FLOOD   

MOVEMENT of BIG WAVES of WATER ACROSS LAND.
INUNDATIONSWAMPINGDELUGEHIGH WATERTORRENTOVERFLOWFLASH FLOODFRESHETSPATE.OUTPOURINGTORRENTRUSHSTREAMGUSHSURGECASCADE
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 ／
Hypernym
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • EVENT　REALITY that ARISES in TIME. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.2219

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (19 items)

    水  shuǐ OC: qhjulʔ MC: ɕi 23 Attributions

      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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabeventa flood (not necessarily on a large scale?)
    • VPi0eventthere was a big flood
    潢然  huáng rán MC: hwang nyen OC: ɡʷaaŋ njen 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVfigurativelike a flood, in an overwhelming mannerLZ
    氾  fàn OC: phoms MC: phi̯ɐm 2 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Nflood, overflow into
    • vtoNoverflow
    潦  lào OC: ɡ-reews MC: lɑu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventflood
    • vibe flooded
    潰  kuì OC: ɡluuds MC: ɦuo̝i 2 Attributions
      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 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+Noverflow
    水溢  shuǐ yì OC: qhjulʔ k-liɡ MC: ɕi jit 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabeventflood
    水潦  shuǐ lǎo OC: qhjulʔ ɡ-reewʔ MC: ɕi lɑu 1 Attribution
      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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabeventflood
    氾濫  fàn làn OC: phoms ɡ-raams MC: phi̯ɐm lɑm 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPflood
    汎濫  fàn làn OC: phloms ɡ-raams MC: phi̯ɐm lɑm 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPflood
    泛漲  fàn zhàng OC: phoms krlaŋs MC: phi̯ɐm ʈi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPichange(water) swell up and rise > overflow
    滂沛  pāng pèi MC: phang phajH OC: phaaŋ phoobs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmpoetictorrent; deluge; floodCH
    汎  fàn MC: phjomH OC: phloms 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vichangeget swollen, get floodedLZ
    浸  jìn OC: skims MC: tsim 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventflood
    衍  yǎn OC: k-lanʔ MC: jiɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vichangeoverflow
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmpoetictorrent; deluge; floodCH
    湛  zhàn OC: ɡrluumʔ MC: ɖɣɛm 0 Attributions

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

      Syntactic words
    • nabeventflood