SQUEEZE    擁擠壓

TOUCH something so as to USE ENDURING FORCE ON IT.
PUSH (DOWN)PRESS DOWNDEPRESSHOLD DOWNFORCETHRUSTSQUEEZECOMPRESS
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for the exercise of pressure downwards in any concrete or abstract sense is yā 壓, and the word is not a success verb. 2. Zhèn 鎮 adds to the notion of vigorous pressure from above the notion of successfully preventing things from moving or displacing itself in any way. 3. Yì 抑 refers specifically to a particularly vigourous action of pressing something down in any concrete or abstract way and preventing it from moving upwards while possibly allowing it to move sideways.
Modern Chinese Criteria
壓 按 強迫 驅使 擁擠 壓迫 握緊 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • RUB　TOUCH AND PRESS WHILE MOVING ALONG something. (anc: 15/0, child: 3)
Hypernym
  • TOUCH　INTERACT with a SURFACE USING one's FINGERS OR one's BODY. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
  • INTERACT　ACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT. (anc: 12/0, child: 14)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 501

  • 簡明古漢語同義詞詞典 ( XU XINGDONG 2003) p. 3

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 399

    • Words (12 items)

    壓  yā OC: qraab MC: ʔɣap 5 Attributions

    The current general word for the exercise of pressure downwards in any concrete or abstract sense is yā 壓, and the word is not a success verb.

      Word relations
    • Result: 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.

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)squeeze the contextually determinate N
    • vt0oNfigurativethere will be pressure inflicted on NDS
    • vtoNsqueeze
    • vtoNconativeZUO Zhao 4: (dream that Heaven) presses down (on one); ZUO Xiang 26: press close in on
    按  àn OC: qaans MC: ʔɑn 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpress down, squeeze
    • vtoNfigurativepress deeper> give greater aesthetic depth toCH
    蹙  cù OC: sklɯwɡ MC: tsuk 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)press the contextually retrievable N hard
    • vtoNpush; press
    • vttoN1.+prep+N2press N1 into N2CH
    按摩  àn mó OC: qaans maal MC: ʔɑn mʷɑ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN]practise massage
    • VPtoNmassage
    抑  yì OC: qɯɡ MC: ʔɨk 2 Attributions

    Yì 抑 refers specifically to a particularly vigourous action of pressing something down in any concrete or abstract way and preventing it from moving upwards while possibly allowing it to move sideways.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 舉/LIFT The most general and the most current word for lifting up anything, in literal as well as figurative senses is jǔ 舉.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpress down, repress, hold down, keep down, curb
    • vtoNfigurativebe suppressed
    夾繞  jiā rǎo MC: keap nyewX OC: kreeb ŋɢjewʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpress in on from both sidesCH
    按成  àn chéng OC: qaans djeŋ MC: ʔɑn dʑiɛŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativesqueeze into, press into the form of
    捺  nà OC: naad MC: nɑt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsqueeze
    硾  zhuì OC: dols MC: ɖiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpress down
    笮  zé OC: tsraaɡ MC: ʈʂɣɛk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpassivebe sqeezed; be pressed; be crushed
    鎮  zhèn OC: tins MC: ʈin 0 Attributions

    Zhèn 鎮 adds to the notion of vigorous pressure from above the notion of successfully preventing things from moving or displacing itself in any way.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNperfectiveSJ: press down vigorously or violently (and keep/get under control)
    抵  dǐ OC: tiilʔ MC: tei 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpress down