CLASSIFY  分類類

SAY OR THINK that something to be of a certain CATEGORY.
CATEGORIZEGROUPGRADERANKRATEORDERORGANIZERANGESORTTYPECODIFYBRACKETSYSTEMATIZESYSTEMIZECATALOGLISTFILEINDEXLUMP
Hypernym
  • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
    • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
      • 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....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general term for classifying something is lèi 類.

2. Guī 歸 is occasionally used for things being classified as belonging to a certain class.

Modern Chinese Criteria
分類 is the current modern word for establishing a classification.

歸納 is the current modern word for subsuming under a classification.

分門別類 (prov) refers idiomatically to the establishment of classifications.

分別部居 (prov, arch) refers idiomatically, and in an archaising manner to the establishment of classifications.

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

    Words

    歸  guī OC: klul MC: kɨi 6 Attributions

    Guī 歸 is occasionally used for things being classified as belonging to a certain class.

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Npassivebe ascribed to
    • vtoNclassify
    • vttoN1.+N2classify N1 as N2LZ
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2attribute (guilt, blame etc) to N2
    類  lèi OC: ruds MC: li 4 Attributions

    The general term for classifying something is lèi 類.

      Syntactic words
    • nabsocial classificationLZ
    • vibe able to properly classify things in categories, especially with regard to the demands of ritual proprietyLZ
    • vt(oN)properly classify the contextually determinate N in categories, especially with regard to the demands of ritual proprietyLZ
    • vtoN.adVon the basis of classifying, to V
    • vtoNdeclarativedeclare to belong to a category
    • vtoNputativeconsider as belonging to a category
    比類  bǐ lèi MC: pjijX lwijH OC: piʔ rudsLZ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabcomparable casesCH
    • VPtoNcompare and classify accordinglyLZ
    志序  zhì xù MC: tsyiH zjoX OC: kljɯs ljaʔCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNrecord and classify/rankCH

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: