GOLD  黃金

MOST EXPENSIVE SOFT METAL. []
Hypernym
  • METALHARD INTENSELY HEAVY SUBSTANCE OFTEN USED FOR PRODUCING ARTEFACTS, TOOLS, AND WEAPONS. []
    • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The specific term for gold is huáng jīn 黃金.

2. Jīn 金 "metal" is sometimes used as short for huáng jīn 黃金.

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

GEOGRAPHY 29. 銅是一種淡紫紅色或藍綠色的礦石，冶煉後可成青銅。

金，古代最早表示銅的名稱，先秦時既可作單音詞，也可作修飾語；而到漢朝僅作修飾語。

銅，約從春秋末年產生。秦漢之際， “ 銅 ” 作單音詞使用。漢代， “ 銅 ” 又出現了作詞組修飾語的新用法。漢世， “ 銅 ” 成為常用詞，使用頻率遠遠超過 “ 金 ” 。

Modern Chinese Criteria
金

金子

黃金

黃貨

足金

足赤

赤金

純金

鎏

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

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 9.64

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.1155

  • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 318

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

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

    aurum 'gold' [n.'o] (Lex XII+)

    Derivatives: aureus 'golden, of gold' (Andr.+), aureolus 'id.' (P1.+), aurarius

    'concerned with gold' (P1.+), auratus 'gilded' (P1.+); aurifex/aurufex, -icis 'goldsmith'

    (P1.+).

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • nm : 16
  • NPm : 16
  • nmadN : 8
  • NPadN : 3
  • nm[adN] : 2
  • nmadN1.adN2 : 1
  • NPm.adN : 1

Attributions by text

  • 賢愚經 : 12
  • 管子 : 8
  • 百喻經 : 5
  • 戰國策 : 4
  • 韓非子 : 4
  • 列子 : 2
  • 淮南子 : 2
  • 呂氏春秋 : 2
  • 祖堂集 : 2
  • 說苑 : 1
  • 劉義慶世說新語 : 1
  • 阮籍集四卷 : 1
  • 臨濟錄 : 1
  • 老子 : 1
  • 史記 : 1

Words

金  jīn OC: krɯm MC: kim 27 AttributionsWD

Jīn 金 "metal" is sometimes used as short for huáng jīn 黃金.

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 黃/YELLOW
  • Assoc: 銀/SILVER The standard word for silver is yín 銀, but the word is not often used before Warring States times.
  • Assoc: 玉/JADE
  • Oppos: 糞/MANURE The standard term for manure as fertiliser is fèn 糞, hence also the current derived meaning "fertilise" of the word.

    Syntactic words
  • n[adN]golden [objects]CH
  • nmgold =黃金
  • nm[adN]golden [objects]CH
  • nmadNgolden
  • nmadN1.adN2golden
  • nmadNfilled withfilled with gold
黃金  huáng jīn OC: ɡʷaaŋ krɯm MC: ɦɑŋ kim 15 AttributionsWD

The specific term for gold is huáng jīn 黃金.

    Syntactic words
  • NPadNgolden
  • NPmgold
真金  zhēn jīn OC: tjin krɯm MC: tɕin kim 4 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPmreal gold > gold
  • NPm.adNmade of genuine gold
紫磨  zǐ mó OC: tseʔ maal MC: tsiɛ mʷɑ 1 AttributionWD
  • () p. 5650c

    Syntactic words
  • NPgold of the highest quality (post-Han)
  • NPadNmade of fine gold, made of high-quality gold
金紫  jīn zǐ OC: krɯm tseʔ MC: kim tsiɛ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPmgold and vermillion seal ribbons
黃  huáng OC: ɡʷaaŋ MC: ɦɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • v(adN)gold (metal)

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