URINATE   

DEFECATE so as to CAUSE the BLADDER TO BECOME EMPTY.
PISSRELIEVE ONESELFPASS WATERMAKE WATERINFORMAL PEETAKE A LEAKPIDDLETINKLE(TAKE A) WHIZPISSFORMAL MICTURATE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard neutral term for urination is niào 尿/溺. 2. Sī 私 is polite and periphrastic for (apparently predominantly male) urination. 3. Xiǔ 滫 is a rare word for urination the semantic nuance of which is not easy to ascertain.
黄金貴:古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 BODY 14. 泌尿系統疾病。 ?? ,淋病的早期之稱。 癃,多指小便不通。 淋(痳),指小便頻數淋瀝澀痛。 ?? ,指陰器(睾丸、疝囊、子宮)腫大下墜,從下墜而名。 疝,北宋後由腹疾而專指陰囊睾丸或腫或痛、女子子宮下垂之病,從腫脹之形而名。 蠱,男性少腹鬱熱疼痛而尿出白濁之病。 BODY 44. 便,是漢以來表示排泄二便的通稱,有口語色彩。 溲,也是排泄二便,有書面語特色。 遺,不能控制地排泄二便和精液。 溺,口語中解小便的專用詞,和隨地而便的 “ 便 ” 相反,溺是有目標(擇地)解小便。 私、旋,均指男子解小便,只是私比旋普遍。 解,近代方言中表示排泄二便的口語詞。
Modern Chinese Criteria
小便 小解 撒尿 尿尿 起夜 尿 小水 方個小便(!) rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Hypernym
  • DEFECATEnew-1988fe89-7ed1-41f8-88fe-897ed101f8a3 ISSUE NATURALLY what IS-IN one's INNARDS AND BLADDER. (anc: 17/4, child: 1)
  • ISSUEnew-a80170a5-4201-417f-8170-a54201217f15 SEND OUT. (anc: 16/3, child: 6)
  • SENDnew-d9328389-0ed2-4195-b283-890ed2a195f3 COMMAND OR CAUSE something OR someone to MOVE OR BE MOVED to a PLACE. (anc: 15/2, child: 2)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.65

  • Words (6 items)

      lì OC: rids MC: li 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNurinate on
    尿  niào OC: neews MC: neu
    尿  niào OC:  MC: neu 1 Attribution

    The standard neutral term for urination is niào 尿/溺.

      Word relations

      Syntactic words
    • nmurine
    • viurinate
    • viacturinate
    • vtoNurinate on
      sōu OC: sru MC: ʂɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • viactto urinate
      xiǔ OC: sqlɯwʔ MC: sɨu 1 Attribution

    Xiǔ 滫 is a rare word for urination the semantic nuance of which is not easy to ascertain.

      Syntactic words
    • nmurine
    • viacturinate XUN
      xuán OC: sɢlon MC: ziɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viurinate
      sī OC: sil MC: si 0 Attributions

    Sī 私 is polite and periphrastic for (apparently predominantly male) urination.

      Syntactic words
    • viactZUO: periphrastic for: urinate (of males)