DANCE  舞蹈

WALK AND JUMP RITUALLY so as to CONFORM to the RHYTHM of MUSIC; ONE OF THE ARTS.
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Hypernym
  • ARTSSKILLS BELIEVED to be IMPORTANT FOR EDUCATION OR AMUSEMENT.
    • SKILLFULABLE to ACT:do something BECAUSE one has LEARNT NECESSARY METHODS. 
      • ABLEHAVE what one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something.
        • HAVERELATION to something such that it BE-IN:is in one OR is CONTROLLED by one....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. There is only one common word for dancing, wǔ4 舞, and this focusses mainly to the movement of the arms.

2. Dào 蹈 focusses mainly on the movements of the feet in dancing. Cf. 手舞足蹈 "dance with one's arms and dance with one's feet".

3. Yuè 樂 is sometimes used to refer specifically to dancing accompanied by music.

Modern Chinese Criteria
跳舞

舞蹈



翩翩起舞

翩躚起舞

翩然起舞

婆娑起舞

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

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • vi : 11
  • nab : 9
  • vtoN : 3
  • n[adN] : 2
  • nab : 1
  • vi|nab : 1
  • npost-N : 1

Attributions by text

  • 春秋左傳 : 6
  • 楚辭 : 3
  • 尚書 : 2
  • 論語 : 2
  • 莊子 : 2
  • 毛詩 : 2
  • 韓非子 : 2
  • 陸機集十一卷 : 1
  • 漢書 : 1
  • 淮南子 : 1
  • 呂氏春秋 : 1
  • 禮記 : 1
  • 論衡 : 1
  • 春秋穀梁傳 : 1
  • 孟子 : 1
  • 古列女傳 : 1

Words

  wǔ OC: maʔ MC: mi̯o 21 AttributionsWD

There is only one common word for dancing, wǔ4 舞, and this focusses mainly to the movement of the arms.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: /
  • Oppos: 歌/SING The current general word for singing a song is gē 歌.

    Syntactic words
  • nabkind of danceCH
  • nabacta dance, dancing; dancing activities
  • npost-NN=human, pluraldance characterised by NDS
  • v[adN]master of pantomimes
  • viactOBI 4: dance (for rain); generally: dance (also occasionally said of animals like cranes)
  • vi|nabactdanceCH
  • vtoNdance to (a piece of poetry/music)
  • vtoNobject=ornamentsdance with N as ornaments
  wàn OC: mblans MC: mi̯ɐn 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabacta kind of ritual dance (SHI)
  • viactperform a pantomime
  yǔ OC: ɢʷaʔ MC: ɦi̯o 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • n[adN]row of feathered dancers
  suō OC: saal MC: sɑ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • viactdance about
  dào OC: ɡ-luus MC: dɑu 1 AttributionWD

Dào 蹈 focusses mainly on the movements of the feet in dancing. Cf. 手舞足蹈 "dance with one's arms and dance with one's feet".

    Syntactic words
  • viactdance, engage in dancing
  • vtoNLIJI: dance to celebrate (something) 舞之
  xiān OC: sen MC: siɛn 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • viactSHI: caper about, prance about; dance about
  yuè OC: ŋɡraawɡ MC: ŋɣɔk 0 AttributionsWD

Yuè 樂 is sometimes used to refer specifically to dancing accompanied by music.

    Syntactic words
  • nabactLSCQ 古樂, LIJI 樂記: dancing (accompanied by music)
  hù OC: ɢʷaaɡs MC: ɦuo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabactZUO: name of an ancient dance
  qiāng OC: skhaŋ MC: tshi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • viactSHU: to dance
婆娑  pó suō OC: baal saal MC: bʷɑ sɑ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPidance; saunter

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