COMFORTABLE    舒服

PEACEFUL:at-ease BECAUSE what one NEEDS is PREPARED:provided.
PLEASANTFREE FROM HARDSHIPAFFLUENTWELL-TO-DOLUXURIOUSOPULENT
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for material and psychological comfort is ān 安.
Modern Chinese Criteria
舒服 恬適 舒坦 舒適 愜意 安適 適意 好過 甜美 寫意 舒展 伏帖 安逸 安燕 安樂 安慰 寬 as in 寬坐 養尊處優 生活無慮的 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • PLEASANT　COMFORTABLE so as to CAUSE DELIGHT (anc: 9/0, child: 1)
  • SATIATED　COMFORTABLE BECAUSE one has EATEN ENOUGH. (anc: 9/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • DISTRESSFEELING that one's SELF:own SITUATION IS INTENSELY BAD.
See also
  • LEISUREPEACEFUL BECAUSE one LACKS DUTY to WORK.
Hypernym
  • PEACEFUL　DELIGHTFUL BECAUSE ORDERLY AND LACKING CHAOS. (anc: 7/0, child: 5)
  • ORDERLY　APPROPRIATE as to how the MANY PARTS of something SHOULD BE. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • APPROPRIATE　EXCELLENT in a DEFINED SITUATION OR FOR a DEFINED NEED. (anc: 5/0, child: 8)
Other Hypernyms
  • PEACEFULnew-fb805c52-9efb-44d1-805c-529efbf4d1fe　DELIGHTFUL BECAUSE ORDERLY AND LACKING CHAOS. (anc: 13/0, child: 5)
  • DELIGHT　INTENSELY GOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO something NOW.*The joy of the enjoyer X over something enjoyed Y. (anc: 12/0, child: 10)
  • FEELING　NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • 現代漢語同義詞詞典 ( LIU SHUXIN 1987) p. 5

  • 現代漢語同義詞詞典 ( LIU SHUXIN 1987) p. 7

    • Words (13 items)

    安  ān OC: qaan MC: ʔɑn 68 Attributions

    The standard word for material and psychological comfort is ān 安.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 勞/TIRED Láo 勞 refers to the state of exhaustion after extended lasting effort.
    • Ant: 殆/DANGER Dài 殆 is primarily perceived danger.
    • Epithet: 居/DWELL The current general words for dwelling in a place for some considerable time are jū 居 and chǔ 處 (all ant. xíng 行 "travel").
    • Assoc: 吉/LUCK
    • Oppos: 恭 / 共/RESPECT Gōng 恭 (ant. jù 倨 "behave in an informal impolite way") refers specifically to private proper polite and respectful attitudes shown to a deserving person.

      Syntactic words
    • nabstativematerial comfort; comfortable safe conditions; personal comfort (note that after verbs of seeking one might want to take this as verbal...CH)
    • vadNcomfortableCH
    • vadVcomfortably, at ease
    • vipsychfeel comfortable, feel well
    • vtoNcausativeput physically at ease; provide comfort for, provide well for
    • vtoNcausativemake (oneself) feel at ease
    • vtoNcausativemake N comfortable (for oneself)TWH
    • vtoNpassiveto be found comfortableLZ
    • vtoNputativeconsider as comfortable, feel especially comfortable with, be fond of; feel comfortable with
    • vtoNputative.reflex.自feel (oneself) to be at ease
    安利  ān lì OC: qaan rids MC: ʔɑn li 4 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • NPabstativematerial comfort and peace
    • VPibe conducive to peace and material comfort
    • VPienjoy peace and material comfortLZ
    易  yì MC: yeH OC: leeɡs 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]a person at easeCH
    • vibe comfortable, be at ease, be unstrainedCH
    舒  shū MC: syo OC: lʰa 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativereflexive: cause oneself to feel comfortable and at easeCH
    • vtoNcausativecause to feel at easeCH
    自如  zì rú OC: sblids nja MC: dzi ȵi̯ɤ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPipsychfeel at ease
    平  píng OC: breŋ MC: bɣaŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vibe comfortable and in harmony with one's environment
    厭焉  yā yān MC: 'jiep hjen OC: qeb ɢan 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVcomfortably, at easeLZ
    安舒  ān shū MC: 'an syo OC: qaan lʰa 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabcomfortable and carefree lifestyleDS
    和暢  hé chàng MC: hwa trhjangH OC: ɡool khrlaŋs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe pleasant DS
    𥳑易  jiǎn yì MC: keanX yeH OC: kreenʔ leeɡs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPi(= 簡易) be at easeLZ
    猒猒  yān yān MC: 'jiem 'jiem OC: qem qem 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vi.redperfectly content and comfortableLZ
    鼎  dǐng OC: teeŋʔ MC: teŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vi.redbe all at ease; be very comfortable
    和  hé OC: ɡool MC: ɦʷɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vifeel well, be comfortable