SHORE 水邊岸
SIDE of a RIVER, LAKE, OR SEA.
Old Chinese Criteria
2. Yá 涯 typically refers to a distant shore, and the word is often used metaphorically for "limit".
3. Bīn 濱 refers to the general area near a river or a lake, including the shoreline.
4. Hǔ 滸 refers to a the well-defined area very near a river or lake.
5. Pǔ 浦 refers to an estuary where small rivers meet larger ones, or where a river runs into a lake or the sea, and it is important that this term included the area covered by water.
6. Sì 涘 is a poetic and archaic general word for a river bank.
NB: As far as I can see there was no special word for the sea-shore.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
GEOGRAPHY 14.
涯，水邊，通稱。
岸，臨深水而高峻的邊岸。
涘，大水之邊岸。
澨，河岸，常用於水名前。
濆，堤防似的高岸。
潯，深水之邊岸，楚地方言。
湄，水草相交的邊岸。
渚，陸地之岸。
漘，上平坦而下水深的邊岸。
澳，水邊深曲處。
隈，向外彎曲的水岸，江東方言。
浦，大江湖海的邊岸，包括岸前水域。
濱，大江湖海的邊岸，包括近岸地域。
滸，河水之岸，包括近岸地域，使用範圍小於濱。
皋，水邊，包括近岸的沼澤淤地。
Modern Chinese Criteria
岸邊
水邊
濱
滸
沿
湄
潯 (obs) "water margin"
磯 (obs) apparently refers to a water-side rock.
皋 (obs) referred to a river bank when it was current.
first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis 18.11.2003. CH
- A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
(
BUCK 1988)
p.
1.27 - Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien
(
DOEDERLEIN 1840)
p.
SHORE
margo refers to the bring, the natural boundary of a surface considered almost as a mere mathematical line.
ora denotes the brim or border, the artificial edging of a surface, generally for the sake of ornament and therefore necessarily including certain portion of the suface.
SHORE
ripa refers to the bank of a river
litus refers to the shore of the sea only as the line which separates the land from the sea.
ora refers to the shore of the sea as the space and the tract of land that borders on the sea, as the coast, in a purely geographical referce to the adjacent land.
acta refers to the coast with the accessory notion of being distinguishable by the sesnes, inasmuch as the coast affords striking views and a pleasant residence.
- 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao
(
HUANG JINGUI 1995)
p.
61 - 論衡同義詞研究
(
LUNHENG TONGYI 2004)
p.
14 - Lateinische Synonymik
(
MENGE)
p.
247 - 古辭辨 Gu ci bian
(
WANG FENGYANG 1993)
p.
56 - 簡明古漢語同義詞詞典
(
XU XINGDONG 2003)
p.
2 - Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
(
PILLON 1850)
p.
no. 51 - 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典
(
HONG CHENGYU 2009)
p.
196 - A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms
(
T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004)
p.
NO. 51
Words
濱 bīn OC: pin MC: pin 10 Attributions
Bīn 濱 refers to the general area near a river or a lake, including the shoreline.
- Syntactic words
- narea close to the bank of a river or by the side of a lake, or the sea
上 shàng OC: ɡljaŋs MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- npost-Nplacethe banks of (a river or lake) 沼上 "beside the pond"
彼岸 bǐ àn OC: pralʔ ŋɡaans MC: piɛ ŋɑn 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPfigurativeBUDDH: the other shore, further shore (metaphor for nirvāṇa 涅槃); SANSKRIT pāra
崖 yá OC: ŋɡree MC: ŋɣɛ
崖 yí OC: ŋɡre MC: ŋiɛ 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nhigh bank of a river or lake
- npost-NshoreCH
墳 fén OC: bɯn MC: bi̯un 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nbank
涘 sì OC: srɯʔ MC: ʐɨ 1 Attribution
Sì 涘 is a poetic and archaic general word for a river bank.
- Syntactic words
- narchaic: general term for a bank
涯 yá OC: ŋɡree MC: ŋɣɛ
涯 yí OC: ŋɡre MC: ŋiɛ 1 Attribution
Yá 涯 typically refers to a distant shore, and the word is often used metaphorically for "limit".
- Syntactic words
- nshore
漘 chún OC: ɢljun MC: ʑʷin 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nSHI: shore facing deep waters
滸 hǔ OC: hŋaaʔ MC: huo̝ 1 Attribution
Hǔ 滸 refers to a the well-defined area very near a river or lake.
- Syntactic words
- nbanks, marshlands near a river or lake
皋 gāo OC: kuu MC: kɑu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nbank or shore of a lake or of marshlands
阿 ā OC: qlaal MC: ʔɑ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nwinding river bank
崖涘 yá sì MC: ngea zriX OC: ŋɡree --CH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPpluralshoresCH
岸 àn OC: ŋɡaans MC: ŋɑn 0 Attributions
The most current and general word for a shore of any kind became àn 岸, which originally referred to a steep embankment.
- Syntactic words
- n(origninally typically steep and craggy) bank of a river; generally: bank of a river
畔 pàn OC: baans MC: bʷɑn
泮 pàn OC: phaans MC: phʷɑn 0 Attributions
- 古辭辨 Gu ci bian
(
WANG FENGYANG 1993)
p.
476.2
- Syntactic words
- nshore (of a swamp or swampy area)
浦 pǔ OC: phaaʔ MC: phuo̝ 0 Attributions
Pǔ 浦 refers to an estuary where small rivers meet larger ones, or where a river runs into a lake or the sea, and it is important that this term included the area covered by water.
- Syntactic words
- narea near a river or lake; area where a minor river runs into a larger river�
湄 méi OC: mril MC: mi 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nriver bank lush with vegetation
漵 xù OC: ljaʔ MC: zi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nNANBEICHAO: shore facing shallow waters
潯 xún OC: ljum MC: zim 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nHANSHU: southern dialect: shore close to deep waters
濆 fén OC: bɯn MC: bi̯un 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nbank like a dike
澳 yù OC: quɡ MC: ʔuk 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nthe shore where there is a bend in a river
界 jiè OC: kreeds MC: kɣɛi 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- npoetic: shore
陂 bēi OC: pral MC: piɛ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nshore
隈 wēi OC: quul MC: ʔuo̝i 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nland and water near a winding river bank suitable for fishing
Existing SW for
Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: