SILK PRODUCTION  絲綢加工

PRODUCING SILK.
Hypernym
  • PRODUCEACT so as to DELIBERATELY CAUSE something to BEGIN to EXIST.
    • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for producing refined silk is liàn 練.

    Words

      liàn OC: ɡ-reens MC: len 2 Attributions

    The current general word for producing refined silk is liàn 練.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactrefining of silk
    • virefine silk, among other things, from Han times onwards, by dǎo 搗 "pounding" it, and from earliest times by xǐ 洗 "washing" it, shài 晒 "exposing it to the sun" etc.
      Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNHAN: pound silk in order to remove the glue-like substance and produce smooth silk for garments (rather than the raw silk used for production of silk cords etc)
      pù OC: booɡ MC: buk
      pù OC: booɡ MC: buk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNMENG: expose silk to the sun
      píng OC: beeŋ MC: beŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viwash silk
      piào OC: phews MC: phiɛu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNSHIJI: wash silk (in order to remove glue-like substance etc)
      pì OC: pheeɡ MC: phek 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viwash silk
      zhuó OC: rleewɡ MC: ɖɣɔk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNwash silk

    Existing SW for

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