CRAWL  爬行匍匐

MOVE ONE'S BODY USING HANDS AND FEET ON THE FLOOR.
CREEPWORM ONE'S WAYGO ON ALL FOURSGO ON HANDS AND KNEESWRIGGLESLITHERSQUIRMSCRABBLE
Hypernym
  • 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.
      • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME.
        • REALITYEXIST and NOT ONLY BE IMAGINED....
See also
  • WRIGGLEMOVE along by TWISTING OR REVOLVING:rotating one's BODY.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general word for crawling or creeping is pú fú 匍匐.

    2. Pān 攀 and yuán 緣 refer to crawling upwards.

    3. Shé xíng 蛇行 is occasionally used as an idiom referring to crawling.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    爬

    爬行

    匍匐

    蜿蜒

    蛇行

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

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 10.41

    Words

    匍匐  pú fú OC: baa bɯɡ MC: buo̝ buk 4 AttributionsWD

    The current general word for crawling or creeping is pú fú 匍匐.

      Syntactic words
    • VPiactcrawl about (also as sign of extreme mourning grief)
    攀  pān OC: phraan MC: phɣan 1 AttributionWD

    Pān 攀 and yuán 緣refer to crawling upwards.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcrawl upwards, pull oneself upwards
    匍伏  pú fú OC: baa bɯɡ MC: buo̝ buk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactwalk politely as if crawling along (as a sign of respect)
    蚑行  qì xíng MC: khjieX haeng OC: khes ɢraaŋCH 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactcrawl; crawl about like an insectCH
    行  xíng MC: haeng OC: ɢraaŋDS 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNclimb on NDS
    爬  pá OC: braa MC: bɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpost-Han: creep up
    緣  yuán MC: ywen OC: k-lon 0 AttributionsWD

    Pān 攀 and yuán 緣refer to crawling upwards.

      Word relations
    • Object: 木/TREE The current word for a tree is mù 木. In Shang times times this word was a count noun for trees, later it also referred to felled trees and in particular to timber as a material. Thus in Warring States times the special feature of this word is that it is a mass noun as well as a count noun.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcrawl upwards with the aid of something to hold on to
    蛇行  shé xíng OC: ɢljal ɢraaŋ MC: ʑɣɛ ɦɣaŋ 0 AttributionsWD

    Xié 挾 refers to gaining control over someone and then trying to force him to do as one tells him.

      Syntactic words
    • VPiactcrawl (like a snake) ZGC

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