SEASON  時節

ONE of FOUR PERIODS into which the YEAR is DIVIDED.
Hypernym
  • PERIODTIME CONSISTING of a LIMITED SEQUENCE of MOMENTS.
    • TIMEABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general term for a season is shí 時, and the primary seasons are chūn 春 and qiū 秋, in Warring States times the names of the Four Seasons became current.

2. Jì 季 refers to the last month of each season.

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

ASTRONOMY 25. 一年內的時節、時段。

時，三月為一時，一年分作四時。

氣，緣於古人把 “ 氣 ” 作為宇宙本源，分中氣和節氣，一年二十四氣。節，一年分二十四節，每節約十五天；也有分為四節、五節、八節等。

候，因觀察動物、植物或其他自然現象變化的徵候作節氣變化的依據，故也已稱時節，每候五日，一年分作七十二候。

Modern Chinese Criteria
季節

季度

季

時令

時節

時

四季

四時

四序

四節

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

Old Chinese Contrasts
ZZ 13.479

春夏先， Spring and summer precede,

秋冬後， autumn and winter come after--

四時之序也。 such is the sequence of the four seasons.

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.78

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.74

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 39

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.660

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.512

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 204

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

    aestas 'summer' [f. t] (P1.+)

    Derivatives: aes his, -us 'heat; fervor; swell (of the sea)' (Naev.+); aesiivus 'of

    summer, summery' (P1.+), aestivare 'to spend the summer' (Varro+).

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 17

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.76

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.77

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 789

Words

夏  xià OC: ɡraas MC: ɦɣɛ 257 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • nsummer
  • n(post-N.)adSin the summer (of the contextually determinate year) NB: when followed, as often, by 四月 the reference is to the fourth month of the lunar year, NOT of the summer.
  • nadNsummerly, summer-
  • nadSgenerally: in summer
  • nadVin the manner appropriate to the summer season
  • nadVin summerLZ
  • npost-N.adS其夏
時  shí OC: ɡljɯ MC: dʑɨ 30 Attributions

The general term for a season is shí 時, and the primary seasons are chūn 春 and qiū 秋, in Warring States times the names of the Four Seasons became current.

    Syntactic words
  • nab(.post-N)proper time seasonDS
  • nab.post-NX season, season of/for N; 瓜時 "melon season"TW
  • nab.post-V{NUM}timeseason; periods of time as defined by the official calendar
  • nabpluralthe four seasons, the changing seasonsCH
  • nadNseasonable, seasonal 時雨 "seasonal rain"
  • vt(oN)indicate the season for a contextually determinate event
冬  dōng OC: tuuŋ MC: tuo̝ŋ 17 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • nwinter
  • n(post-N.)adSin the winter (of that contextually determinate year.
  • nadNwintery (day)
  • nadSin winter
  • nadVin a wintery manner, in the manner appropriate to winter
  • nadVin winterLZ
春  chūn OC: thjun MC: tɕhʷin 11 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 風/WIND The dominant word for wind is fēng 風.
  • Epithet: 氣/COSMIC FORCE The most general term for physical principles operative in the dynamics of natural processes is qì 氣.

    Syntactic words
  • nspring 一春
  • nadNbelonging to spring
  • nadSgenerally: in spring
  • nadVtimein spring
秋  qiū OC: tshiw MC: tshɨu 11 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 毫/HAIR Háo 毫 refers to long, fine hair on animals.
  • Epithet: 氣/COSMIC FORCE The most general term for physical principles operative in the dynamics of natural processes is qì 氣.

    Syntactic words
  • nautumn
  • n(post-N.)adSduring the autumn of that year
  • nadNcharacterised by an atmosphere of autumn
  • nadSgenerally: in autumn
  • nadVtimein autumn
時節  shí jié OC: ɡljɯ tsiiɡ MC: dʑɨ tset 7 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPseason
  • NPtimeproper regular fixed season
四時  sì shí MC: sijH dzyi OC: plids ɡljɯLZ 6 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NP{vadN}metaphysicalthe four seasonsLZ
天  tiān OC: lʰiin MC: then 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nabfeatureseasonal conditions, including weather conditions
春  chūn OC: thjun MC: tɕhʷin
暮春  mù chūn OC: maaɡs thjun MC: muo̝ tɕhʷin 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPabtimeend of spring
冬日  dōng rì MC: towng nyit OC: tuuŋ mljiɡCH 2 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • NPadSin winterCH
夏日  xià rì MC: haeH nyit OC: ɡraas mljiɡCH 2 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • NPabsummertimeCH
  • NPadSin summerLZ
孟春  mèng chūn OC: mraaŋs thjun MC: mɣaŋ tɕhʷin 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPadNfirst (month) of spring
黃泉  huáng quán OC: ɡʷaaŋ dzon MC: ɦɑŋ dziɛn 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPnonreferentialsubterranean springs
立春  lì chūn OC: ɡ-rub thjun MC: lip tɕhʷin 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPfirst two weeks of spring
春秋  chūn qiū MC: tsyhwin tshjuw OC: thjun tshiwLZ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPadVaccording to the seasons of the year, in particular seasons of the yearLZ
冬至  dōng zhì MC: towng tsyijH OC: tuuŋ kljiɡsCW 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPabWinter solsticeCW
小寒  xiǎo hán MC: sjewX han OC: smewʔ ɡaanCW 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPabSmall cold, one of the 24 seasonsCW
大寒  dà hán MC: dajH han OC: daads ɡaanCW 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPabGreat cold, one of the 24 seasonsCW
立秋  lì qiū MC: lip tshjuw OC: ɡ-rub tshiwCH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPbeginning of springCH
春分  chūn fèn MC: tsyhwin pjun OC: thjun bɯnsCH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPspringCH
秋分  qiū fèn MC: tshjuw pjun OC: tshiw bɯnsCH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPautumnCH
季  jì OC: kʷids MC: ki 0 Attributions

Jì 季 refers to the last month of each season.

    Syntactic words
  • nlast month of each season
節  jié OC: tsiiɡ MC: tset 0 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 時/SEASON The general term for a season is shí 時, and the primary seasons are chūn 春 and qiū 秋, in Warring States times the names of the Four Seasons became current.
  • Assoc: 期/PERIOD

    Syntactic words
  • nabtimeproper time

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: