RAFTER  屋椽

BIG BEAM USED in PRODUCING ROOFS.
Hypernym
  • BEAMLARGE TIMBER USED TO BUILD BUILDINGS.
    • TIMBERSUBSTANCE OF the MAIN PART of TREES.
      • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
        • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT....
Old Chinese Criteria
HUANG

The general term for a rafter is chuán 椽, but the word also refers specifically to a round rafter.

Modern Chinese Criteria
房梁

屋梁

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

    Words

    桷  jué OC: krooɡ MC: kɣɔk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nSHI: square rafter
    椽  chuán OC: ɡrlon MC: ɖiɛn 3 Attributions

    The general term for a rafter is chuán 椽, but the word also refers specifically to a round rafter.

      Syntactic words
    • ngenerally: rafter; specifically: round rafter
    榱  cuī OC: srul MC: ʂi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nZUO Xiang 31: decorated rafter
    橑  liǎo OC: ɡ-reewʔ MC: lɑu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nCC: rafter on double roof

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: