FIELD BOUNDARY  田塍阡陌

BOUNDARY BETWEEN FIELDS.
Hypernym
  • BOUNDARYLIMIT which DIVIDES something into the INSIDE and OUTSIDE.
    • LIMITMOMENT OR PLACE which DEFINES what is INSIDE AND what is OUTSIDE something.
      • MOMENTPOINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME.
        • TIMEABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN....
See also
  • MOATCANAL PRODUCED FOR DEFENDING A CITY.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The most current general term, at least from Han times onwards, is qiān mò 阡陌. This term is mostly used generically or in the plural. Occasionally the word is also used to refer to the area surrounded by qiān mò 阡陌. Qiān 阡 is rarely used on its own.

    2. Quǎn 畎／甽 are little canals of water between fields, for drainage.

    3. Mò 陌 can refer on its own to mudpaths between fields.

    4. Pàn 畔 refers to the borderline between whole fields crossed individually by qiān mò 阡陌.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    田塍

    田埂

    埂子

    阡陌

    阡

    陌

    壟

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

      Words

      畝  mǔ OC: mooʔ MC: mu 8 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nhigh ridge between fields
      畔  pàn OC: baans MC: bʷɑn 3 Attributions

      Pàn 畔 refers to the borderline between whole fields crossed individually by qiān mò 阡陌.

        Syntactic words
      • nborder between whole fields consisting of many patches
      阡陌  qiān mò OC: snʰiin mbraaɡ MC: tshen mɣɛk 3 Attributions

      The most current general term, at least from Han times onwards, is qiān mò 阡陌. This term is mostly used generically or in the plural. Occasionally the word is also used to refer to the area surrounded by qiān mò 阡陌. Qiān 阡 is rarely used on its own.

        Syntactic words
      • NP{N1&N2}pluralZGC and Han: paths between patches of land in fields
      畎  quǎn OC: kʷeenʔ MC: ken
      甽  juǎn OC: kuunʔ MC: ken 1 Attribution

      Quǎn 畎／甽 are little canals of water between fields, for drainage.

        Syntactic words
      • ndrainage between patches of land in fields
      畛  zhěn OC: kljɯnʔ MC: tɕin 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • n(ideally east-west) comparatively small path between fields in the well-field system of the Warring States period; path between the fields in the well-field system; x16
      畷  zhuì OC: krlods MC: ʈiɛi 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • npath between fields (LI)
      陌  mò OC: mbraaɡ MC: mɣɛk 1 Attribution

      Mò 陌 can refer on its own to mudpaths between fields.

        Syntactic words
      • n(ideally east-west) small mudpath between fields
      塍  chéng OC: ɢljɯŋ MC: ʑɨŋ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nraised path between fields (SHUOWEN)
      町  tǐng OC: theeŋʔ MC: theŋ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • npath between fields; field boundary
      邊  biān OC: peen MC: pen 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nside
      阡  qiān OC: snʰiin MC: tshen 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • n(ideally north-south) small mudpath between the individual patches of land in fields; d682
      畎畝  quǎn mǔ OC: kʷeenʔ mooʔ MC: ken mu 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPfield boundaries; fields

      Existing SW for

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