SWIM  游泳

FLOAT on the SURFACE of WATER, NOT USING TOOLS.
BATHETAKE A DIPSPLASH AROUNDFLOATTREAD WATERPADDLE
Antonym
  • DROWNDIE BECAUSE of SINKING into WATER.
    Hypernym
    • FLOATMOVE ON the SURFACE of of OR IN a LIQUID.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
          • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current standard word for swimming, mostly for pleasure, is yóu 游／遊.

    2. Liú 流 is occasionally used to refer to swimming, but not as a recreational activity.

    3. Shuǐ 水 "water" is sometimes used to refer to moving in water.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    游泳

    游水

    游

    戲水

    擊水

    弄潮

    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. 10.35

    • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 456

    Words

    游  yóu OC: lu MC: jɨu 20 AttributionsWD

    The current standard word for swimming, mostly for pleasure, is yóu 游／遊.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNswimmming and cavorting
    • viactswim
    • vt+Nswim across; swim in
    • vt+prep+Ntake a swim in
    遊  yóu OC: lu MC: jɨu 6 AttributionsWD

    The current standard word for swimming, mostly for pleasure, is yóu 游／遊.

      Syntactic words
    • vadVswimming
    • viactswim
    • vt prep Nswim inCH
    • vttoN1.+N2permissivepermit N1 to float about in N2CH
    水  shuǐ OC: qhjulʔ MC: ɕi 1 AttributionWD

    Shuǐ 水 "water" is sometimes used to refer to moving in water.

      Syntactic words
    • viactswim
    流  liú OC: ru MC: lɨu 1 AttributionWD

    Liú 流 is occasionally used to refer to swimming, but not as a recreational activity.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNN=nonrefswimming
    • viactswim
    游水  yóu shuǐ OC: lu qhjulʔ MC: jɨu ɕi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactswim in the water
    浮陽  fú yáng MC: bjuw yang OC: bu k-laŋLZ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPito swim near the water surface, busking in the sunLZ

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