WHIP  馬鞭鞭

STICK which has ROPES OR LEATHER RIBBONS ON THE TOP, USED FOR STRIKING HUMANS OR ANIMALS.
LASHSCOURGESTRAPBELTRODBULLWHIPHISTORICAL CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS.FLAY
Hypernym
  • STICKLONG, ROUND, STRAIGHT PIECE OF TIMBER.
    • TIMBERSUBSTANCE OF the MAIN PART of TREES.
      • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
        • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT....
See also
  • FLAYSTRIKE USING a WHIP.
    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 ／

    Words

    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
    杖  zhàng OC: daŋʔ MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution

    Zhàng 杖 refers to a cane for beating prisoners.

      Syntactic words
    • ncane for beating prisoners etc.
    策錣  cè zhuā MC: tsrheak trwaet OC: skhreeɡ krloodCH 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • NPwhipCH

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: