FOREST  森林林

TERRITORY CONTAINING MANY TREES AND SHRUBS EVERYWHERE.
WOOD(S)WOODLANDTIMBERLANDTREESBUSHPLANTATIONJUNGLERAIN FORESTPINEWOODARCHAIC GREENWOODTAIGABOREAL FOREST
Hypernym
  • TERRITORYPLACE INSIDE DEFINED BOUNDARIES.
    • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
      • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a copse or forest of any kind is lín 林.

2. Cóng 叢 refers to a thicket consisting of shrubs and trees.

Modern Chinese Criteria
樹林

樹林子

林

森林

叢林

平林

林海

老林

樹叢

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. 1.41

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    WOOD

    silva refers to a wood of any kind.

    saltus refers to a wood as a wild place.

    nemus refers to a wood as a pleasant grove.

    lucus refers to a wood as a sacred place consecrated to the gods.

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 244

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.975

  • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 200

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 75

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO.165

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 98B

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • NP : 12
  • n : 7
  • nab.post-N : 1
  • nnab : 1

Attributions by text

  • 荀子 : 4
  • 陸機集十一卷 : 2
  • 呂氏春秋 : 2
  • 孟子 : 1
  • 春秋左傳 : 1
  • 記纂淵海 : 1
  • 王羲之集二卷 : 1
  • 禮記 : 1
  • 管子 : 1
  • 賢愚經 : 1
  • 百喻經 : 1
  • 韓非子 : 1
  • 史記 : 1
  • 妙法蓮華經 : 1
  • 祖堂集 : 1
  • 古列女傳 : 1

Words

山林  shān lín OC: sreen ɡ-rɯm MC: ʂɣɛn lim 12 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPmountain forest; mountains and forests;
林  lín OC: ɡ-rɯm MC: lim 8 AttributionsWD

The standard word for a copse or forest of any kind is lín 林.

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 山/MOUNTAIN The general term for a mountain of any kind, large or small, is shān 山.

    Syntactic words
  • nforest, woods
  • nab.post-Nfigurativevaried evidence of, rich collection ofCH
  • nadNforested
  • vibe forested
森  sēn OC: sqrɯm MC: ʂim 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • npost-Han: forest
  • nnabfigurativeabundanceCH
叢  cóng OC: dzooŋ MC: dzuŋ 0 AttributionsWD

Cóng 叢 refers to a thicket consisting of shrubs and trees.

    Syntactic words
  • nthicket of shrubs and trees 幽叢
篁  huáng OC: ɡʷaaŋ MC: ɦɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • ndense bamboo grove
薄  báo OC: baaɡ MC: bɑk 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nmnonreferentialshrubs and trees in a forest
麓  lù OC: b-rooɡ MC: luk 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nwooded foot of a mountain
叢薄  cóng báo OC: dzooŋ baaɡ MC: dzuŋ bɑk 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NP{N1=N2}pluralthicket/bushes
楚  chǔ OC: skhraʔ MC: ʈʂhi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • ncopse; bosk

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