WATER  水

INTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA.
Hypernym
  • LIQUIDSUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW.
    • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Hyponym
  • BRINE　WATER CONTAINING INTENSELY MANY:much SALT.
    • CLOUD　VISIBLE MASS of ASSEMBLED WATER OR ICE FLOATING IN the AIR.
      • MIST　INTENSELY LOW CLOUD on the SURFACE of the EARTH.
      • HALO　BRIGHT CLOUD AROUND SUN OR MOON.
    • DEW　WATER from the AIR on COOL SURFACES, TYPICALLY VISIBLE in the MORNINGS.
      • ICE　HARD FROZEN WATER.
        • HAIL　SNOW which has BECOME ICE SPHERES.
      • LAKE　INTENSELY BIG ACCUMULATION OF WATER IN a LANDSCAPE.
        • POND　SMALL LAKE PRODUCED by HUMANS.
      • RAIN　WATER FALLING FROM CLOUDS.
        • RIVER　MUCH ASSEMBLED FLOWING WATER as PART OF LANDSCAPE.
        • SEA　ABUNDANT SALTY WATER SURROUNDING LAND.
          • SNOW　WHITE FROZEN RAIN.
            • HAIL　SNOW which has BECOME ICE SPHERES.
          • WAVE　MOVING WATER RESEMBLING MOUNTAIN RIDGE.
            黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
            HUANG JINGUI 2006

            Modern Chinese Criteria
            水

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

            • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 119

            • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.31

            • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 234

            • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

            • The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art, and Cosmos in Early China ( ALLAN 1997) p.

            • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

              aqua 'water' [f. a] (Naev.+)

              Derivatives: aquola 'a small stream' (P1.+), aquosus 'well-watered' (Cato+), aqualis

              'watery, for water' (Cato+), aquariusrius [adj. / m.] 'of / for water' (Cato), aquatus

              'mixed with water' (Cato+), aquatilis 'watery, aquatic' (Varro); aquilex, -gis

              'water-diviner' (Varro+).

            Attributions by syntactic funtion

            • nm : 32
            • nab : 10
            • nmadV : 10
            • NPm : 5
            • nadV : 5
            • NP : 4

            Attributions by text

            • 荀子 : 15
            • 韓非子 : 8
            • 孟子 : 6
            • 莊子 : 6
            • 淮南子 : 6
            • 說苑 : 5
            • 呂氏春秋 : 3
            • 百喻經 : 3
            • 搜神記 : 2
            • 禮記 : 2
            • 史記 : 2
            • 陸機集十一卷 : 1
            • 劉義慶世說新語 : 1
            • 論語 : 1
            • 論衡 : 1
            • 賢愚經 : 1
            • 法集要頌經 : 1
            • 楚辭 : 1
            • 文子 : 1

            Words

            水  shuǐ OC: qhjulʔ MC: ɕi 46 AttributionsWD

              Word relations
            • Assoc: 山/MOUNTAIN The general term for a mountain of any kind, large or small, is shān 山.

              Syntactic words
            • nabconceptconcept of water; idea of waterCH
            • nabnonreferentialthe substance 'water' in general
            • nadVinstrumentusing water; by means of flooding 水攻
            • nadVplace/instrumenton water 水行travel by river/water
            • nmwater
            • nmadVon water, in water;
            • nmadVresembling nmlike water
            • nmvocativeyou, water!
            湯  tāng OC: kh-laaŋ MC: thɑŋ 9 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • nmbathwater; hot water; boiling water
            • nmadVin boiling water
            江海  jiāng hǎi OC: krooŋ hmlɯɯʔ MC: kɣɔŋ həi 3 AttributionsWD

            big waters in general

              Syntactic words
            • NPgeneralbig waters in general sense
            流水  liú shuǐ OC: ru qhjulʔ MC: lɨu ɕi 3 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • NPmrunning water, non-stagnant water
            雨露  yǔ lù MC: hjuX luH OC: ɢʷraʔ ɡ-raaɡsCH 2 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • NPmmoisture like that of rain and dewCH
            冰  bīng OC: prɯŋ MC: pɨŋ 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • nmicecold water
            流  liú OC: ru MC: lɨu 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • nabeventflowing water
            鑊湯  huò tāng OC: ɢʷaaɡ kh-laaŋ MC: ɦɑk thɑŋ 1 AttributionWD
              Syntactic words
            • NPboiling water in a pot (Buddhist torture instrument)
            汁  zhī OC: kjub MC: tɕip 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • nmwaste water
            淵  yuān OC: qʷiin MC: ʔen 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • nmopen-air water (?) (Nothing relevant in DZD or DCD)
            醴  lǐ OC: riiʔ MC: lei 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • nmdelicious sweet water
            白水  bái shuǐ OC: braaɡ qhjulʔ MC: bɣɛk ɕi 0 AttributionsWD
              Syntactic words
            • NPmthe clear river water

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