CURVED  曲線的

SHAPE that is NOT STRAIGHT.
TWISTEDCROOKEDWARPEDCONTORTEDDEFORMEDMISSHAPENOUT OF SHAPEIRREGULARBOWEDARCHEDCURVEDANGLEDHOOKEDKINKED
Antonym
  • STRAIGHTALONG the LINE of PERFECTLY SHORT DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS.
    Hypernym
    • SHAPEAPPEARANCE of the PLACE something is in, as PERCEIVED by the EYES, DISREGARDING the SUBJECTIVITY of the APPEARANCE.
      • APPEARANCECLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
          • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
    See also
    • TWISTDISPLACE so as to DISTORT.
      Hyponym
      • ROUND　CURVED IN ALL DIMENSIONS.
        • FOLD　CAUSE CLOTH ETC TO BE INTENSELY CURVED so as to BECOME LAYERS.
          • BEND　CAUSE TO BECOME CURVED.
            Old Chinese Criteria
            1. The standard general word for anything bent or curved rather than straight is qǔ 曲 (ant. zhí 直 "straight"), and this word has a range of metaphorical uses.

            2. Qū 屈 refers to something being bent or twisted and therefore not stretched out to its full potential length (ant. shēn 伸 "stretch out") is mostly literal in meaning, except when referring to being bowed down by humiliation.

            3. Wān 彎 refers to naturally curved objects of any kind without any suggestion of them having been bent into this shape.

            4. Yǔ 傴 refers especially to the deformation of the human body through various diseases which cause humans to have curved backs. See HUNCHBACK

            5. Gōu 枸 refers especially to bent wood without any indication of why this wood has become bent.

            6. Róu 輮 is a rare word referring - always very literally - to the bending (especially of wood) into round shape and the resulting bent shape of wood.

            Modern Chinese Criteria
            曲

            曲折

            彎

            彎曲

            曲曲彎彎

            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. 12.74

            • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

              CURVED

              curvus and the more common and prosaic curvatus refer to anthing that is rounded and not straight.

              uncus refers to something very markedly rounded, almost into a semicircle.

              pandus refers to slight rounding.

              curva forms a continuous crooked line.

              incurva forms a straight line but ends in a curve.

              aduncus refers to e.g. horns being curved outwards.

              reduncus refers to e.g. horns being curved inwards.

            • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 356

            Attributions by syntactic funtion

            • vadN : 7
            • vi : 3
            • nab : 2
            • n : 2
            • nab : 1
            • NPab : 1

            Attributions by text

            • 莊子 : 3
            • 韓非子 : 3
            • 荀子 : 2
            • 陸機集十一卷 : 1
            • 春秋左傳 : 1
            • 阮籍集四卷 : 1
            • 管子 : 1
            • 山海經 : 1
            • 毛詩 : 1
            • 法言 : 1
            • 祖堂集 : 1

            Words

            曲  qū OC: khoɡ MC: khi̯ok 10 AttributionsWD

              Word relations
            • Ant: 直/STRAIGHT The current general word for something concrete or abstract being straight in any abstract or concrete way is zhí 直 (ant. wān 彎 "bent")

              Syntactic words
            • nab2roundnessLZ
            • nabfeatureroundnessLZ
            • nabfigurativeliterary: semantic and stylistic convolutionsCH
            • nfigurativebend in a waterway
            • nsubjecta bent object 輮直為曲, something crocked
            • vadNbent
            • vibe bent or curved
            • vifigurativebe crooked, be less than straightforward See WICKED
            句  jù OC: kos MC: ki̯o
            句  gōu OC: koo MC: ku 4 AttributionsWD

              Word relations
            • Epithet: 衿 / 襟/COLLAR Jīn 衿／襟 and rèn 衽 refer specifically to the lapels which normally cross in front of the chest.

              Syntactic words
            • nabcurve
            • vadNcurved ??
            • vishaped like a hook > be curved
            • viactto make a hoook-like movement
            枸  gōu OC: koo MC: ku 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • vadNbent, crooked (wood)
            • vibe bent, be crooked
            邐迤  lǐ yǐ OC: b-relʔ lalʔ MC: liɛ jiɛ 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • NPabfeaturewinding curved shapes
            傴  yǔ OC: qoʔ MC: ʔi̯o 0 AttributionsWD

            Yǔ 傴 refers especially to the deformation of the human body through various diseases which cause humans to have curved backs. See HUNCHBACK

              Syntactic words
            • vibe bent, crippled
            局  jú OC: ɡoɡ MC: gi̯ok 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vibent, curved (of body)
            • vtoNto bend; arch back
            彎  wān OC: qroon MC: ʔɣan 0 AttributionsWD

            Wān 彎 refers to naturally curved objects of any kind without any suggestion of them having been bent into this shape.

              Syntactic words
            • na bend
            • viP: curved, bent
            捄  qiú OC: ɡu MC: gɨu 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vibe long and curved
            枸  gōu OC: koo MC: ku 0 AttributionsWD

            Gōu 枸 refers especially to bent wood without any indication of why this wood has become bent.

              Syntactic words
            • ncurved piece of wood
            紆  yū OC: qʷla MC: ʔi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • vibe bent; be crooked
            輮  róu OC: mljuʔ MC: ȵɨu 0 AttributionsWD

            Róu 輮 is a rare word referring - always very literally - to the bending (especially of wood) into round shape and the resulting bent shape of wood.

              Syntactic words
            • nbend> bent wood???
            詰詘  jié qū OC: khid khlud MC: khit khi̯ut 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • NPabfeaturecurvatures

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