SMELL    嗅嗅

PERCEIVE ODOUR.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. Xiù 臭／嗅 "try to smell" relates to wén 聞 "perceive the smell of" exactly like shì 視 "look at" to jiàn 見 "see". NB: Compare 嘗 "try to taste". See TASTE.
Modern Chinese Criteria
嗅 聞 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • PERCEIVE　BECOME AWARE of BECAUSE one INTERACTS WITH. (anc: 8/0, child: 7)
  • AWARE　ABLE to VOLUNTARILY:deliberately REACT to.  (anc: 7/0, child: 3)
  • ABLE　HAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something. (anc: 6/0, child: 16)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.21

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.22

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.23

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.24

  • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 321

    406. Inter Olet et redolet. Olet res [ Al., olent], vel male, vel bene; redolet [ Al. redolent] tantum bene.

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 39

    • Words (5 items)

    聞  wén OC: mɯn MC: mi̯un 6 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Object: 臭/ODOUR The general word for an odour, either pleasant or unpleasant, is xiù 臭.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoN(resultative) smell
    • vttoN1.+N2passivebe smelled on a distance of N2DS
    嗅  xiù OC: qhus MC: hɨu
    嗅臭  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 6 Attributions

    Xiù 臭／嗅 "try to smell" relates to wén 聞 "perceive the smell of" exactly like shì 視 "look at" to jiàn 見 "see".

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeatureodour
    • vibe capable to smelling properly, have a sharp sense of smell
    • viactcarry out smelling
    • vtoNtry to smell; appreciate the smell of; be in the process of smelling; smell
    臭  xiù MC: -- OC: -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNto smell NLZ
    氣  qì OC: khɯds MC: khɨi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsmell
    咶  huài MC: xweajH OC: -- 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words