THANK    致謝謝

ADDRESS someone so as to SHOW GRATEFUL:gratitude, USING WORDS.
EXPRESS (ONE'S) GRATITUDE TOEXPRESS ONE'S THANKS TOOFFER/EXTEND THANKS TOSAY THANK YOU TOSHOW ONE'S APPRECIATION TOCREDITRECOGNIZEBLESS
Old Chinese Criteria
1. There is no common or current word for "to thank" in classical Chinese. Xiè 謝 is very occasionally used to express this meaning. 2. Wǎng bài qí mén 往拜其門 (MENG) is a classical periphrastic idiom referring to thanking.
Modern Chinese Criteria
謝 is the current modern word for thanking. 感謝 focusses on the feeling of gratefulness rather than its expression. 道謝 (lit) focusses on the linguistic articulation of gratitude. 稱謝 (lit) focusses in a slightly more formal style on the linguistic articulation of gratitude. 致謝 "convey thanks" focusses on the transmission of the feeling of gratitude, often in front of a wider public. 申謝 (lit) focusses on the expression of gratitude. 鳴謝 refers to a very formal public expression of gratitude. 璧謝 refers specifically to thanking in connection with a present that has been offered to one. 感恩戴德 (prov) refers to profound feelings of gratitude. 感 叨擾 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • THANK YOU　I hereby THANK YOU. (anc: 16/0, child: 0)
See also
  • GRATEFULSOCIAL-EMOTION MAKING ONE WANT TO THANK SOMEONE BECAUSE S/HE BENEFITED ONE.
Hypernym
  • ADDRESS　SPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT.  (anc: 14/0, child: 23)
  • WRITE　PRODUCE a DOCUMENT. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
  • PRODUCE　ACT so as to DELIBERATELY CAUSE something to BEGIN to EXIST. (anc: 12/0, child: 17)
Other Hypernyms
  • ADDRESSnew-b2b104ff-6112-4947-b104-ff611229470d　SPEAK OR WRITE INTENDING ANOTHER TO HEAR OR READ AND TO REACT to IT.  (anc: 13/0, child: 23)
  • SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 16.64

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    THANK

    gratiam habere refers to the feeling of gratitude.

    gratias habere ditto.

    gratias agere refers to the speech act of thanking someone for a favour.

    gratiam referre refers to the expression of one's gratitude through action.

    GRATEFUL

    gratus refers to feelings of gratefulness.

    memor refers to an awareness of a debt of gratitude.

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p.

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 140

    • Words (5 items)

    拜  bài OC: proods MC: pɣɛi 16 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)to offer thanks for
    • vtoNoffer thanks for by bowing
    • vtoNab{S}thank for Nab
    謝  xiè OC:  MC: zɣɛ 6 Attributions

    Xiè 謝 is sometimes used to express this meaning, especially in the combination 拜謝 "thank politely"

      Syntactic words
    • viactexpress one's thanks
    • vtoNthank
    • vttoN.+Sthank N and say:
    • vttoN1.+N2express one's thanks to somebody for something
    報  bào OC: puuɡs MC: pɑu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNrender thanks to (a divinity)
    • vtoNobject=servicethank for in response
    拜謝  bài xiè OC: proods MC: pɣɛi zɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)express one's polite thanks to a contextually determinate person
    往拜其門  wǎng bài qí mén OC: ɢʷaŋʔ proods ɡɯ mɯɯn MC: ɦi̯ɐŋ pɣɛi gɨ muo̝n 0 Attributions

    Wǎng bài qí mén 往拜其門 (MENG) is a classical periphrastic idiom referring to thanking.

      Syntactic words