SITUATION    情勢勢

RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
CIRCUMSTANCES(STATE OF) AFFAIRSSTATECONDITION
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general term for a constellation or situation of any kind is shì 勢. 2. Zhuàng 狀 and xíng 形 can be used to emphasise the external appearance created by a situation. 3. Shì 事 focusses on the factual sequence of events that create a shì 勢. 4. Dì 地 sometimes comes to be used for a stage of a development.
Modern Chinese Criteria
情況 局勢 形勢 情形 情狀 情事 狀 情 景 事態 狀況 狀態 景況 情景 場面 動靜 氣象 情勢 景象 圖景 形勢 陣勢 局勢 局面 事機 事態 氣候 風雲 風色 風頭 refers to the current changeable situation, "the way the wind blows". 勢派 現勢 現局 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis 18.11.2003. CH
Hyponym
  • CAUSEnew-a7422a39-7058-4fbe-822a-3970581fbec1　SITUATION OR THING which CAUSES something TO HAPPEN OR to be TRUE. (anc: 6/0, child: 3)
  • CHAOS　SITUATION NOT APPROPRIATELY CONTROLLED OR LACKING APPROPRIATE ORDERLY:order. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • DANGER　SITUATION BELIEVED to CONTAIN POSSIBLE SOON:imminent DAMAGE to one. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • LACK　SITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE. (anc: 6/0, child: 48)
  • RESULT　SITUATION CAUSED-BY something. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • WEATHER　SITUATION IN-RELATION-TO TEMPERATURE, RAIN, SUNSHINE ETC. IN a PLACE. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • PEACE　SITUATION characterised by LACK of WARFARE.[[FRIEDEN]] (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • OPPORTUNITY　SITUATION APPROPRIATE FOR ACHIEVING something. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • DISGRACE　ACT OR SITUATION which HUMILIATES the HUMAN who is IN it. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • STATE OF EMERGENCY　SITUATION when the ORDINARY LAWS of a STATE CAN BE OFFENDED against by the GOVERNMENT of that STATE for a DEFINITE TIME. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • TRAGEDY　SITUATION OR DESCRITPION OF A SITUATION NECESSARILY AND NOT ESCAPABLY NOT HAPPY. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME.
Hypernym
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    SITUATION

    conditio refers to the conditions in a place conceived as having been fundamentally affected by acts of the human will.

    status refers to the state of affairs in a place as an autonomous phenomenon.

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 9.923

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 252

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 499

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.180.141

    SITUATION.ETAT; CONDITION.ETAT

    • Words (19 items)

    勢  shì OC: hŋljads MC: ɕiɛi 25 Attributions

    The current general term for a dynamic constellation, configuration, or situation of any kind is shì 勢.

      Syntactic words
    • nab.adVgiven the constellation of power; given the natural propensity of things, given the strategic situationCH
    • nab.post-Nthe strategic constellation of N, the circumstances in NVK
    • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: situation; constellation; configurationA. geometrical: JZ 4.24, Li Chunfeng, quotes a procedure by Zu Geng: 不問高卑，勢皆然也 "irrespective of the relative height, the relevant computing constellation is in all cases like this." 緣冪勢既同，則積不容異　"Since according to the relevant computing constellation of the surface the surface is the same, then their volume does not admit of difference."
    • nabmethodmilitary disposition, favorable for successful condact of military operations
    • nabstativeconstellation of power; propensity of things; natural tendency; strategic constellation or structure
    事  shì OC: dzrɯs MC: ɖʐɨ 8 Attributions

    Shì 事 focusses on the factual sequence of events that create a shì 勢.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 理/PRINCIPLE Lǐ 理 refers to inherent structuring patterns of things.
    • Assoc: 實/REALITY The current word referring to reality is shí 實 (ant. xū 虛 "pretended reality"), but the word acquired this meaning rather late (meaning "object" in earlier texts).

      Syntactic words
    • nabstativesituation, what is really going on
    • nadVunder the circumstances
    • npost-Nthe matter of N; the problem of N [Note that the construction must probably be taken as one of apposition! CH]
    體  tǐ OC: rʰiiʔ MC: thei 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabpsych(mental) state
    • nabstative(general) situation, (general) tendency, dà tǐ 大體�
    形  xíng OC: ɡeeŋ MC: ɦeŋ 6 Attributions

    Zhuàng 狀 and xíng 形 can be used to emphasise the external appearance created by a situation.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfactualconcrete situation; concrete (military) constellation, strategic constellation; HF 2.8.10: physical constellation, objective situation, manifest situation
    地  dì OC: lils MC: di 4 Attributions

    Dì 地 sometimes comes to be used for a stage of a development.

      Syntactic words
    • nab.post-Vsituation or position characterised by V;DS
    • nabfactualcondition, state, stage, position
    權  quán MC: gjwen OC: ɡron 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabcurrent dynamic constellation; the dynamics of the situation, the strategic potential at a given time;CH
    埶  yì MC: ngjiejH OC: -- 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabread shì =勢 constellation, situationCH
    大體  dà tǐ OC: daads rʰiiʔ MC: dɑi thei 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabstativeoverall situation; the cosmological whole
    情  qíng OC: dzeŋ MC: dziɛŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    • nabmetaphysicalbasic situation, underlying current state of affairs
    十地  shí dì OC: ɡjub lils MC: dʑip di 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: the ten stages of Bodhisattva practice
    狀  zhuàng OC: sɡraŋs MC: ɖʐi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions

    Zhuàng 狀 and xíng 形 can be used to emphasise the external appearance created by a situation.

      Syntactic words
    • n(post-N)the given situationDS
    • nabstativesituation, constellation
    情事  qíng shì OC: dzeŋ dzrɯs MC: dziɛŋ ɖʐɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabfactualthe real facts of the situation
    遽  jù MC: gjoH OC: ɡlas 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nab=局 sitation, conditionCH
    由狀  yóu zhuàng OC: liw sɡraŋs MC: jɨu ɖʐi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPsituation
    情狀  qíng zhuàng OC: dzeŋ sɡraŋs MC: dziɛŋ ɖʐi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabstativesituation
    處  chù OC: qhljas MC: tɕhi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturecurrent situation, current stage; constellation
    適  shì OC: qljeɡ MC: ɕiɛk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabfactualcircumstances, external conditions
    事情  shì qíng OC: dzrɯs dzeŋ MC: ɖʐɨ dziɛŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabfactualtruth of a matter, real situation
    本末  běn mò OC: pɯɯnʔ maad MC: puo̝n mʷɑt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabmetaphysicalthe whole situation and background