PIERCE  刺刺

CUT a HOLE THROUGH SOMETHING, USING A SHARP THING.
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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....
Hyponym
  • DRILL　PIERCE so as to CAUSE something TO HAVE DEEP HOLES IN a SURFACE.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general word for piercing anything is cì 刺, which also typically refers to stabbing and piercing something, usually inorder to damage it.

    2. Guàn 貫 is to make a hole in the middle of something so as to be able to string it up.

    3. Chuān 穿 refers to piercing something so as to make a hole in it.

    4. Xiàn 陷 refers to piercing something so as to get to the inside of it.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    刺穿 is a current modern word for piercing something.

    戳穿 is a slightly more formal or literary word referring to piercing.

    MORE SYNONYMS!

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

    Attributions by syntactic funtion

    • vtoN : 17
    • vt+prep+N : 1
    • vt(oN) : 1
    • VPtoN : 1

    Attributions by text

    • 春秋左傳 : 7
    • 韓非子 : 6
    • 祖堂集 : 2
    • 搜神記 : 1
    • 荀子 : 1
    • 莊子 : 1
    • 臨濟錄 : 1
    • 戰國策 : 1

    Words

    貫  guàn MC: kwanH OC: koons
    貫  guàn MC: kwanH OC: koons 9 AttributionsWD

    Guàn 貫 is to make a hole in the middle of something so as to be able to string it up.

      Word relations

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Nfigurativepenetrate through NDS
    • vtoNpierce
    • vtoNfigurativepierce through > penetrate through; pervade (all directions)
    陷  xiàn OC: ɡrooms MC: ɦɣɛm 4 AttributionsWD

    Xiàn 陷 refers to piercing something so as to get to the inside of it.

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)pierce the contextually determinate objectDS
    • vtoNpierce
    • vtoNconativetry to pierceDS
    • vtoNpassivebe piercedDS
    汏  dài OC: daads MC: dɑi 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpenetrate into; pierce
    刺  cì OC: skhleɡs MC: tshiɛ 1 AttributionWD

    The current general word for piercing anything is cì 刺, which also typically refers to stabbing and piercing something, usually inorder to damage it.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNstab into, puncture
    • vtoNpassivebe stung (by an insect), be pierced
    徹  chè OC: thed MC: ʈhiɛt 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpenetrate; pierce
    橦  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 1 AttributionWD

    chōng

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNchōng???: pierce, cut into
    突  tū OC: duud MC: duot 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmake a hole in
    貫入  guàn rù OC: koons njub MC: kʷɑn ȵip 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNperfectivepierce and enter > pierce into, penetrate through
    副  pì OC: phɯɡ MC: phɨk 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpierce, puncture ??
    矞  yù OC: ɢʷlid MC: jʷit 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNextremely rare: pierce
    穿  chuān OC: khjon MC: tɕhiɛn 0 AttributionsWD

    Chuān 穿 refers to piercing something so as to make a hole in it.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpassivebe pierced and threaded

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