COMPASS    羅盤

TOOL USED to DEFINE the DIRECTIONS WITH.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Sīnán 司南 is the predecessor of a compass; it was made of a natural magnetic iron. 2. Zhǐnánzhēn 指南針 is a compass pointing in the north-southern direction, which was made of a magnetic iron. 3. Zhǐnánchē 指南車 refers to a chariot pointing to the world directions; it came to be used by the emperors after the Jin dynasty.
Modern Chinese Criteria
羅盤 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • TOOL　ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD. (anc: 5/0, child: 53)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)

Words (5 items)

規  guī OC: kʷe MC: kiɛ 11 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • ncompass
  • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
司南  sī nán OC: sqlɯ noom MC: sɨ nəm 1 Attribution

Sīnán 司南 is the predecessor of a compass; it was made of a natural magnetic iron.

    Syntactic words
  • ncompass indicating where south is
指南車  zhǐ nán chē OC: kjiʔ noom khlja MC: tɕi nəm tɕhɣɛ 0 Attributions

Zhǐnánchē 指南車 refers to a chariot pointing to the world directions; it came to be used by the emperors after the Jin dynasty.

    Syntactic words
指南針  zhǐ nán zhēn OC: kjiʔ noom kjum MC: tɕi nəm tɕim 0 Attributions

Zhǐnánzhēn 指南針 is a compass pointing in the north-southern direction, which was made of a magnetic iron.

    Syntactic words
羅盤  luó pán OC: b-raal baan MC: lɑ bʷɑn 0 Attributions

Luópán 羅盤 is a round plate with a curved scale. ADD DETAILS

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