WALK  行走

MOVE across the FLOOR>ground USING one's LEGS.
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Hypernym
  • 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.
      • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME.
        • REALITYEXIST and NOT ONLY BE IMAGINED....
Hyponym
  • DESCEND　WALK OR MOVE DOWNWARDS.
    • GO ASTRAY　WALK so as to BECOME CONFUSED IN-RELATION-TO the WAY one DESIRES to FOLLOW.
      • STEP　WALK FORWARDso as to RAISE A FOOT AND THEN PUT it DOWN AGAIN; AND DISTANCE TYPICALLY COVERED by this ACT.
        • TREAD ON　WALK so as to PRESS DOWN USING ONE'S FEET.
          • HURRY　ACT OR WALK as QUICKLY as one CAN.
            • GALLOP　To HURRY of HORSES OR RIDING HORSES.
          • RUN　WALK USING JUMPING STEPS.
            • LIMP　WALK USING ONLY ONE LEG APPROPRIATELY BECAUSE of a DEFECT in the OTHER LEG.
              • GO TO　WALK OR TRAVEL INTENDING TO ARRIVE at a DEFINED PLACE.
                • TOWARDS　GOING TO, OR MOVING in the DIRECTION of a PLACE.
                • VISIT　G0-TO someone so as to COMMUNICATE AND INTERACT with him/her for a SHORT PERIOD.
                • TRIP　GO TO IN ORDER TO PLAY.
              • WADE　CROSS OVER SHALLOW WATER.
                • ADVANCE　WALK FORWARD.
                  • ASCEND　WALK to REACH a MORE HIGH PLACE. 
                    • APPROACH　WALK so as to BECOME NEAR to something.
                      • REACH　APPROACH so as to BECOME:come to be IN A CERTAIN PLACE....
                    • CROSS OVER　WALK ACROSS something.
                      • THROUGH　CROSSING OVER OR USING AS A WAY, GOING INTO AND LEAVING.
                      • TRANSCEND　CROSS OVER ABSTRACTLY AND GO OUTSIDE:beyond.
                    • FOLLOW　WALK TOGETHER with AND BEHIND.
                      • ACCOMPANY　FOLLOW AND be TOGETHER with, TYPICALLY so as to SERVE.
                      • PURSUE　FOLLOW so as to TRY to REACH OR CATCH.
                      • AFTER　FOLLOWing IN TIME AND OCCUR WHEN SOMETHING HAS OCCURRED.  
                    • TURN BACK　WALK IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION one was WALKING, TYPICALLY INTENDing to RETURN. 
                      • DANCE　WALK AND JUMP RITUALLY so as to CONFORM to the RHYTHM of MUSIC; ONE OF THE ARTS.
                        Old Chinese Criteria
                        1. The current general word for walking is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "stay put").

                        2. Bù 步 (ant. zǒu 走 "run fast") refers to dignified slow pacing along.

                        3. Mài 邁 refers to walking or (sometimes even with abstract subjects like time) moving forward.

                        4. Jiàn 踐 focusses on the physical aspect of walking as stepping on something or walking across something.

                        Modern Chinese Criteria
                        去

                        走

                        行

                        步

                        履

                        躒

                        走動

                        走路

                        跑路

                        走道兒

                        行走

                        行動

                        行路

                        行進

                        步履

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

                        • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 805

                        • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 10.45

                        • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 10.47

                        • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

                          WALK

                          ambulare is taking a leisurely walk.

                          sapatiari is to walk out into the open.

                          deambulare is to walk up and down until one is tired.

                          WALK

                          ire refers to the act of walking, especially in a person deciding to go somewhere.

                          meare often refers specifically to beasts, ships, rivers and the like.

                          gradiri refers to walking in a quiet dignified manner, and with a regular measured step.

                          incedere refers specifically to walking along in aproud manner, in a procession, or in circumstances where one expects to be seen.

                          GAIT

                          ingressus refers quite generally to the act of walking.

                          incessus refers to someone's gait that is characteristic of his person.

                        • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 6

                        • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 114 and 283

                        • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 73ff

                        • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

                          ambulo, -are 'to walk' [v. I] (P1.+)

                          Derivatives: ambulacrum 'promenade' (P1.+), ambulator [m.], -trix [f.] 'who walks

                          about' (Cato+), ambulatio 'promenade, walk' (Varro+); deambulare 'to go for a

                          walk' (Cato+), deambulatio 'a walk' (Ter.), inambulare 'to pace up and down' (P1.+),

                          obambulare 'to walk up to' (P1.+), perambuiare 'to roam about' (PI.), redambulare

                          'to walk back' (PL).

                          cedO, -ere 'to go, proceed' [v. Ill; cessT, cessum] (P1.+)

                          Derivatives: cessare 'to hold back, hesitate; desist, rest' (P1.+), cessatio 'rest,

                          respite' (P1.+); abscedere 'to go away' (Naev.+), accedere 'to approach' (P1.+),

                          accessid 'approaching; addition' (P1.+), accessitare 'to approach repeatedly' (Cato),

                          aniecedere 'to surpass, precede' (P1.+), concedere 'to go (away), give way' (P1.+),

                          concessare 'to desist' (P1.+), decedere 'to go away, yield' (P1.+), excedere 'to retire,

                          depart' (PL+), incedere 'to arrive, walk' (Andr.+), intercedere 'to intervene' (P1.+),

                          intercessio 'veto' (Sisenna+), occedere 'to go so as to confront' (P1.+), procedere 'to

                          progress' (P1.+), recedere 'to withdraw' (P1.+), recessim *in retreat' (PI.), secedere 'to

                          draw aside' (P1.+), succedere 'to succeed; come tinder' (in PI. and Ter. only

                          'succeed'); necesse [adv.] 'essential, inevitable' (NaeV.+), necessus/um esse 'to be

                          indispensable' (SCBac.+), necessitas 'constraint need' (P1.+), necessarius

                          'necessary' (P1.+).

                        • 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.112/3

                        Words

                        行  xíng OC: ɢraaŋ MC: ɦɣaŋ 63 AttributionsWD

                        The current general word for walking is xíng 行(ant. zhǐ 止 "stay put").

                          Word relations
                        • Object: 學/STUDY The dominant word is xué 學 (ant. jiào 教 "train teach")which refers primarily to studying or training under another person, and secondarily to the learning by heart texts. Very often, the word retains a tinge of immitation.
                        • Epithet: 潛/SECRET
                        • Oppos: 立/STAND The current general word dominating this group is lì 立 (ant. fú 伏 "lie down").
                        • Oppos: 隨/FOLLOW Suí 隨 is to move along literally behind someone, by a deliberate act of volition.

                          Syntactic words
                        • nabact[JDSW does not provide a phonetic gloss so that one assumes the reading is taken to be 如字] walking; way of walking; ability to walk
                        • vadNwalking> passing by; walking along. marching past
                        • vadVfrom walking, through walking 行乏 be tired from walking; while walking
                        • vadVwalking on footCH
                        • viactwalk, take a walk; travel; be on the move; go on a tour of inspection; walk along
                        • viact, commendatorywalk properly as one should, walk elegantlyCH
                        • vicontinuativecontinue walkingDS
                        • viderivedunmarked nominalisation: walkingCH
                        • vifigurativeproceed
                        • vifigurativespread everywhereCH
                        • vt(oN)walk on the contextually determinate NCH
                        • vt+prep+Nwalk on (a path, a road etc.)CH
                        • vtoNwalk on, take a walk on
                        • vtoNcausativebe made to walk
                        • vtoNobject=distancewalk the distance N 行七步
                        • vtoNpassive, figurativebe walked on (i.e. be practised)CH
                        步  bù OC: baas MC: buo̝ 16 AttributionsWD

                        Bù 步 (ant. zǒu 走 "run fast") refers to dignified slow pacing along.

                          Word relations
                        • Epithet: 卒/SOLDIER Zú 卒 and the archaic tú 徒 refer to an ordinary infantry soldier, and these footsoldiers never ride chariots.

                          Syntactic words
                        • nabpacing alongCH
                        • vadNspecialised in walking on foot
                        • vadVon foot, not riding but walking along
                        • viactto pace (slowly); to walk along at measured speed; trot along;
                        • viactmarch in a military campaign, set out in a military campaign
                        • vt+prep+NOBI: walk to>travel to?
                        • vtoNwalk along NLZ
                        • vtoNcausativecause to walk, make pace along (a horse etc)
                        趨  qū OC: tsho MC: tshi̯o 10 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • viactscuddle, scurry, shuffle forward (either fast or slowly)
                        徒  tú OC: daa MC: duo̝ 7 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • vadNpedestrian
                        • vadVproceeding by walking, on foot
                        • viactproceed by foot, walk by foot; be without any vehicle
                        繞  rào OC: nɢjews MC: ȵiɛu 5 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • vtoNwalk in a circle around, walk around in, circumambulate
                        • vtoNfigurativesurround> flow around
                        經行  jīng xíng OC: keeŋ ɢraaŋ MC: keŋ ɦɣaŋ 4 AttributionsWD
                        • 佛經詞語匯釋 Fójīng cíyǔ huìshì The Translation of the Vocabulary of Buddhist Sūtras ( LI WEIQI 2004) p. 174-176

                        • 大正新修大藏經 Taishō shinshū daizōkyō Revised Edition of the Buddhist Canon in the Taishō Era ( T.) p. 3/190: 706a

                          處處經行 walk around everywhere

                        • 大正新修大藏經 Taishō shinshū daizōkyō Revised Edition of the Buddhist Canon in the Taishō Era ( T.) p. 4/198: 176a2

                          有一美人，經行山中 there was a handsome person who walked around in the mountains

                        • 大正新修大藏經 Taishō shinshū daizōkyō Revised Edition of the Buddhist Canon in the Taishō Era ( T.) p. 4/212: 696b24

                          經行他田，傷破苗谷 He walked around on somebody else's fields and destroyed the seedlings

                          Syntactic words
                        • VPadNBUDDH: designed for walking around in (during pause in meditation to prevent sleepiness) [SK]
                        • VPiactBUDDH: walk around
                        • VPtoNBUDDH. translations: go to, walk to, walk around in (sometimes used in Buddh. scriptures in contrast to sleeping and sitting, see LI WEIQI 2004: 175)
                        蹠  zhí OC: kljaɡ MC: tɕiɛk 3 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • nabstride in walking, walking styleCH
                        • vtoNwalk over, step on; tread on
                        縱橫  zòng héng OC: tsoŋs ɡʷraaŋ MC: tsi̯oŋ ɦɣaŋ 2 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • VPiactroam around, move freely, go whereever one wants; travers freely
                        • VPtoNN=placego back and forth in (a place)
                        行步  xíng bù OC: ɢraaŋ baas MC: ɦɣaŋ buo̝ 2 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • VPiwalk along (in a dignified way)
                        徂  cú OC: sɡaa MC: dzuo̝ 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • vtoNrare: set out for (normally on foot)
                        致  zhì OC: k-liɡs MC: ʈi 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • vtoNinchoativeset out to reach
                        跐  cǐ OC: tsheʔ MC: tshiɛ 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • vtoNcontinuativewalk through; trample on; step on
                        踖  jí OC: sɡaɡ MC: dziɛk 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • vtoNtrample on; step on
                        踥  qiè OC: skheb MC: tshiɛp 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • viactgo to and fro; press forward
                        蹀  dié OC: leeb MC: dep 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • viacttrample; stamp; walk ???
                        蹙  cù OC: sklɯwɡ MC: tsuk 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • vtoNpress > step on; trample on
                        過  guò OC: klools MC: kʷɑ 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • vt+prep+Npass by the place N, walk by the place N
                        行遊  xíng yóu OC: ɢraaŋ lu MC: ɦɣaŋ jɨu 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • VPiactgo for a walk, stroll around
                        倨  jù MC: kjoH OC: kasCH 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • viwalk indecorouslyCH
                        遊  yóu MC: yuw OC: luCH 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • vt prep Nwalk about inCH
                        舉足  jǔ zú MC: kjoX tsjowk  OC: klaʔ tsoɡ CH 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • viinchoativelift one's feet> set out to goCH
                        趨行  qū xíng MC: tshju haeng OC: tsho ɢraaŋLZ 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • NPabgaitLZ
                        徒步  tú bù MC: du buH OC: daa baasCH 1 AttributionWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • VPadNtravelling by foot (not of the class of people who could afford to travel by carriage) 步行的CH
                        游  yóu OC: lu MC: jɨu 0 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • vtoNgo for a walk in N; hike in
                        綏  suí OC: snul MC: si 0 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • viwalk slowly
                        踐  jiàn OC: dzenʔ MC: dziɛn 0 AttributionsWD

                        Jiàn 踐 focusses on the physical aspect of walking as stepping on something or walking across something.

                          Syntactic words
                        • viwalk
                        • vtoNwalk to
                        蹜  sù OC: sruɡ MC: ʂuk 0 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • vi.redactdrag the feet in walking, shuffle
                        遴  lìn OC: rins MC: lin 0 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • viwalk with difficulties
                        邁  mài OC: mbraads MC: mɣɛi 0 AttributionsWD

                        Mài 邁 refers to walking or (sometimes even with abstract subjects like time) moving forward.

                          Syntactic words
                        • vimove forward
                        微行  wēi xíng OC: mɯl ɢraaŋ MC: mɨi ɦɣaŋ 0 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • NPabactincognito expeditions by the emperor
                        涉路  shè lù OC: djeb ɡ-raaɡs MC: dʑiɛp luo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • VPiactwalk along 趕路
                        行道  xíng dào OC: ɢraaŋ ɡ-luuʔ MC: ɦɣaŋ dɑu 0 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • VPiactwalk along 趕路
                        蹀躞  dié xiè OC: leeb seeb MC: dep sep 0 AttributionsWD
                          Syntactic words
                        • VPiactwalk along making small steps
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                          Syntactic words
                        • vt prep Nwalk about inCH
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                          Syntactic words
                        • viinchoativelift one's feet> set out to goCH

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