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PLACE where one DWELLS ENDURINGLY OR ORIGINALLY.
HEIMATRESIDENCEPLACE OF RESIDENCEHOUSEAPARTMENTFLATBUNGALOWCOTTAGEACCOMMODATIONSPROPERTYQUARTERSROOMSLODGINGSA ROOF OVER ONE'S HEADADDRESSPLACEINFORMAL PADDIGSHEARTHNESTFORMAL DOMICILEABODEDWELLINGDWELLING PLACEHABITATION
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most general current word for one's home region is xiāng 鄉, or xiāng qǔ 鄉曲. 2. Jiā 家 acquired the meaning "home" late, and the word typically focusses not on the region where one lives, but one's family home. 3. Tǔ 土 is occasionally used to refer to the area from which one originates.
Modern Chinese Criteria
家鄉 故鄉 本鄉 敝鄉 鄉 里 本土 鄉關 故園 家門 家山 故里 故土 故山 鄉里 鄉土 鄉井 鄉國 鄰里 閭里 梓里 桑梓 窩居／蝸居 本鄉本土 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • FAMILYGROUP of PERSONS with the SAME ANCESTORS, OR WITH the SAME GRANDFATHER OR GREAT GRANDFATHER.
  • BUILDINGBIG ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS to DWELL in OR BE-IN, or MOVE ON.
  • DWELLINGBUILDING PRODUCED so as to PERMIT HUMANS to DWELL in it.
Hypernym
  • 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)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 7.122

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  • Und folge dem, was mein Herz begehrt Hamburger Sinologische Schriften ( STUMPFELDT 2002) p. 1.283-292

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. NO

  • Understanding Cultures through Their Key Words ( WIERZBICKA 1997) p. 156-197

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    • Words (33 items)

    家  jiā OC: kraa MC: kɣɛ 24 Attributions

    Jiā 家 acquired the meaning "home" late, and the word typically focusses not on the region where one lives, but one's family home.

      Syntactic words
    • nfamily home (of one family within a clan) 歸家 "return home" [standard gloss: 門之內]
    • n(post-N)the home of the contextually determinate NCH
    • n[post-N]ownone's own home
    • nadNhome-, domesticated > tame
    • npost-NN's homeDS
    • n{PLACE}adVat home
    • vtoNmake one's home at (a place); establish a home base in
    居  jū OC: ka MC: ki̯ɤ 8 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 宅/DWELLING Zhái 宅 refers generally to the abode of anyone of any status, and the word is a polite designation for what is presumed to be a dwelling of some elegance and status.

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    • ndwelling
    • npost-Nfigurativenatural habitat (of an animal)CH
    • nsingularhome address; place where one lives, one's home; conditions at home
    鄉  xiāng OC: qhaŋ MC: hi̯ɐŋ 5 Attributions

    The most general current word for one's home region is xiāng 鄉, or xiāng qǔ 鄉曲.

      Syntactic words
    • n(post-N)the home area of a contextually determinate person LY 17.11, 13.25, 13.24: larger local community not in the capital but not necessarily too far from it; local neighbourhood; compare also the different CC 305: home
    • nab.post-Nfigurativethe proper place of/for NCH
    • nadNlocal, from one's home neighbourhood
    室  shì shǐ MC: syit OC: qhljiɡ 5 Attributions
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    • npost-Nhome, family dwellingCH
    門  mén OC: mɯɯn MC: muo̝n 4 Attributions
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    • n(post-N)home of the contextually determinate personDS
    • nabfigurativeplace where something comes from and belongs
    • nadVin my home
    • npost-Nhome, placeCH
    內  nèi OC: nuubs MC: nuo̝i 4 Attributions
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    • nhome affairs
    • nadVat homeTWH
    • vadNfrom one's own country
    家舍  jiā shè OC: kraa lʰas MC: kɣɛ ɕɣɛ 3 Attributions
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    • NPhome
    鄉里  xiāng lǐ OC: qhaŋ ɡ-rɯʔ MC: hi̯ɐŋ lɨ 3 Attributions
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    • NP{N1&N2}pluralnative ares, villages, neighbourhoods
    故  gù OC: kaas MC: kuo̝ 3 Attributions
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    • nadNhome N (city etc) 故都
    • vtoNattitudinaltreat as one's ancestral home
    本國  běn guó OC: pɯɯnʔ kʷɯɯɡ MC: puo̝n kək 2 Attributions
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    • NPhome state, home country
    本  běn OC: pɯɯnʔ MC: puo̝n 2 Attributions
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    • nadNhome (as in 本國)
    家室  jiā shì OC: kraa qhljiɡ MC: kɣɛ ɕit 2 Attributions
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    • NPhome
    • NPpluralhomes
    鄉曲  xiāng qū OC: qhaŋ khoɡ MC: hi̯ɐŋ khi̯ok 2 Attributions

    The most general current word for one's home region is xiāng 鄉, or xiāng qū 鄉曲.

      Syntactic words
    • nLSCQ: small home town; XUN: small towns and villages
    處  chù MC: tsyhoH OC: qhljas 1 Attribution
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    • n[post-N]one's homeCH
    居家  jū jiā OC: ka kraa MC: ki̯ɤ kɣɛ 1 Attribution
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    • NPhome; home background
    屋家  wū jiā OC: qooɡ kraa MC: ʔuk kɣɛ 1 Attribution
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    • NP{N1=N2}home, buildings one lives in
    生緣  shēng yuán OC: sraaŋ k-lon MC: ʂɣaŋ jiɛn 1 Attribution
    • 佛教典籍與近代漢語口語 Fójiào diǎnjí yǔ jìndài hànyǔ kǒuyǔ [Buddhist Scriptures and the Vernacular Language of Early Mandarin] 中國語文 Zhongguo yuwen ( LIANG XIAOHONG 1992A) p. 230

      Syntactic words
    • NP(post-N)place of birth, native place (This word is another example of a Buddhist term which became part of the colloquial language. The term originally referred to the preconditions for one's rebirth which were determined during the period of fourty nine days after one's death. By extension the word developed the more general meaning 'place of birth; native place' in the colloquial language of the Tang and Song)
    鄉黨  xiāng dǎng OC: qhaŋ taaŋʔ MC: hi̯ɐŋ tɑŋ 1 Attribution
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    • NPhome village
    所止  suǒ zhǐ OC: sqraʔ kljɯʔ MC: ʂi̯ɤ tɕɨ 1 Attribution
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    • NPthe place where one resides
    土  tǔ OC: kh-laaʔ MC: thuo̝ 1 Attribution

    Tǔ 土 is occasionally used to refer to the area from which one originates.

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    • nhome
    • n(post-N)home 小人懷土
    地  dì OC: lils MC: di 1 Attribution
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    • nhome district??
    己  jǐ MC: kiX OC: kɯʔ 1 Attribution
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    • npro[.adN]N's own homeCH
    巷  xiàng MC: haewngH OC: ɡrooŋs 1 Attribution
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    • nabstractresidence, homeCS
    室家  shì jiā OC: qhljiɡ kraa MC: ɕit kɣɛ 1 Attribution
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    • NPhouse and family> family home
    家巷  jiā xiàng MC: kae haewngH OC: kraa ɡrooŋs 1 Attribution
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    • NPhomeCH
    國邑  guó yì OC: kʷɯɯɡ qrɯb MC: kək ʔip 0 Attributions
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    • NPhome city
    家門  jiā mén OC: kraa mɯɯn MC: kɣɛ muo̝n 0 Attributions
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    • NPhome
    居處  jū chù OC: ka qhljas MC: ki̯ɤ tɕhi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
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    • NPdwelling place, home, residence
    戶庭  hù tíng OC: ɡlaaʔ deeŋ MC: ɦuo̝ deŋ 0 Attributions
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    • NPhome
    故鄉  gù xiāng OC: kaas qhaŋ MC: kuo̝ hi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
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    • n(post-N)one's home
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    • npost-NhomeCH
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    • n[post-N]one's homeCH
    家巷  jiā xiàng MC: kae haewngH OC: kraa ɡrooŋs 0 Attributions
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    • NPhomeCH