Hypernym

• SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
  • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
    • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
      • PRIME...

See also

• SMELTCAUSE METAL TO BECOME LIQUID.

Hyponym

• BODY JUICES　IMPORTANT LIQUID in the BODY.
  • SWEAT　BODY JUICE ISSUED FROM the BODY WHEN it is HOT, OR WHEN IT USES MUCH STRENGTH.
  • TEARS　BODY JUICE in the form of SALTY WATER TYPICALLY ISSUING from the EYES WHEN one FEELS INTENSE GRIEF OR SADNESS.
  • BLOOD　BODY JUICE which FLOWS in the VEINS AND SUPPORTS LIFE.
  • SNIVEL　LIQUID IN the NOSE.
  • SPERM　MALE BODY JUICE which CAUSES WOMEN TO BECOME PREGNANT.
  • SALIVA　WATER in the MOUTH of HUMANS AND ANIMALS.
• MILK　LIQUID DEVELOPED IN the BREAST of FEMALES, which CAN NOURISH their CHILDREN.
• MOIST　COVERED by or MIXED with LIQUID, TYPICALLY with WATER.
  • SOAK　CAUSE TO BECOME MOIST.
• WATER　INTENSELY COMMON TRANSPARENT LIQUID LACKING TASTE which FILLS RIVERS AND the SEA.
  • BRINE　WATER CONTAINING INTENSELY MANY:much SALT.
  • CLOUD　VISIBLE MASS of ASSEMBLED WATER OR ICE FLOATING IN the AIR....
  • DEW　WATER from the AIR on COOL SURFACES, TYPICALLY VISIBLE in the MORNINGS.
  • ICE　HARD FROZEN WATER.
  • LAKE　INTENSELY BIG ACCUMULATION OF WATER IN a LANDSCAPE.
  • RAIN　WATER FALLING FROM CLOUDS.
  • RIVER　MUCH ASSEMBLED FLOWING WATER as PART OF LANDSCAPE....
  • SEA　ABUNDANT SALTY WATER SURROUNDING LAND.
  • SNOW　WHITE FROZEN RAIN.
  • WAVE　MOVING WATER RESEMBLING MOUNTAIN RIDGE.
• INK　TYPICALLY BLACK LIQUID one USES TO WRITE OR PAINT with.
• TEA　LIQUID FOR DRINKING PRODUCED USING HOT WATER AND LEAVES. []
• DROP OF LIQUID　SMALL SPHERE OF LIQUID.
• VINEGAR　COMMON SOUR LIQUID SPICE.
• JUICE　LIQUID PRODUCED USING FRUIT, USED FOR DRINKING.

Old Chinese Criteria

Modern Chinese Criteria

• Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.88

• 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 562

  1. Ye4 液 is not a common word in pre-Buddhist Chinese, but the word does not only refer to "body fluids" in those few examples we have in the non-medical literature, it can refer to edible liquids as in CC 吸飛泉之微液兮 "I sipped the subtle liquor of the Flying Spring". See also:

  CC JIUSI 03:04; SBBY 554; Huang 294; Fu 256; tr. Hawkes 311;

  吮玉液兮止渴， I sucked jade nectar to quench my thirst.

  2. Zhi1 汁 does sometimes mean "drinkable juice", but the word is also very common in medical contexts, the difference between zhi1 汁 and ye4 液 in medical contexts remaining to be determined.