FALL  

MOVE DOWN PULLED by the FORCE of one's WEIGHT.
TUMBLETRIPSPILLTOPPLESLIPCOLLAPSEINFORMAL NOSEDIVEHEADERCROPPERDROPDESCENDCOME DOWNGO DOWNPLUMMETPLUNGESINKDIVETUMBLECASCADE
Antonym
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
Hyponym
  • COLLAPSE FALL so as to CEASE to STAND OR so as to be DESTROYED.
    • STUMBLE To FALL to the GROUND BECAUSE of a MISTAKE in USING ONE'S FEET.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The current general word for falling is zhuì 墜, and this word always has concrete meanings typically involving things falling out of the sky or from a high place.

      2. Duò 墮 typically refers to things falling from a much more moderate height.

      3. Yǔn 隕 refers to the falling down of something that has its natural place in a high position, including leaves growing on trees.

      4. Luò 落 is a rare word which usually refers to the falling of leaves from trees.

      5. Xiàn 陷 refers to falling into objects like pits or holes in the ground, also bogs zé 澤, but not rivers and the like.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      下降

      降落

      下落

      跌落





      退



      降低

      減低

      減退

      減色

      低落

      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. 10.23

      • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

        FALL

        labi refers to the process of sliding and then falling.

        cadere means simply to fall or come to the ground, with reference to the point which a person or thing reaches by his fall.

      • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 151

      • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 482

      Attributions by syntactic funtion

      • vtoN : 42
      • vi : 42
      • vt+prep+N : 21
      • VPi : 5
      • VPtoN : 3
      • vadN : 3
      • vttoN1.+prep+N2 : 1
      • vt(oN) : 1
      • vtoN : 1
      • n[adN] : 1
      • n : 1

      Attributions by text

      • 百喻經 : 14
      • 春秋左傳 : 10
      • 論衡 : 9
      • 莊子 : 8
      • 淮南子 : 8
      • 賢愚經 : 8
      • 韓非子 : 6
      • 韓詩外傳 : 6
      • 法句經 : 5
      • 管子 : 4
      • 孟子 : 4
      • 祖堂集 : 4
      • 荀子 : 3
      • 呂氏春秋 : 3
      • 阮籍集四卷 : 3
      • 禮記 : 3
      • 楚辭 : 3
      • 六祖壇經 : 3
      • 說苑 : 2
      • 陸機集十一卷 : 2
      • 史記 : 2
      • 鹽鐵論 : 2
      • 搜神記 : 1
      • 墨子 : 1
      • 尚書 : 1
      • 論語 : 1
      • 孝經 : 1
      • 毛詩 : 1
      • 黃帝內經 : 1
      • 妙法蓮華經 : 1
      • 古列女傳 : 1

      Words

        duò OC: ɡ-loolʔ MC: dʷɑ 38 AttributionsWD

      Duò 墮 typically refers to things falling from a much more moderate height.

        Syntactic words
      • vichangefall; fall off (a horse); fall out (of teeth)
      • vt+prep+Nfall into
      • vtoNfall into; fall onto
      • vtoNcausativebe caused to fall > be degraded to, fall into (an abstract place) allow oneself to fall into or to be trapped in
      • vtoNfrom Nfall fromCH
        zhuì OC: ɡrluds MC: ɖi
        duì OC: ɡ-luuls MC: duo̝i 24 AttributionsWD

      The current general word for falling is zhuì 墜, and this word always has concrete meanings typically involving things falling out of the sky or from a high place. xxx

        Syntactic words
      • vadNfallen, that has dropped; that is dropping down
      • viprocessSW: 從高墜也。 (of dew) drop; CC136 hail down (arrows); CC446: fall from the sky (stars)
      • vt+prep+Nfall down from; fall down towards
      • vt+prep+Nfigurativefall and decline to the level of
      • vtoNfall from
      • vtoNfall into; delve intoCH
      • vtoNcausativecause something to fall down; drop
      • vttoN1.+prep+N2causativedrop N1 into N2
        luò OC: ɡ-raaɡ MC: lɑk 15 AttributionsWD

      Luò 落 is a rare word which usually refers to the falling of leaves from trees.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 隳 / 墮/COLLAPSE The current words for the collapse of buildings is qǐng 傾and huī 隳.
      • Assoc: 零/WITHER Líng 零 refers in a more dramatic way to plants other than trees losing their leaves.

        Syntactic words
      • npitfall
      • vadNfallen; falling
      • vadNfigurativefallen, dispirited
      • vichangefall down > become decadent; decay
      • viprocessfall; fall out; fall down
      • vt+prep+Nfall into
      • vtoNcausativecause to fall down, knock down; drop down; also PERMISSIVE: allow to fall down (by mistake)
      • vtoNfigurativefall into > suffer the fate of
        xiàn OC: ɡrooms MC: ɦɣɛm 15 AttributionsWD

      Xiàn 陷 refers to falling into objects like pits or holes in the ground, also bogs zé 澤, but not rivers and the like.

        Syntactic words
      • viprocessfall down; sink down; stumble
      • vt(oN)fall into the contextually determinate place
      • vt+prep+Nfall into; sink into
      • vt+prep+Nfigurativefigurative: run into (criminality etc.)
      • vtoNfall into
      • vtoNfigurativecome to sink so low as to, fall intoCH
        jiàng OC: kruums MC: kɣɔŋ 8 AttributionsWD

        Word relations
      • Ant: 升/RISE Shēng 升 (ant. xià 下 "go down") refers specifically to the rising of something to a higher level, and these levels can be but do not have to be the ranks of a hierarchy.
      • Assoc: 下/FALL

        Syntactic words
      • n[adN]what falls/goes down ant. 升CH
      • vifall (as rain)
      • vieventdescend from heaven (the dew of the dharma etc)
        yǔn OC: ɢunʔ MC: ɦin
        yǔn OC: ɢunʔ MC: ɦin 6 AttributionsWD

      Yǔn 隕 refers to the falling down of something that has its natural place in a high position, including leaves growing on trees.

        Syntactic words
      • viprocessZUO Xi 16: fall from the sky (stones!); to rain down; to fall (like rain)
      • vt+prep+Nfall into
      • vtoNcausativeshed (tears etc)
      墮落  duò luò OC: ɡ-loolʔ ɡ-raaɡ MC: dʷɑ lɑk 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPifigurativefall, fall into an abyss
        xià OC: ɢraaʔ MC: ɦɣɛ 2 AttributionsWD

        Syntactic words
      • viprocessmove down> fall, come down
        rù OC: njub MC: ȵip 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt+prep+Nunintended processfall (into something, like well etc.)
      墜墮  zhuì duò OC: ɡrluds ɡ-loolʔ MC: ɖi dʷɑ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPtoNfall into
        wěi OC: qrolʔ MC: ʔiɛ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNfall on (the ground)
        kòng OC: khooŋs MC: khuŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt+prep+Nfall onto N
      • vtoNfall down on
        qiǎng OC: skhaŋʔ MC: tshi̯ɐŋ
        qiāng OC: skhaŋ MC: tshi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNfall into, run into
      墜入  zhuì rù MC: drwijH nyip OC: ɡrluds njubCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPtoNresultative: fall intoCH
      下隧  xià suì MC: haeH zwijH OC: ɢraas sɢludsLZ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPi(= xia4zhui4 下墜) fall downLZ
        fèn OC: pɯns MC: pi̯un 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • viprocessfall down (ant. 起)
        kuǎ OC: khʷraaʔ MC: khɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vichangemodern Chinese colloquial, not classical: collapse
      穨墜  tuí zhuì OC: ɡ-luul ɡrluds MC: duo̝i ɖi 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPifall
        jué OC: dzod MC: dziɛt 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vitopple over
        wěi MC: ngwojX OC: ŋɡuulʔCH 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • viprocesstopple, fall over, collapseCH

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