DIVORCE    離婚

STOP one's MARRIAGE.
DISSOLVE ONE'S MARRIAGEANNUL ONE'S MARRIAGEEND ONE'S MARRIAGEGET A DIVORCE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for divorce refers only to the husband sending away his wife: chū 出. NB: Xiū 休 is post-Han, Tang.
Modern Chinese Criteria
離婚 離異 離 退婚 退親 悔婚 休妻 下堂 休 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • MARRYCAUSE someone to BECOME a HUSBAND OR a WIFE.
Hypernym
  • STOP　ACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION. (anc: 12/0, child: 10)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    DIVORCE

    repudium refers to the one-sided action by a man to send away his betrothed bride or his married wife.

    divortium is divorce by mutual consent between husband and wife.

  • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 383

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. no.85

    • Words (5 items)

    出  chū OC: khljud MC: tɕhʷit 8 Attributions

    The standard word for divorce refers only to the husband sending away his wife: chū 出.

      Syntactic words
    • nabpassive(possible, conceivable) divorce, the (possibility of) having taken away one's status as a wifeCH
    • vtoNto send away; (for a mother-in-law) to send away (a daughter-in-law); to divorce (a woman)
    • vtoNpassivebe divorced (by one's husband)CH
    去  qù OC: khas MC: khi̯ɤ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabactdivorce
    • vtoNdivorce
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe divorced
    棄  qì OC: khils MC: khi 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdiscard> divorce; get divorced from [it is obviously difficult to say whether this is a separate meaning. This entry just serves as a reminder that the discarding can be figuratively of wives one divorces. Cf. English: "he ditched her"]
    • vtoNpassivebe divorced
    絕  jué OC: dzod MC: dziɛt 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)divorce from contextually determinate person N; cut off the engagement with contextually determinate person NTW
    • vtoNdivorce from; cut off the engagement with
    休  xiū OC: qhu MC: hɨu 0 Attributions

    NB: Xiū 休 is post-Han, Tang.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpost-Han: TANG BIANWEN: divorce (one's wife)