HAND  手手

LOWEST MAJOR PART of the ARM.
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Hypernym
  • FINGERMOST MOVING:mobile PART of the HAND.
    • WRISTJOINT BETWEEN ARM AND HAND.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The standard word is shǒu 手 "hand", which can refer to the arm as a whole.

      2. Quán 拳 "fist" refers to the clenched fist.

      3. Zuǒ 左 and yòu 右 are words used for the left and right hand respectively.

      4. Wàn 腕／掔 refers to the wrist.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      手

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

      Old Chinese Contrasts
      Michel de Montaigne, Essais, Livre II, Chapitre XII, "Apologie de Raymond Sebond".(Edition Villey-Saulnier, Puf, 2004, pp.452f: "[C] Quoy des mains ? nous requerons, nous promettons, appelions congedions, menaçons, prions, supplions, nions, refusons, interrogeons, admirons, nombrons, confessons, repentons, craignons, vergoignons, doubtons, instruisons, commandons, incitons, encourageons, jurons, tesmoignons, accusons, condamnons, absolvons, injurions, mesprisons, deffions, despitons, flattons, applaudissons, benissons, humilions, moquons, reconcilions, recommandons, exaltons, festoyons, resjouissons, comptai. gnons, attristons, desconfortons, desesperons, estonnons, escrions, taisons; et quoy non ? d'une variation et multiplication à l'envy de la langue."

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.33

      • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 149

      • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 172

      • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 177

      • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 308

      • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.265

      • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 65ff

      • Histoire des moeurs ( POIRIER 1991) p. 2.75-163

      Words

      手  shǒu OC: hmljuʔ MC: ɕɨu 25 AttributionsWD

      The standard word is shǒu 手 "hand", which can refer to the arm as a whole.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 足/FOOT The general word for a foot is zú 足.

        Syntactic words
      • nhand; hands; fist
      • n(post-N)one's handsTWH
      • n[post-N]pluralone's handsCH
      • nadVwith one's own hands, with a hand; in his own hands
      掌  zhǎng OC: tjaŋʔ MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ 8 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • npalm of the hand
      掬  jū OC: kuɡ MC: kuk 5 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • ncupped hands
      • ncc(post-V{NUM}.)+Nclassifiera two-handfuls of N
      • ncpost-V{NUM}.+Nclassifierdouble handful
      • ncpost-V{NUM}.post-Nclassifierdouble handful of
      右  yòu OC: ɢʷɯʔ MC: ɦɨu 4 AttributionsWD

      Zuǒ 左 and yòu 右 are words used for the left and right hand respectively.

        Syntactic words
      • nthe right hand/arm
      • v[adN.]adVinstrumentwith the right hand
      左  zuǒ OC: skaalʔ MC: tsɑ 4 AttributionsWD

      Zuǒ 左 and yòu 右 are words used for the left and right hand respectively.

        Syntactic words
      • nthe left hand/arm
      • v[adN.]adVinstrumentwith the left hand
      握  wò OC: qrooɡ MC: ʔɣɔk 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • ncpost-V{NUM}.post-Nclassifiera handful of
      • nmhand, fist (insofar as these may be used as "containers")
      掔腕  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC:
      腕  wàn OC: qoons MC: ʔʷɑn 2 AttributionsWD

      Wàn 腕／掔 refers to the wrist.

        Syntactic words
      • nthe wrist
      兩手  liǎng shǒu MC: -- syuwX OC: raŋʔ hmljuʔCH 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPadVwith both handsCH
      左手  zuǒ shǒu MC: tsaX syuwX OC: skaalʔ hmljuʔCH 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NP(post-N.)adVdefinitewith the left hand of the contextually determinate personCH
      右手  yòu yǒu shǒu MC: hjuwX syuwX OC: ɢʷɯʔ hmljuʔCH 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NP(post-N.)adVwith the right hand of the contextually determinate NCH
      拳  quán OC: ɡron MC: giɛn 1 AttributionWD

      Quán 拳 "fist" refers to the clenched fist.

        Syntactic words
      • nfist; hand
      捲手  juǎn shǒu OC: kronʔ hmljuʔ MC: kiɛn ɕɨu 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPclenched fist; clenched hand
      • NPadVwith a clenched fist; with a clenched hand
      手把  shǒu bǎ OC: hmljuʔ praaʔ MC: ɕɨu pɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • ninside of the hand ??? German Handflaeche
        Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NP(post-N.)adVdefinitewith the left hand of the contextually determinate personCH
        Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NP(post-N.)adVwith the left hand of the contextually determinate NCH

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