FOREST    森林林

TERRITORY CONTAINING MANY TREES AND SHRUBS EVERYWHERE.
WOOD(S)WOODLANDTIMBERLANDTREESBUSHPLANTATIONJUNGLERAIN FORESTPINEWOODARCHAIC GREENWOODTAIGABOREAL FOREST
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a copse or forest of any kind is lín 林. 2. Cóng 叢 refers to a thicket consisting of shrubs and trees.
Modern Chinese Criteria
樹林 樹林子 林 森林 叢林 平林 林海 老林 樹叢 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • TERRITORY　PLACE INSIDE DEFINED BOUNDARIES. (anc: 5/0, child: 7)
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.41

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    WOOD

    silva refers to a wood of any kind.

    saltus refers to a wood as a wild place.

    nemus refers to a wood as a pleasant grove.

    lucus refers to a wood as a sacred place consecrated to the gods.

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 244

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.975

  • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 200

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 75

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO.165

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 98B

    • Words (9 items)

    山林  shān lín OC: sreen ɡ-rɯm MC: ʂɣɛn lim 12 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmountain forest; mountains and forests;
    林  lín OC: ɡ-rɯm MC: lim 8 Attributions

    The standard word for a copse or forest of any kind is lín 林.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 山/MOUNTAIN The general term for a mountain of any kind, large or small, is shān 山.

      Syntactic words
    • nforest, woods
    • nab.post-Nfigurativevaried evidence of, rich collection ofCH
    • nadNforested
    • vibe forested
    森  sēn OC: sqrɯm MC: ʂim 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: forest
    • nnabfigurativeabundanceCH
    薄  báo OC: baaɡ MC: bɑk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmnonreferentialshrubs and trees in a forest
    麓  lù OC: b-rooɡ MC: luk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nwooded foot of a mountain
    叢薄  cóng báo OC: dzooŋ baaɡ MC: dzuŋ bɑk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1=N2}pluralthicket/bushes
    叢  cóng OC: dzooŋ MC: dzuŋ 0 Attributions

    Cóng 叢 refers to a thicket consisting of shrubs and trees.

      Syntactic words
    • nthicket of shrubs and trees 幽叢
    楚  chǔ OC: skhraʔ MC: ʈʂhi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ncopse; bosk
    篁  huáng OC: ɡʷaaŋ MC: ɦɑŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ndense bamboo grove