcausativecause to be show an appetitive preference for; cause to be attached to; cause to be tied up with
              善  shàn OC: ɡjenʔ MC: dʑiɛn 8 Attributions

                Word relations
              • Synon: 多/OFTEN Duō 多 (ant. shǎo 少 "a few times, few times") is a colourless word indicating that something is of generally frequent occurrence.

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNfind good, like, be fond of; be perfectly fine with, do fine with; find perfectly OK
              • vtoNPab{S}like that SDS
              好惡  hào wù OC: qhuus qaaɡs MC: hɑu ʔuo̝ 5 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • nabobjectwhat one likes or dislikesCH
              • NPabpsychpreferences, likes and dislikes
              欲惡  yù wù MC: yowk 'uH OC: k-loɡ qaaɡsLZ 4 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • NPab{N1actpreferencesLZ
              • VPtoNto like and dislike, to preferLZ
              偏心  piān xīn OC: phen slɯm MC: phiɛn sim 2 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • NPadVby way of doting preference
              • VPt(oN)dote on a contextually determinate person
              愛著  ài zhuó OC: qɯɯds k-laɡ MC: ʔəi ʈi̯ɐk 2 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • NPabpsychpreferential appetitive attachments
              取  qǔ OC: skhoʔ MC: tshi̯o 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • vt(oN)make a deliberate preferential choice in favour of
              • vt+V[0]prefer to V
              適  shì OC: qljeɡ MC: ɕiɛk 1 Attribution

                Syntactic words
              • nabdispositionpreference in action
              先貴  xiān guì OC: sɯɯn kluds MC: sen kɨi 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNgive first priority to
              向背  xiàng bèi OC: qhaŋs pɯɯɡs MC: hi̯ɐŋ puo̝i 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • NPabhead towards or leave behind > preferences, likes and dislikes
              染著  rǎn zhuó MC: nyemX trjoH OC: njomʔ ɡ-laɡ 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • VPt(oN)be stained by so as to show preference for
              作好  zuò hào MC: tsuH xawH OC: tsaaɡ qhuusLZ 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • NPabactpursuance of one's personal tastesLZ
              利  lì OC: rids MC: li 0 Attributions

                Word relations
              • Ant: 畏/FEAR Wèi 畏 is typically a stable state of reasoned fear, typically relating those who are in authority (the etymologically related wēi 威 on which relation there is much word-play in texts like ZUO), or ghosts etc, but the word also has extended generalised uses, as in wèi sǐ 畏死 "be afraid to die".

                Syntactic words
              • vttoN1.+N2find N1 more profitable than N2
              哀  āi OC: qɯɯl MC: ʔəi 0 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNbe fond of 各哀其所生 "all are fond of what they are born from"

              Existing SW for

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