KNOCK 叩叩
STRIKE so as to PRODUCE a SOUND.
BANGTAPRAPTHUMPPOUNDHAMMERSTRIKEHITBEAT
Old Chinese Criteria
1. A general word for knocking against something, typically so as to produce a sound, is kòu 叩.
2. Zhuàng 撞 is to knock hard against something (e.g. a bell), and it is hard to see how this is different in meaning from jī 擊 "knock"
3. Bó 搏 is to tap against (e.g. one's thighs).
4. Pāi 拍 (HF: 一手獨拍 "one hand clapping alone") refers specifically to the beating or clapping of a surface, often for the purpose of making a sound.
2. Zhuàng 撞 is to knock hard against something (e.g. a bell), and it is hard to see how this is different in meaning from jī 擊 "knock"
3. Bó 搏 is to tap against (e.g. one's thighs).
4. Pāi 拍 (HF: 一手獨拍 "one hand clapping alone") refers specifically to the beating or clapping of a surface, often for the purpose of making a sound.
- SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse
(
GIRARD 1769)
p.
1.101.76 - 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.397
Words
擊 jī OC: keeɡ MC: kek 39 Attributions
- Word relations
- Object: 鍾/BELL
The current general word for a bell of any kind is zhōng 鐘/鍾. When hung up singly, it is called tè zhōng 特鐘, with round opening as in illustration SUN JI. Rhythmic instrument. Also, hung up in a series of tuned bells, in two rows of eight bells each. Note that these bells were already rare by Han times. [In use mainly from the Western Zhou till the Warring States. - Object: 磬/STONE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Qìng 磬 refers to the musical instrument made of stone which was suspended on the wooden construction (usually in a set) and beaten with a wooden stick. This kind of instrument came to use already in the 3rd millenium B.C. Qìng 磬 was together with bells and drums the core instrument of ritual musical assemblages, and it is quite often found in aristocratic tombs dating from the Shang to the Warring States period (most remarkable being an assemblage of 32 pieces from the grave of Marquis Yi of Zeng who died in 433 B.C.). By Han times it was already rare. - Synon: 鼓/PLUCK STRINGS
- Syntactic words
- vt(oN)knock the contextually determinate object
- vtoNknock against (mostly drums but also bells) so as to produce a sound; knock (at a gate)
- vtoNplay (musical instruments like music stones etc) by striking at them
叩 kòu OC: khooʔ MC: khu 23 Attributions
A general word for knocking against something, typically so as to produce a sound, is kòu 叩.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNknock at; strike against so as to make a sound
- vtoNfigurativestrike (a note)
- vtoNobject=headknock (head etc) against the ground (see 叩頭)
鼓 gǔ OC: kaaʔ MC: kuo̝ 11 Attributions
- Word relations
- Object: 鼙/DRUM
Pí 鼙 refers to a small handdrum wonderfully illustrated in a recent excavation from Sichuan.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNknock (bell etc); strike (a note on a drum)
伐 fá OC: bod MC: bi̯ɐt 8 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbeat, knock against (typically a drum, and ceremoniously) so as to produce a sound
撞 chuáng OC: rdooŋ MC: ɖɣɔŋ 7 Attributions
Zhuàng 撞 is to knock hard against something (e.g. a bell), and it is hard to see how this is different in meaning from jī 擊 "knock"
- Syntactic words
- vadNpassivestruck (bell etc)
- vtoNstrike (a bell)
觸 chù OC: thjoɡ MC: tɕhi̯ok 7 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNknock against (producing a sound)
- vtoNderivedrun intoCH
拊 fǔ OC: phoʔ MC: phi̯o 6 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNslap, tap; knock together
敲 qiào OC: khroows MC: khɣɛu 6 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNpound, hammer; knock at (a gate)
扣 kòu OC: khoos MC: khu 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNknock (a bell etc)
拍 pāi OC: phraaɡ MC: phɣɛk 4 Attributions
Pāi 拍 (HF: 一手獨拍 "one hand clapping alone") refers specifically to the beating or clapping of a surface, often for the purpose of making a sound.
- Syntactic words
- viactto clap; to beat
- vt(oN)hit, clap, beat
- vtoNtap, beat, clap
擗 pǐ OC: beɡ MC: biɛk
辟 pì OC: beɡ MC: biɛk
闢 pì OC: beɡ MC: biɛk 4 Attributions
Bì 擗 refers specifically to beating one's breast.
- Syntactic words
- viactbeat one's breast (check pronunciation: pǐ?)
奏 zòu OC: skoos MC: tsu 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNknock something so as to produce a sound
搏 bó OC: paaɡ MC: pɑk 3 Attributions
Bó 搏 is to tap against (e.g. one's thighs).
- Syntactic words
- vtoNclap against, tap on (one's thighs), beat against so as to produce a sound
頓 dùn OC: tuuns MC: tuo̝n 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNstamp (one's feet) on the ground; knock (one's head) against the ground
犯 fàn OC: bomʔ MC: bi̯ɐm 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNknock against (a trigger)
鳴 míng OC: mreŋ MC: mɣaŋ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativecause to sound; to sound (a bell)
拂 fú OC: phɯd MC: phi̯ut 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNwhisk against
摽 biào OC: bewʔ MC: biɛu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- viactknock one's breast
椎 chuí OC: ɡrlul MC: ɖi 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNhammer or knock against
毃 què OC: khroowɡ MC: khɣɔk 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNknock against; beat against
擊鼓 jī gǔ OC: keeɡ kaaʔ MC: kek kuo̝ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNknock or pluck (musical instruments
擊戾 jī lì MC: kek lejH OC: keeɡ rɯɯdsLZ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPt[oN]to bump againt thingsLZ
振 zhèn MC: tsyinH OC: kljɯnsCH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNknock (bells etc)CH
築 zhù MC: trjuwk OC: tuɡCH 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNpound (earth)CH
夆 féng OC: boŋ MC: bi̯oŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNknock against (SHUOWEN) ???
硩 chè OC: khrled MC: ʈhiɛt 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNto knock down (ZHOULI) ???
擊 jī OC: keeɡ MC: kek 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabknocking
Existing SW for
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