ENGRAVE  雕刻刻

CUT into METAL, WOOD, OR JADE so as to PRODUCE WRITING OR a BEAUTIFUL PATTERN.
CARVECARVEINSCRIBECUT (IN)INCISECHISELCHASESCORENOTCHETCHIMPRINTIMPRESS
Hypernym
  • CUTDISPLACE a SHARP INSTRUMENT INTO a THING.
    • DISPLACECAUSE to MOVE.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • 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
  • GRINDDESTROY so as to CAUSE to BECOME INTENSELY SMALL PIECES by SQUEEZING INTENSELY BETWEEN FLAT STONES.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. Kè 刻 tends to be primarily to engrave in wood or ivory.

    2. Diāo 彫 refers to any form of engraving on or in any material, including jade and stone.

    3. Lòu 鏤 refers to engraving in metal only.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    刻 is the current word for engraving.

    雕刻 refers to engraving any pattern.

    銘刻 refers to engraving an inscription.

    雕

    琢

    契

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

    • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 273

    • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1536

    • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.216

    • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 341

    Words

    刻  kè OC: khɯɯɡ MC: khək 10 AttributionsWD

    Kè 刻 tends to be primarily to engrave in wood or ivory.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNengraved
    • vtoNcarve in wood; carve into stone
    • vtoNpassivebe carved
    • vtt(oN1.)+prep+N2incscribe contextually determinate material N1 on (writing material N2)
    敦雕琱  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC:
    雕  diāo OC: tɯɯw MC: teu
    琱  diāo OC: tɯɯw MC: teu 7 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadNcarved, engraved
    • vtoNengrave, carve patterns into a surface
    • vtoNpassivebe engraved; be engraved with (patterns); be carved into
    銘  míng OC: meeŋ MC: meŋ 7 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • ninscription
    • vt+prep+Nmiddle voiceget engraved (on metal and stone 銘乎金石)
    • vtoNengrave writing in metal on the subject N
    鏤  lòu OC: ɡ-roos MC: lu 6 AttributionsWD

    Lòu 鏤 refers to engraving in metal only.

      Syntactic words
    • nengraving
    • vadNcarved; engraved
    • vtoNengrave (any pattern) in metal, carve metal
    • vtoN1.+N2make inscriptions about N1 on metal (N2)TWH
    • vtoNpassivebe engraved
    彫  diāo OC: tɯɯw MC: teu 3 AttributionsWD

    Diāo 彫 refers to any form of engraving on or in any material, including jade and stone.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 琢/POLISH Zhuó 琢 refers primarily to the polishing of jade.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNengrave, embellish with engravings
    琢  zhuó OC: rtooɡ MC: ʈɣɔk 3 AttributionsWD

    Zhuó 琢 means to create a product by carving; in this case, the quality of work is finer than in that of cuō 磋.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoN1.+N2make inscriptions about N1 on N2TWH
    刻鏤  kè lòu MC: khok luwH OC: khɯɯɡ ɡ-roosLZ 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPcarving in wood or metalLZ
    雕琢  diāo zhuó MC: tew traewk OC: tɯɯw rtooɡLZ 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPengravingsLZ
    • VPibe engravedLZ
    勒  lè OC: ɡ-rɯɯɡ MC: lək 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNengrave (characters)
    削  xiāo OC: smewɡ MC: si̯ɐk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcut into so as to create an engraving
    鍥  qiè OC: kheed MC: khet
    挈  qiè OC: kheed MC: khet 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN]engagein engraving
    • vtoNengrave or carve in wood or bone
    錭琢  táo zhuó MC: daw traewk OC: daaw rtooɡLZ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NP= diao1zhuó 雕琢: engravingsLZ
    追  zhuī OC: krlul MC: ʈi 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNto carve
    鐫  juān OC: tson MC: tsiɛn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNchisel into, engrave

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