CRAGGY    崎嶇的

HIGH AND STEEP.
STEEPPRECIPITOUSSHEERPERPENDICULARROCKYRUGGEDRAGGED
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Xiǎn 險 (ant. píng 平 "level") refers to inaccessible precipitous and dangerous high terrain. 2. Yán 巖 (or yán 岩 ) focusses on height and steepness in a rocky landscape. 3. Qiào 峭 means extremely steep, and it lays an emphasis on a steepness of a mountain. 4. Jùn 峻 emphasises the height of a mountain. NB: A large number of poetic words should be added here.
Modern Chinese Criteria
高峻 陡峻 峻峭 連天 崢嶸 嵯峨 峨峨 岩岩 壁立千仞 崎嶇 坎坷 陂陀 refers to unevenness of territory without connoting any craggy height, and is marginal in this group. 起伏 此起彼伏 凹凸不平 高低不平 坑坑窪窪 高高低低 凹凹凸凸 疙疙瘩瘩 高崗下窪 七高八低 七上八下 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • STEEP　INTENSELY SLANTED so as to be DIFFICULT TO ASCEND OR DESCEND on it. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
  • SLANT　ALMOST HORISONTAL, BUT MORE LOW ON ONE SIDE than ON the OTHER SIDE. (anc: 7/0, child: 1)
  • HORIZONTAL　DIRECTION WHICH IS NOT UP AND NOT DOWN. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
Other Hypernyms
  • HIGH　BIG VERTICALLY. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
  • BIG　OF INTENSE SIZE OR DEGREE IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN. (anc: 7/0, child: 15)
  • SIZE　QUANTITY of a DIMENSION. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 30

    • Words (7 items)

    巖  yán OC: ŋɡraam MC: ŋɣam 7 Attributions

    Yán 巖 (or yán 岩) focusses on height and steepness in a rocky landscape.

      Syntactic words
    • nprobably as a deverbal noun: craggy high mountain; by implication or extension, occasionally: cave in the craggy mountains
    • vadNmountainous; often intensitive and reduplicated: craggy, high; (recluses) hidden in the mountains
    • vi(poetic) be mountainous; often intensitive and reduplicated: craggy, high
    • vi.redintensitivebe impressively craggy
    峭  qiào OC: smʰewɡs MC: tshiɛu 3 Attributions

    Qiào 峭 means extremely steep, and it lays an emphasis on a steepness of a mountain.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNsteep, high, and dangerous (of mountains or city walls)
    • vibe steep, high, and dangerous (of mountains or city walls)
    峻  jùn OC: sqluns MC: sʷin 2 Attributions

    Jùn 峻 emphasises the height of a mountain.

      Syntactic words
    • n[adN]craggy shape; cragsCH
    • vadNcraggy (mountain or ravine)
    崎嶇  qī qū MC: khje khju OC: khral -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNcraggyDS
    陡  dǒu OC: tooʔ MC: tu 0 Attributions

    Dǒu 陡 refers to a slopy terrain.

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    險  xiǎn OC: qhromʔ MC: hiɛm 0 Attributions

    Xiǎn 險 (ant. píng 平 "level") refers to inaccessible precipitous and dangerous high terrain.

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    危  wēi OC: ŋɡrol MC: ŋiɛ 0 Attributions

    Wēi 危 lays an emphasis on a height and verticality of a mountain.

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