LIGHTNING  閃電

The WEATHER condition constituted by flashes of lightning.
Hypernym
  • WEATHERSITUATION IN-RELATION-TO TEMPERATURE, RAIN, SUNSHINE ETC. IN a PLACE.
    • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
      • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for lightning is diàn 電.

Modern Chinese Criteria
閃電

電

霍閃

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. 1.55

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.57

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    LIGHTNING

    fulgur refers to the momentary shining of lightning on the horizon in single flashes.

    fulguratio refers to the continued shining of lightning, or the repeated flashes of lightning.

    fulmen refers to the lightning that strikes the earth and might strike a person, like Greek keraunos.

  • Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ( BAECHTHOLD-STAEUBLI 1987) p. 1.1410

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • nab : 8
  • vi0 : 4
  • nadV : 1

Attributions by text

  • 淮南子 : 3
  • 呂氏春秋 : 2
  • 春秋穀梁傳 : 2
  • 阮籍集四卷 : 1
  • 禮記 : 1
  • 管子 : 1
  • 臨濟錄 : 1
  • 韓非子 : 1
  • 韓詩外傳 : 1

Words

電  diàn OC: liins MC: den 13 AttributionsWD

The standard word for lightning is diàn 電.

    Syntactic words
  • nabprocessOBI 3: HF 8.10.33: lightning
  • nadVanalogylike lightning 電過
  • vi0there was lightning
閃  shǎn OC: qhjemʔ MC: ɕiɛm 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • napparently post-Han, derived from the meaning flickering>: lightning

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