VALLEY  山谷谷

LOW LANDSCAPE BETWEEN NEAR MOUNTAINS.
DALEVALEHOLLOWBASINGULLYGORGERAVINECOULEETROUGHCANYONRIFTGLENLITERARY DELL
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....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a valley is gǔ 谷 (ant. shān 山 "mountain"), and the word presupposes a certain size without emphasising large size.

2. Xī 谿 (later also written 溪 ) refers to a deep valley, preferably with a stream in it.

3. Huò 壑 (ant. fēng 峰 "mountain top") refers generally to a deep large and impressive valley with or without running water in it, as the season may determine,, and the word is rarely used to refer specifically to a given valley.

Modern Chinese Criteria
山谷

穀

壑

山溝

幽谷

峽谷

丘壑

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. 1.24

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1308

    溪，谿

    1. 溪 is the 後起字.

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.397.356

    VALLEE.VALLON

Words

谷  gǔ OC: klooɡ MC: kuk 6 AttributionsWD

The standard word for a valley is gǔ 谷 (ant. shān 山 "mountain"), and the word presupposes a certain size without emphasising large size.

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 幽/DARK The most current general word for physical shadowiness and obscurity is probably yōu 幽 (ant. míng 明 "bright"), but this word often has lyrical overtones of secluded peace.
  • Assoc: 谿 / 溪/MOUNTAIN BROOK
  • Assoc: 川/RIVER Chuān 川 is a general term for rivers, streams and streamlets which normally has a generic reference.

    Syntactic words
  • nvalley
  • nadVplacein the valleys
壑  hè OC: qhaaɡ MC: hɑk 4 AttributionsWD

Hè 壑 (ant. fēng 峰 "mountain top") refers to a deep large and impressive valley with or without running water in it, as the season may determine

    Syntactic words
  • nvalley
溪  xī OC: khee MC: khei
谿  xī OC: khee MC: khei 4 AttributionsWD

Xī 谿(later also written 溪) refers to a deep valley, preferably with a stream in it.

    Word relations
  • Ant: 陵/MOUNTAIN
  • Ant: 山/MOUNTAIN The general term for a mountain of any kind, large or small, is shān 山.

    Syntactic words
  • ndeep valley, ravine; valley with a stream in it
坑  kēng OC: khraaŋ MC: khɣaŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • na natural low-lying hole-like structure where water might naturally gather
陘  xíng OC: ɡeeŋ MC: ɦeŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nravine
谿谷  xī qī gǔ MC: khej kuwk OC: khee klooɡCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralthe valleysCH
  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralthe valleysCH

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