DEW  

WATER from the AIR on COOL SURFACES, TYPICALLY VISIBLE in the MORNINGS.
Hypernym
  • WATERINTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA.
    • LIQUIDSUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW.
      • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
        • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The dominant word for dew is lù 露.

2. Xiè 瀣 refers more generally to the vapour and dew as gaseous or liquid moisture.

Modern Chinese Criteria


rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /

    Attributions by syntactic funtion

    • nm : 13
    • NPadN : 2

    Attributions by text

    • 說苑 : 3
    • 淮南子 : 2
    • 楚辭 : 2
    • 墨子 : 1
    • 春秋左傳 : 1
    • 法句經 : 1
    • 呂氏春秋 : 1
    • 管子 : 1
    • 莊子 : 1
    • 賢愚經 : 1
    • 韓非子 : 1

    Words

      lù OC: ɡ-raaɡs MC: luo̝ 13 AttributionsWD

    The dominant word for dew is lù 露.

      Syntactic words
    • nmdew
    甘露  gān lù OC: kaam ɡ-raaɡs MC: kɑm luo̝ 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPadNsweet-dewlike
      tuán OC: doon MC: dʷɑn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vibe pleniful (dew); dewy
      xiè OC: ɢreeds MC: ɦɣɛi 0 AttributionsWD

    Xiè 瀣 refers more generally to the vapour and dew as gaseous or liquid moisture.

      Syntactic words
    • nmmoisture of the dew; dew; vapor
      ráng OC: njaŋ MC: ȵi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vireduplicatedbe heavy with dew (SHI)
    朝露  zhāo lù OC: taw ɡ-raaɡs MC: ʈiɛu luo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPmorning dew
    沆瀣  hàng xiè OC: ɡaaŋʔ ɢreeds MC: ɦɑŋ ɦɣɛi 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPmoisture of the dew; morning dew

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