DISAPPEAR  不見

BECOME LACKING:absent.
VANISHPASS FROM SIGHTBE LOST TO VIEW/SIGHTRECEDE FROM VIEWFADE (AWAY)MELT AWAYCLEARDISSOLVEDISPERSEEVAPORATEDEMATERIALIZELITERARY EVANESCE
Antonym
  • EXISTBE-IN the UNIVERSE of SPACE AND TIME.
    Hypernym
    • BECOMEBEGIN to BE something.
      • BEGINENDURINGLY STOP NOT to ACT OR to BE RESEMBLING:as in the PAST.
        • STOPACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION.
          • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision....
    See also
    • LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
      Hyponym
      • DEGENERATE　DISAPPEAR through CHANGE into what is MORE BAD.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The dominant word for ceasing to exist is wáng 亡 (and there is no early evidence for the reading wú 亡 ).

        2. Mò 沒 "go under" is a dramatic verb referring to the disappearance of something.

        3. Xí 息 "be extinguished" is a politely periphrastic way of referring to the disappearance of something.

        4. Què 闕 can refer to the disappearance of a practice.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        不見

        遺失

        丟失

        丟掉

        散失

        散亡

        丟

        少

        掉

        不翼而飛

        失蹤

        走失

        下落不明

        不知下落

        不知去向

        不見蹤影

        無影無蹤

        蹤跡全無

        音信全無

        杳無音信

        音信杳然

        杳如黃鶴

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

          Words

          亡  wáng OC: maŋ MC: mi̯ɐŋ 12 AttributionsWD

          The dominant word for ceasing to exist is wáng 亡 (and there is no early evidence for the reading wú 亡).

            Word relations
          • Result: 衰/DECLINE
          • Ant: 存/PERSIST The current general word for the persistence of something is cún 存(ant. wáng 亡 "cease to exist").
          • Contrast: 死/DIE The dominant general word is sǐ 死 (ant. shēng 生"be alive"), and this can refer to the death of plants as well as animals or men.
          • Assoc: 闕/DISAPPEAR Què 闕 can refer to the disappearance of a practice.

            Syntactic words
          • nabeventdisappearance
          • vadNdisappeared; lost
          • vichangecease to exist
          • viresultativebe nowhere to be foundCH
          沒  mò OC: mɯɯd MC: muot 12 AttributionsWD

          Mò 沒 "go under" is a dramatic verb referring to the disappearance of something.

            Syntactic words
          • vichangego under (of the sun etc)
          • vifigurativeGO UNDER> disappear, be no more; be forgotten
          • vtoNsee disappear, have disappear for one　???
          滅  miè MC: mjiet OC: medCH 5 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vimiddle voice: be destroyed> disappearCH
          • vtoNcausativecause to disappear; expunge; cause to become invisibleCH
          去  qù MC: khjoH OC: khasCH 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nab.post-NdisappearanceCH
          • vichangedisappearCH
          息  xī OC: sqlɯɡ MC: sɨk 1 AttributionWD

          Xí 息 "be extinguished" is a politely periphrastic way of referring to the disappearance of something.

            Syntactic words
          • vichangebe extinguished; disappear
          闕  què, quē OC: khod MC: khi̯ɐt 1 AttributionWD

          Què 闕 can refer to the disappearance of a practice.

            Word relations
          • Assoc: 亡/DISAPPEAR The dominant word for ceasing to exist is wáng 亡 (and there is no early evidence for the reading wú 亡).

            Syntactic words
          • vichangefall into disuse, come to be absent; come to disappear
          流亡  liú wáng OC: ru maŋ MC: lɨu mi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPiresultativemigrate disappear
          滅去  miè qù OC: med khaʔ MC: miɛt khi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPichangedissolve into nothing; disappear
          隱形  yǐn xíng OC: qɯnʔ ɡeeŋ MC: ʔɨn ɦeŋ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPichangebecome invisible
          滅  miè MC: mjiet OC: medCH 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vimiddle voice: be destroyed> disappearCH
          銷亡  xiāo wáng MC: sjew mjang OC: smew maŋCH 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPimelt away so as to disappear altogetherCH
          入  rù MC: nyip OC: njubCH 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • nabdisappearanceCH
          不見  bù jiàn MC: pjut kenH OC: pɯʔ keensDS 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPidisappearDS
          不現  bù xiàn OC: pɯʔ ɡeens MC: pi̯ut ɦen 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPichangedisappear; cease to manifest itself
          化滅  huà miè OC: hŋʷraals med MC: hɣɛ miɛt 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPiresultativedisappear through a transformation
            Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vichangedisappearCH
            Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vimiddle voice: be destroyed> disappearCH
          絕祀  jué sì MC: -- ziX OC: dzod sɢlɯʔCH 0 AttributionsWD
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