WHIP    馬鞭鞭

STICK which has ROPES OR LEATHER RIBBONS ON THE TOP, USED FOR STRIKING HUMANS OR ANIMALS.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a whip is biān 鞭, but the word also refers specifically to a leather whip. There is some controversy on whether the biān 鞭 was or was not used to drive horses in early times. 2. Cè 策 refers specifically to a bamboo whip which remained current in Han times. The cè 策 has always been used to drive horses, but seems to have gone out of use in late Han times. 3. Chuí 箠 refers to a bamboo whip typically used driving buffalo or sheep along, but the chuí 箠 was also used with horses. NB: Zhàng 杖 refers to a cane for beating prisoners.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 COMM 21. 鞭，先秦作名詞時指皮革做的驅人毆人工具，亦可指驅馬工具；魏晉之後也可泛指策，表明作驅馬工具的通稱，有口語色彩。 策，先秦以來專用以驅馬的工具，由若干竹條併合編連而成；引申可指駕馭馬的工具，包括韁繩之類。 箠，本指荊楚之類，不限於驅馬，亦可用於毆人和驅趕共他家畜，從漢代開始，箠亦可泛指驅馬工具。 [ 竹＋內 ] ，小車所用驅牲口器具，頂端有 “ 箴 ” ，但整個古代均不見用例，似是 “ 箠 ” 的異體字。
Modern Chinese Criteria
鞭子 鞭 策 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • FLAYSTRIKE USING a WHIP.
Hypernym
  • STICK　LONG, ROUND, STRAIGHT PIECE OF TIMBER. (anc: 6/0, child: 3)
  • TIMBER　SUBSTANCE OF the MAIN PART of TREES. (anc: 5/0, child: 4)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 229

    Peitsche:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 785

    Peitsche:

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 79

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 222

    • Words (8 items)

    鞭  biān OC: pen MC: piɛn 19 Attributions

    The current general word for a whip is biān 鞭, but the word also refers specifically to a leather whip. There is some controversy on whether the biān 鞭 was or was not used to drive horses in early times.

      Syntactic words
    • na whip
    • nabactpunishment by the whipCH
    • nadVwith a whip
    • vtoNto whipDS
    策  cè OC: skhreeɡ MC: ʈʂhɣɛk
    筴  cè OC: skhreeɡ MC: ʈʂhɣɛk 13 Attributions

    Cè 策 refers specifically to a bamboo whip which remained current in Han times. The cè 策 has always been used to drive horses, but seems to have gone out of use in late Han times.

      Syntactic words
    • nwhipping cane
    • nab{PRED}derivedfigurative: be the invigorating "whip" of a phrase enlivening a textCH
    • vtoNdrive along with a whipCH
    箠  chuí OC: tjolʔ MC: tɕiɛ 5 Attributions

    Chuí 箠 refers to a bamboo whip typically used driving buffalo or sheep along, but the chuí 箠 was also used with horses.

      Syntactic words
    • nhorse-whip; whip used for punishment of children
    錣  zhuì OC: krlods MC: ʈiɛi 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nneedle at the top of a whip with which to prick horses
    鞭策  biān cè OC: pen skhreeɡ MC: piɛn ʈʂhɣɛk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPwhips, a whip
    • VPiactwield whip and stick
    鞭箠  biān chuí OC: pen tjolʔ MC: piɛn tɕiɛ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialwhips; a whip
    策錣  cè zhuā MC: tsrheak trwaet OC: skhreeɡ krlood 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • NPwhipCH
    杖  zhàng OC: daŋʔ MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution

    Zhàng 杖 refers to a cane for beating prisoners.

      Syntactic words
    • ncane for beating prisoners etc.