WHERE  從哪��安

IN WHAT PLACE.
Hypernym
  • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
    • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
See also
Old Chinese Criteria
The current word for "wherefrom" is ān 安.

NB: Hé yǐ 何以 is abstract and always means "on what grounds, for what reason etc.", and the phrase only incidentally comes to be translatable by "whence" in certain idiomatic contexts.

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

Words

什摩處  shí mó chù OC: ɡjub maal qhljas MC: dʑip mʷɑ tɕhi̯ɤ 18 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPadNfrom where, from which place
  • NPadVwhere, in/to which place, from where
  • NPadVfigurative(figuratively) in which place > in what respect
  • NPpro.postVtwhere
  • NPproabstractwhere; in what respect (with abstract referential)
什麼處  shí mǒ chù OC: ɡjub maalʔ qhljas MC: dʑip mʷɑ tɕhi̯ɤ 15 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabstractwhere, which place (with abstract reference)
  • NPadVcolloquialfrom/to which place, from where
  • NPcolloquialwhere
所  suǒ OC: sqraʔ MC: ʂi̯ɤ 14 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • npro{OBJ}+Vt.postN{SUBJ}where (the preceding subject) V-s/V-d
何處  hé chù OC: ɡlaal qhljas MC: ɦɑ tɕhi̯ɤ 12 AttributionsWD
  • Studies in the Language of Zǔtáng jí 祖堂集 ( ANDERL 2004B) p. 197-198

    This compound has a frequency of 62 in ZTJ and substitutes locations. Typically, it is used in object position but occasionally the pronoun is also preposed to the verb. Rarely, it also appears in adnominal position (何處人 'a person from where').

    Early examples of he2chu4 can be found in HANSHU (e.g. HANSHU: 1917: 王何處？'Where is the king?'), however, examples are quite rare.

    The compound seems to have been more common in certain suutra translations, e.g. MIDDLE AGAMA (F: 46).

    In SHISHUO (F: 9) it typically appears in preverbal position (迷不知何處去。 "In confusion/having got lost, he did not know where to go", SHISHUO 30.7).

    In object position: 金錢今在何處？"Where is the money now?" (BAIYUJING: 103).

  • 祖堂集索引 Sodōshu sakuin Index to the Collection from the Patriarchs' Hall ( INDEX ZTJ) p. 233c

    Syntactic words
  • NPadVrhetorical questionwhere, at which place
  • NPpostVtwhat place > where?
  • NPprowhere?
  • NPpro.adVwhere; from where
  • NPpro.postVt:adVwhere?
  • NPpro{OBJ}+Vtreference=objectwhereto
安  ān OC: qaan MC: ʔɑn 11 AttributionsWD

The current word for "wherefrom" is ān 安.

    Syntactic words
  • npro.adVtoNN=objmildly rhetorical: to which place on the face of the earthCH
  • npro{OBJ}+Vtwhere on earthCH
  • npro{OBJ}+Vtexpected answer: no!where? (presupposed answer: nowhere!)
  • npro{OBJ}+VtquestionVt where?CH
何  hé OC: ɡlaal MC: ɦɑ 8 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • npro VtrhetoricalwheretoCH
  • npro Vtrhetoricalin which object (on earty)> where in the world?CH
  • npro.adVwhere
  • npro.adVexpected answer: no!where on earth?
  • npro.postVt:adV[0]where modCH
  • npro{OBJ}+Vtquestionwhere (object of verbs of motion or verbs of position)
焉  yān OC: qran MC: ʔiɛn 7 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nprorhetoricalto what> where (on earth)CH
  • padVwhere
甚處  shèn chù OC: ɡljums qhljas MC: dʑim tɕhi̯ɤ 6 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPpro.adV(to/from) which place; (from) where
  • NPpro.postVtwhich place, where
  • NPproabstractwhat place, where (with abstract referential)
何方  hé fāng OC: ɡlaal paŋ MC: ɦɑ pi̯ɐŋ 5 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPadNof which place
  • NPadVquestionwhat direction > where
  • NPpostVtwhere, which direction
奚  xī OC: ɡee MC: ɦei 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • npro{OBJ}+VtN=objin what place? > where?
惡乎  wū hū OC: qaa ɢaa MC: ʔuo̝ ɦuo̝ 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadVquestionwhere? in which point?
那  nǎ MC: naX OC: naalʔ
那  nǎ MC: naX OC: naalʔ 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPproabstractwhere > what (abstract location such as a passage in a text)
  • NPpropredicativebe where
安在  ān zài MC: 'an dzojX OC: qaan sɡɯɯʔDS 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPpostN{SUBJ}questionwhere is N?DS
所在  suǒ zài OC: sqraʔ sɡɯɯʔ MC: ʂi̯ɤ dzəi 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPiwhere is?DS
阿那  ā nǎ OC: qlaal naalʔ MC: ʔɑ nɑ 1 AttributionWD

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    Syntactic words
  • NPpro.postVtcoll. where (from late Tang onwards)
為所  wéi suǒ OC: ɢʷal sqraʔ MC: ɦiɛ ʂi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD
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