LACQUER 漆漆
SUBSTANCE USED to CAUSE SURFACES TO BECOME INTENSELY SMOOTH AND TO RESEMBLE GLASS. []
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general term for lacquer is qī 漆.
2. Xiū 髹 refers either to the black and red lacquer, or to the lacquer in general.
3. Yóu qī 油漆 can also refer to the lacquer, as it contains oil.
2. Xiū 髹 refers either to the black and red lacquer, or to the lacquer in general.
3. Yóu qī 油漆 can also refer to the lacquer, as it contains oil.
Words
漆 qī OC: tshiɡ MC: tshit 13 AttributionsWD
The common general term for the lacquer is qī 漆.
- Word relations
- Assoc: 墨/INK
The current word for ink in Han times is mò 墨, and it is important to realise that this did not refer to an inkslab in Warring States times, but rather to an ink powder which was mixed with water to produce a kind of ink mud with one's hands. The ink slab became current from Han times onwards.
- Syntactic words
- nmlacquer
- vadNlaquered
- vtoNto laquer
髹 xiū OC: qhu MC: hɨu 2 AttributionsWD
Xiū 髹 refers either to the black and red lacquer, or to the lacquer in general.
- Syntactic words
- vadNlacquered in an ordinary way
- vtoNto lacqer, apply lacquer to
油漆 yóu qī OC: liw tshiɡ MC: jɨu tshit 0 AttributionsWD
Yóu qī can also refer to the lacquer, as it contains oil.
- Syntactic words
- NPmlacquer
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