INACCESSIBLE    難以接近

DIFFICULT to APPROACH.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for inaccessible difficult territory is xiǎn 險. 2. Zǔ 阻 refers to a point in the terrain where the road is blocked by mountains or rivers and it is impossible to pass. 3. Xiàn 限 refers in general to natural conditions of inaccessibility. 4. A4i 隘 refers to a natural narrow passage which is dangerous and difficult to pass. 5. Sài 塞 refers to being inaccessible from a certain direction. 6. Gù 固 can refer to a place which is difficult of access in all directions because of natural impediments.
Modern Chinese Criteria
難以接近 閉塞 ？？？ rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • DIFFICULT　POSSIBLE BUT EVEN-IF TRIED ONLY ACHIEVED RARELY OR ONLY by USING BIG EFFORT. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
  • POSSIBLE　ABLE TO BE DONE OR ABLE TO HAPPEN, OR ABLE TO BE THE CASE.  (anc: 7/0, child: 3)
  • ABLE　HAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something. (anc: 6/0, child: 16)
  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 29

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 33

    • Words (6 items)

    險  xiǎn OC: qhromʔ MC: hiɛm 8 Attributions

    The standard word for inaccessible difficult territory is xiǎn 險.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 夷/FLAT Yí 夷 (ant. xiǎn 險 "precarious or difficult of access (of terrain)" and yì 易 mostly refers to terrain and its accessibility through lack of geographical impediments.

      Syntactic words
    • nhigh or difficult terrain; defile
    • nabstativeinaccessibility
    • v[adN]inaccessible territory
    • vibe high and inaccessible difficult terrain
    隘  ài OC: qreeɡs MC: ʔɣɛ 4 Attributions

    Ài 隘 refers to a natural narrow passage which is dangerous and difficult to pass.

      Syntactic words
    • nnarrow and difficult stretch of road
    • nabstativeinapproachability
    • vadNnarrow and difficult to pass
    • vifigurativeto be inapproachable; to be difficult to communicate with
    阻  zǔ OC: skraʔ MC: ʈʂi̯ɤ 0 Attributions

    Zǔ 阻 refers to a point in the terrain where the road is blocked by mountains or rivers and it is impossible to pass.

      Syntactic words
    • nnatural impediments [see HINDER][CA]
    限  xiàn OC: ɡrɯɯnʔ MC: ɦɣɛn 0 Attributions

    Xiàn 限 refers in general to natural conditions of inaccessibility.

      Syntactic words
    • nhindrance, inaccessible territory
    固  gù OC: kaas MC: kuo̝ 0 Attributions

    Gù 固 can refer to a place which is difficult of access in all directions because of natural impediments.

      Syntactic words
    塞  sài OC: sɯɯɡs MC: səi 0 Attributions

    Sài 塞 refers to being inaccessible from a certain direction.

      Syntactic words
    • ninaccessible terrain
    • vibe inaccessible;