ARM    手臂臂

The LIMB BETWEEN SHOULDER AND the HAND of ANIMALS. 
Old Chinese Criteria
[COMPREHENSIVE/FOCUSSED] [DYNAMIC/STATIC] [GENERAL/SPECIFIC] 1. Bì 臂 refers to the general word for the arm. [GENERAL], [COMPREHENSIVE] 2. Shǒu 手 refers to the arm including, particularly, the hand. [FOCUSSED] 3. Gōng 肱 refers to the arms as a source of physical strength of a person, and the term refers specifically to the bent arm. [DYNAMIC], [SPECIALISED] 4. Wàn 腕 refers specifically to the joint between arm and hand, the wrist. See HAND [SPECIALISED] 5. Zhǒu 肘 refers specifically to the elbows. See ELBOW [SPECIALISED] 6. Yè 腋 refers specifically to the armpits. See ARMPIT [SPECIALISED] 7. Jiān 肩 refers specifically to the shoulders. See SHOULDER [SPECIALISED]
Modern Chinese Criteria
臂 胳膊 胳臂 臂膀 臂膊 膀子 膀臂 膀 肱 膊 上臂 膀子 膀臂 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH/
Part of
Hypernym
  • LIMB　BODY PART OTHER than the TORSO. (anc: 3/0, child: 3)
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
Other Hypernyms
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.31

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    ARM

    ulna refers to the whole arm.

    lactertus refers to the upper arm.

    brachium refers to the lower arm.

    cubitus refers to the elbow.

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 541

  • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 308

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 264

  • "三國志"同義詞及其歷史演變 ( WANG TONGWEI 2010) p. 247-254

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 65ff

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.134

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO.134

    • Words (9 items)

    臂  bì OC: peɡs MC: piɛ 14 Attributions

    Bì 臂 refers to the general word for the arm. [GENERAL], [COMPREHENSIVE]

      Syntactic words
    • nwhole arm
    肱  gōng OC: kʷɯɯŋ MC: kəŋ 7 Attributions

    Gōng 肱 refers to the arms as a source of physical strength of a person, and the term refers specifically to the bent arm. [DYNAMIC], [SPECIALISED]

      Syntactic words
    • nwhole arm, with particular focus on the upper arm; specifically refers to the bent arm
    手  shǒu OC: hmljuʔ MC: ɕɨu 6 Attributions

    2. Shǒu 手 refers to the arm including, particularly, the hand. [FOCUSSED]

      Syntactic words
    • narm including hand
    肩  jiān OC: keen MC: ken 1 Attribution

    upper arm

      Syntactic words
    • nupper arm
    腕  wàn OC: qoons MC: ʔʷɑn 1 Attribution

    Wàn 腕 refers specifically to the joint between arm and hand, the wrist. See HAND [SPECIALISED]

      Syntactic words
    • nrefers to the joint between arm and hand; the wrist
    螯  áo OC: ŋoow MC: ŋɑu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • npincer
    肘  zhǒu OC: krluʔ MC: ʈɨu 0 Attributions

    Zhǒu 肘 refers specifically to the elbows. See ELBOW [SPECIALISED]

      Syntactic words
    • nelbow
    腋  yè OC: k-laɡ MC: jiɛk 0 Attributions

    Yè 腋 refers specifically to the armpits. See ARMPIT [SPECIALISED]

      Syntactic words
    胳膊  gē bó OC: klaaɡ phaaɡ MC: kɑk phɑk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han colloquial: arm