CLOCK    測日儀

TOOL USED FOR MEASURING TIME.
TIMEPIECETIMEKEEPERTIMERCHRONOMETERCHRONOGRAPH.TIMEPIECE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a sundial is biǎo 表. 2. Niè 臬 and guǐ 晷 are technical terms for a sundial.
Modern Chinese Criteria
鐘 時鐘 座鐘 台鐘 擺鐘 掛鐘 鬧鐘 電鐘 子母鐘 石英鐘 天文鐘 馬蹄表 表 手表 手錶 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • TIMEPIECE　CLOCK one CARRIES. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • TOOL　ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD. (anc: 5/0, child: 53)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.53

    • Words (3 items)

    表  biǎo OC: prawʔ MC: piɛu 1 Attribution

    The current general word for a sundial is biǎo 表.

      Syntactic words
    • npost placed in the ground to measure the size of the shadow in order to measure the time of day; sun-dial
    臬  niè OC: ŋɡeed MC: ŋet 0 Attributions

    Niè 臬 and guǐ 晷 are technical terms for a sundial.

      Syntactic words
    • nsundial used to determine the directions, predecessor of the compass
    晷  guǐ OC: kʷrɯwʔ MC: ki 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsundial which indicates by the position of the shadow it makes the time of day.
    • nfigurative(gnomon-like-) indicator;
    • vtoNcausativecause to be an indicator> use as an indictor; cause to become a manifestation of N