MOAT    護城河池

CANAL PRODUCED FOR DEFENDING A CITY.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a moat designed for military defense is chí 池. 2. Gōu 溝 often refers to any kind of canal, but can be used in particular for defensive canals, especially those not built in conjunction with city walls.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 ARCHITECTURE 2. 我國從上古至宋代的城牆都是夯土牆，泥土就地挖取，故有城牆必有護城河。護城河中古前常稱 “ 池 ” ，與 “ 城 ” 並用。 魏晉後，常稱 “ 壕 ” ，範圍大於 “ 池 ” ，有更明確的軍事防禦性質。 塹，指深險難越的護城河。 隍，水乾涸的護城河。
Modern Chinese Criteria
護城河 城池 城壕 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • CITY WALLFORTIFYING WALL ENCIRCLING a CITY.
Hypernym
  • CANAL　ARTEFACT:artificial RIVER. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
  • RIVER　MUCH ASSEMBLED FLOWING WATER as PART OF LANDSCAPE. (anc: 7/0, child: 3)
  • WATER　INTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA. (anc: 6/0, child: 10)
  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 966

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 407

    • Words (6 items)

    池  chí OC: rlal MC: ɖiɛ 12 Attributions

    The current general word for a moat designed for military defense is chí 池.

      Word relations
    • Object: 鑿/DIG
    • Assoc: 城/CITY WALL Chéng 城 refers to the inner city wall. It was originally built of rammed earth, but during the Han there were also walls built of bricks or stones.
    • Assoc: 溝/MOAT Gōu 溝 often refers to any kind of canal, but can be used in particular for defensive canals, especially those not built in conjunction with city walls.

      Syntactic words
    • ndefensive moat
    溝  gōu OC: koo MC: ku 2 Attributions

    Gōu 溝 often refers to any kind of canal, but can be used in particular for defensive canals, especially those not built in conjunction with city walls.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 壘/CITY WALL
    • Assoc: 池/MOAT The current general word for a moat designed for military defense is chí 池.

      Syntactic words
    • ndefensive moat
    渠  qú MC: gjo OC: ɡa 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nmoatCH
    隍  huáng OC: ɡʷaaŋ MC: ɦɑŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nLate, BAN GU: dried-up moat
    塹  qiàn OC: tshams MC: tshiɛm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nNANBEICHAO: deep moat that is hard to cross
    壕  háo OC: ɡoow MC: ɦɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nThree Kingdoms: standard term for defensive moat