ABDICATE    讓位

YIELD one's HIGH OFFICE as RULER to ANOTHER, CONFORMING to one's OWN DECISION.X
RESIGNRETIRESTAND DOWNSTEP DOWNBOW OUTRENOUNCE THE THRONEARCHAIC DEMIT
Old Chinese Criteria
Ra4ng 讓 refers to abdication with a focus on this act being in favour of a successor. Sha4n 禪 refers to abdication with a focus on this act being one of selflessness or lack of mundane ambition.
    Hypernym
    • YIELD Be POLITE, USING RITUAL MODERATION AND PERMIT OTHERS to ACT as they DESIRE. (anc: 11/0, child: 1)
    • POLITE Be APPROPRIATELY RESPECTFUL IN ACTING TOWARDS OTHERS. (anc: 10/0, child: 2)
    • RESPECT ADMIRE as NOBLE AND SERVE POLITELY. (anc: 9/0, child: 3)
    Other Hypernyms
    • YIELDnew-e1f1870b-32d8-4900-b187-0b32d809001a Be POLITE, USING RITUAL MODERATION AND PERMIT OTHERS to ACT as they DESIRE. (anc: 16/3, child: 1)
    • POLITEnew-79fdb513-c9fe-465c-bdb5-13c9fe765c68 Be APPROPRIATELY RESPECTFUL IN ACTING TOWARDS OTHERS. (anc: 15/2, child: 2)
    • RESPECTnew-e376eea2-c2b2-4225-b6ee-a2c2b222257c ADMIRE as NOBLE AND SERVE POLITELY. (anc: 14/1, child: 3)
    • YIELDnew-beb1e527-0aa2-4b47-b1e5-270aa25b478d Be POLITE, USING RITUAL MODERATION AND PERMIT OTHERS to ACT as they DESIRE. (anc: 16/3, child: 1)
    • POLITEnew-cbfafaed-be5e-4b0a-bafa-edbe5efb0a78 Be APPROPRIATELY RESPECTFUL IN ACTING TOWARDS OTHERS. (anc: 15/2, child: 2)
    • RESPECTnew-ae28bcf5-bcea-477b-a8bc-f5bcea977bd0 ADMIRE as NOBLE AND SERVE POLITELY. (anc: 14/1, child: 3)
  • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

    Abdankung

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.380.335

    ABANDONNEMENT.ABDICATION.RONONCIATION.DEMISSION.DESISTEMENT

  • Words (5 items)

      shàn OC: djans MC: dʑiɛn 9 Attributions

    Shàn 禪 refers specifically to abdicating the high office of an emperor.

      Word relations
    • Conv: 受/RECEIVE The current general word is shòu 受 (ant. jù 拒 "refuse to accept"; ant.* yǔ 與 "give"), which can refer to any concrete or abstract form of receiving or being exposed to.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactthe abdication of the throne
    • nobject-nominalisationwhat has been abdicated from> the throne
    • viactabdicate
    • vtoNabdicate(also: 禪以天下)
    • vtoNN=humabdicate in favour of
      ràng MC: -- OC: njaŋs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vifigurativegive upCH
      cí MC: zi OC: zɯ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNresign from the office NCH
    辭為  cí wéi MC: zi hjweH OC: zɯ ɢʷal 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresign as N, abdicate one's position as an NCH
      chǎn MC: tsyhenX OC: thjanʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabfigurative(= shan4 禪) smooth handing over of authority to anotherLZ