FLOOD  

MOVEMENT of BIG WAVES of WATER ACROSS LAND.
INUNDATIONSWAMPINGDELUGEHIGH WATERTORRENTOVERFLOWFLASH FLOODFRESHETSPATE.OUTPOURINGTORRENTRUSHSTREAMGUSHSURGECASCADE
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....
Modern Chinese Criteria
洪水

洪流

洪災

洪

洚水

暴洪

山洪

春汛

伏汛 refers to a summer flood.

大水

水患

暴雨成災

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.2219

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

Words

水  shuǐ OC: qhjulʔ MC: ɕi 23 AttributionsWD

    Word relations
  • Ant: 旱/DROUGHT The current general word for wealther conditions of drought is hàn 旱.
  • Ant: 旱/DROUGHT The current general word for wealther conditions of drought is hàn 旱.

    Syntactic words
  • nabeventflood
  • vibe stricken by floods (歲水)LZ
  • vi0there is a flood
  • vtoNto flood (a city etc), to inundate
大水  dà shuǐ OC: daads qhjulʔ MC: dɑi ɕi 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabeventa flood (not necessarily on a large scale?)
  • VPi0eventthere was a big flood
氾  fàn OC: phoms MC: phi̯ɐm 2 AttributionsWD

    Syntactic words
  • vt+prep+Nflood, overflow into
  • vtoNoverflow
潦  lào OC: ɡ-reews MC: lɑu 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabeventflood
  • vibe flooded
潰  kuì OC: ɡluuds MC: ɦuo̝i 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • viprocessburst (of a dam), flood; be made to burst
  • vtoNcausativecause to burst out (a carbuncle etc)
濫  làn OC: ɡ-raams MC: lɑm 2 AttributionsWD

    Syntactic words
  • vt+prep+Noverflow
潢然  huáng rán MC: hwang nyen OC: ɡʷaaŋ njenLZ 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadVfigurativelike a flood, in an overwhelming mannerLZ
浸  jìn OC: skims MC: tsim 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabeventflood
水溢  shuǐ yì OC: qhjulʔ k-liɡ MC: ɕi jit 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabeventflood
水潦  shuǐ lǎo OC: qhjulʔ ɡ-reewʔ MC: ɕi lɑu 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPflooded terrains, large puddlesLZ
  • NP{N1&N2}eventfloods of all kinds; floods
水災  shuǐ zāi OC: qhjulʔ tsɯɯ MC: ɕi tsəi 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabeventflood
氾濫  fàn làn OC: phoms ɡ-raams MC: phi̯ɐm lɑm 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPflood
汎濫  fàn làn OC: phloms ɡ-raams MC: phi̯ɐm lɑm 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPflood
泛漲  fàn zhàng OC: phoms krlaŋs MC: phi̯ɐm ʈi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPichange(water) swell up and rise > overflow
滂沛  pāng pèi MC: phang phajH OC: phaaŋ phoobsCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPmpoetictorrent; deluge; floodCH
汎  fàn MC: phjomH OC: phlomsLZ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vichangeget swollen, get floodedLZ
湛  zhàn OC: ɡrluumʔ MC: ɖɣɛm 0 AttributionsWD

    Word relations
  • Ant: 旱/DROUGHT The current general word for wealther conditions of drought is hàn 旱.

    Syntactic words
  • nabeventflood
衍  yǎn OC: k-lanʔ MC: jiɛn 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vichangeoverflow
  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPmpoetictorrent; deluge; floodCH

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