ODOUR    滋味

The APPEARANCE of something which one CAN SMELL.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for an odour, either pleasant or unpleasant, is chòu 臭.
Modern Chinese Criteria
味道 氣味 氣息 滋味 味 回味 餘味 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • FRAGRANT　EXCELLENT ODOUR. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • STINK　ODOUR which HUMANS TEND to HATE. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
See also
  • FLAVOURAPPEARANCE PERCEIVED BY TASTING.
Hypernym
  • APPEARANCE　CLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES. (anc: 4/0, child: 6)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 597©

    ODOR subtilis rerum halitus, olfactu sensibilis. Vel, est tenuissima Saporis exhalatio, per vicina se spargens. Est ergo 1. Saporis cognata qvalitas 2. sed alio sensu perceptibilis.

    Odor gratus dicitur Fragrantia; ingratus Foetor.

    Tam specialibus nominibus non distingvuntur ejus gradus seu species, ut Saporum. Non quod non sint, sed quod non aeqve observati ob subtilitatem.

  • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 321

    411. Ex Serv., ad ill. IV Aen.: Odora canum vis, ex quo pro odoriferum, odorisequum leg. videtur.

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    411. Inter Odorum, odorabile et odoriferum. Quod [col. 52B] enim per se odorem mittit odorum est, odorabile [ Serv. odoratum] vero, quod aliunde [ Serv. alicunde] accipit odorem; odoriferum, quod odorem sequitur.

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    SMELL

    odor denotes, objectively, the smell which a thing has in itself.

    olfactus refers to the subjective sensation caused by an objective smell.

    olor refers to a stench.

    ODOUR

    sapor refers objectively to the flavour which a thing has or oozes out.

    gustus or gustatus refers subjectively to the sensation occasioned by such an objective sapor or flavour.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.1074

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 367ff

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 356

    • Words (6 items)

    臭  xiù MC: -- OC: -- 39 Attributions

    The general word for an odour, either pleasant or unpleasant, is xiù 臭.

      Word relations
    • Object: 聞/SMELL
    • Contrast: 味/FLAVOUR The current noun for taste is wèi 味. (The current verb for tasting something is cháng 嘗. See also TASTE).

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeatureodour 無聲無臭
    香  xiāng OC: qhaŋ MC: hi̯ɐŋ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabfeatureodour, smell
    香氣  xiāng qì MC: xjang khj+jH OC: qhaŋ khɯds 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPpost-Nsmell of N; odour of N; N's aromaDS
    焄  xūn OC: qhlun MC: hi̯un 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturesmell; vapour ???????
    聞  wén OC: mɯn MC: mi̯un 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabfeatureodour
    氣  qì OC: khɯds MC: khɨi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabfeatureodour; flavour; smell; scent