CLEAN  乾淨

LACK DIRT OR NOT CONTAIN DIRT, TYPICALLY on the SURFACE.
WASHEDSCRUBBEDCLEANSEDCLEANEDSPOTLESSUNSOILEDUNSTAINEDUNSULLIEDUNBLEMISHEDIMMACULATEPRISTINEDIRT-FREEHYGIENICSANITARYDISINFECTEDSTERILIZEDSTERILEASEPTICDECONTAMINATEDLAUNDEREDSQUEAKY CLEANAS CLEAN AS A WHISTLECLEANSE
Antonym
  • DIRTYCONTAIN DUST OR HAVE DUST, TYPICALLY on the SURFACE.
    Hypernym
    • LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
      • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
        • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
          • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
    See also
    • GOODEXCELLENT in VIRTUE OR in IMPORTANT SKILL.
      • PUREEXCELLENT BECAUSE LACKING DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES.
        Hyponym
        • CLEANSE　CAUSE TO BECOME CLEAN.
          • WASH　CLEANSE USING WATER.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The most general word for cleanness, both physical and moral, is jié 潔／絜.

        2. Qīng 清 focusses on translucence in its literal meaning.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        清潔

        潔靜

        乾淨

        衛生

        整潔

        清爽

        清新

        清潔

        潔

        淨

        一塵不染

        纖塵不染

        窗明几淨

        明窗淨几

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

        Words

        清  qīng OC: tsheŋ MC: tshiɛŋ 12 Attributions

        Qīng 清 focusses on translucence in its literal meaning.

          Word relations
        • Ant: 濁/DIRTY Zhuó 濁 (ant. qīng 清 "clear and pure") typically refers to physical states of dirtiness, but there are occasional usages like zhuó lì 濁吏 "morally impure official".
        • Epithet: 沂/RIVERS

          Syntactic words
        • vadNclean and unsullied; clear
        • vibe clean; be clear
        • vichangebecome clear and neat
        • vtoNcausativeclean impeccably clean
        • vtoNcausativeclean out; remove "dirty elements" so as to make things figuratively clean 清君側 "clean out the environment of the ruler"
        • vtoNreflexive.躬purify (oneself)
        絜  jié OC: keed MC: ket 4 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vibe clean
        • vtoNcausativerinse formally; clean (ritually)
        • vtoNfigurativepurify the abstract NLZ
        潔絜  jié jié OC: keed keed MC: ket ket 3 Attributions

        The most general word for cleanness, both physical and moral, is jié 潔／絜.

          Syntactic words
        • vibe clean
        • vtoNcausativemake clean
        蠲  juān OC: kʷliiŋ MC: ken 2 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vibe clean
        淨  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • vadNclean
        皎潔  jiǎo jié OC: keewʔ keed MC: keu ket 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • VPifigurativeclean and pure
        蠲絜  juān jié OC: kʷliiŋ keed MC: ken ket 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • VPibe in every way clean
        酥潤  sū rùn OC: saa njuns MC: suo̝ ȵʷin 1 Attribution
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNcleanse
        洌  liè OC: b-red MC: liɛt 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • viclear, limpid
        洒濯  sǎ zhuó OC: sqrees rleewɡ MC: ʂɣɛ ɖɣɔk
        洗濯  xǐ zhuó OC: sɯɯlʔ rleewɡ MC: sei ɖɣɔk 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNreflexive.自, figurativecleanse (the heart etc)
        澄清  chéng qīng OC: dɯŋ tsheŋ MC: ɖɨŋ tshiɛŋ 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNcleanse
        除  chú OC: rla MC: ɖi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
          Syntactic words
        • vihave dirt removed; be clean for use

        Existing SW for

        Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: