DANCE    舞蹈舞

WALK AND JUMP RITUALLY so as to CONFORM to the RHYTHM of MUSIC; ONE OF THE ARTS.
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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 舞 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 ／
Hypernym
  • JUMP　MOVE SUDDENLY UPWARDS so as to LEAVE the FLOOR. (anc: 11/0, child: 2)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
Other Hypernyms
  • WALK　MOVE across the FLOOR>ground USING one's LEGS. (anc: 11/0, child: 16)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 10.44

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    Taenzer:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 807

    Taenzer/Taenzerinnen

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 103

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    SALTATIO

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.2086

  • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 799-803

  • 漢代無知文化資料圖說 ( SUN JI) p. NO

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 309

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1028

  • Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology ( BARNARD AND SPENCER 2002) p.

  • Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Second Edition ( BROWN 2005) p.

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    • Words (10 items)

    舞  wǔ OC: maʔ MC: mi̯o 21 Attributions

    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
    萬  wàn OC: mblans MC: mi̯ɐn 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabacta kind of ritual dance (SHI)
    • viactperform a pantomime
    羽  yǔ OC: ɢʷaʔ MC: ɦi̯o 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • n[adN]row of feathered dancers
    蹈  dào OC: ɡ-luus MC: dɑu 1 Attribution

    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
    娑  suō OC: saal MC: sɑ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • viactdance about
    蹌  qiāng OC: skhaŋ MC: tshi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactSHU: to dance
    婆娑  pó suō OC: baal saal MC: bʷɑ sɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPidance; saunter
    仙  xiān OC: sen MC: siɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactSHI: caper about, prance about; dance about
    樂  yuè OC: ŋɡraawɡ MC: ŋɣɔk 0 Attributions

    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)
    濩  hù OC: ɢʷaaɡs MC: ɦuo̝ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabactZUO: name of an ancient dance