COUNTRYSIDE  郊外

LANDSCAPE OUTSIDE CITIES AND SUBURBS.
COUNTRYGREENBELTGREAT OUTDOORSRURAL AREASBACK
Antonym
  • CITYBIG PLACE that CONTAINS MANY STREETS AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, AND where INTENSELY MANY PEOPLE LIVE NEAR TOGETHER.
    • SUBURBDWELL:inhabited TERRITORY NEAR a CITY.
      Hypernym
      • LANDSCAPEFEATURES of TERRITORY.
        • TERRITORYPLACE INSIDE DEFINED BOUNDARIES.
          • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
            • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT....
      See also
      • BOUNDARYLIMIT which DIVIDES something into the INSIDE and OUTSIDE.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The current general word for the undelimited non-urban areas is yě 野 (ant. yì 邑 "urbanised settlement").

        2. Jiāo 郊 is the fairly well-defined cultivated countryside immediately surround a conurbation; it is also the place where "suburban" sacrifices are held. See CITY

        3. Pì 僻 refers to unfrequented outlying parts of the country without strongly suggesting any deficiency in culture.

        4. Bǐ 鄙 refers again to the outlying parts of the countryside that are deficient in "high culture", and these words are predominantly used as adjectives.

        5. Lòu 陋 is a rare word referring to the remote countryside.

        6. Huāng 荒 refers to any lack of cultivated vegetation and even demarkation of fields.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        郊外

        鄉村

        農村

        鄉間

        鄉下



        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. 19.13

        • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

          COUNTRYSIDE

          rus refers to the country as opposed to a town or city.

          ager refers to the open country or fields.

        • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

          RUS

        • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1476

          野,鄙,都,郊

        • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO. 22

        Words

          yě OC: laʔ MC: jɣɛ 18 AttributionsWD

        The current general word for the undelimited non-urban areas is yě 野 (ant. yì 邑 "urbanised settlement").

          Word relations
        • Epithet: 曠/BROAD Kuàng 曠 adds to the feature of broadness and wide space that of emptiness.
        • Epithet: 無人/EMPTY
        • Contrast: 地/TERRITORY Dì 地 refers to a well-defined bounded piece of territory.
        • Oppos: 都/CAPITAL CITY Dū 都 typically refers to a conurbation which serves as an administrative centre below the level of a capital, but the meaning of the word does often include the capital and it is occasionally used to refer specifically to the capital.

          Syntactic words
        • nopen countryside
        • nabmetaphysical"wilderness"
        • nadNbelonging to the countryside; taking place in the countryside; from the countryside
        • nadVplacein the open countryside
        田野  tián yě OC: ɡ-liiŋ laʔ MC: den jɣɛ 6 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPnonreferentialthe countryside with fields and wilderness
          bǐ OC: prɯʔ MC: pi 5 AttributionsWD

        Bǐ 鄙 refers again to the outlying parts of the countryside that are deficient in "high culture", and these words are predominantly used as adjectives.

          Syntactic words
        • nout-of-the-way place in the countryside, outlying district
        • vtoNmiddle voicebe rusticated, be sent to the outlying areas, be sent to the countryside
        僻陋  pì lòu OC: pheeɡ roos MC: phek lu 3 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPadNoutlying [contrast bǐ lòu 鄙陋 "vulgar and ignorant".]
          pì OC: pheeɡ MC: phek 2 AttributionsWD

        Pì 僻 refers to unfrequented outlying parts of the country without strongly suggesting any deficiency in culture.

          Word relations
        • Assoc: 陋/COUNTRYSIDE Lòu 陋 is a rare word referring to the remote countryside.

          Syntactic words
        • nout of the way place
        • vadNZUO: out of the way, little frequented
          piān OC: phen MC: phiɛn 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • nthe countryside outside a city; borderland
        • vibe distant from the centre, out-lying and undeveloped; be remote
        林野  lín yě OC: ɡ-rɯm laʔ MC: lim jɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPwooded countryside
        虛空  xū kōng OC: qhla khooŋ MC: hi̯ɤ khuŋ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPsubjectwilderness
        野鄙  yě bǐ MC: dzyoX pijX OC: laʔ prɯʔCH 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPoutlying regions, distant countrysideCH
        縣鄙  xiàn bǐ MC: hwenH pijX OC: ɢʷeens prɯʔLZ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPnonreferentialrural parts of a countryLZ
          wài OC: ŋoods MC: ŋɑi 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • viHF 1.3.77: in the field, away from the capital
          diàn OC: ɡ-liiŋs MC: den 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nadministrative unit of 16 market villages
          huāng OC: hmaaŋ MC: hɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD

        Huāng 荒 refers to any lack of cultivated vegetation and even demarkation of fields.

          Syntactic words
        • nthe open uncultivated countryside
          jiāo OC: kreew MC: kɣɛu 0 AttributionsWD

        Jiāo 郊 is the fairly well-defined cultivated countryside immediately surround a conurbation; it is also the place where "suburban" sacrifices are held. See CITY

          Syntactic words
          lòu OC: roos MC: lu 0 AttributionsWD

        Lòu 陋 is a rare word referring to the remote countryside.

          Word relations
        • Assoc: 僻/COUNTRYSIDE Pì 僻 refers to unfrequented outlying parts of the country without strongly suggesting any deficiency in culture.

          Syntactic words
        • nout-of-the-way place of little culture
        野里  yě lǐ OC: laʔ ɡ-rɯʔ MC: jɣɛ lɨ 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPthe countryside

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