BELT    帶

STRIP of CLOTH OR LEATHER USED to TIE ROUND one's WAIST.
SASHGIRDLESTRAPCUMMERBUNDBANDLITERARY CINCTUREHISTORICAL BALDRIC
Old Chinese Criteria
[[COMMON/RARE]] [ELEVATED/VULGAR] [GENERAL/SPECIFIC] [INFORMAL/OFFICIAL] [POETIC/PROSAIC] [IDIOM/WORD] 1. The current general word is dài 帶 which refers to any belt worn on the hip, and this belt may be of leather, silk or any other fabric. Note that dài 帶 alone is often used to refer to shēn 紳. [GENERAL], [PROSAIC]; [[COMMON]] 2. Shēn 紳 is always broad, and made of silk. It hangs prominently visible from behind, and typically has suspended from it by a leather strap an official seal. This belt was a sign of status until Sui times, when it gradually came to be used more generally by everyone. [OFFICIAL], [PROSAIC] 3. Dà dài 大帶 is a late Warring States term for the shēn 紳 "official belt". [IDIOM], [OFFICIAL], [PROSAIC] 4. Shòu 綬 was the most current word for the shēn 紳 from Han times onwards. At this time the colour of the belt began to be used as an indication of the status of the wearer. From Sui times onwards, the use of shòu 綬 was discontinued. [OFFICIAL], [PROSAIC] 5. Fú 紱 is a rare word for a coloured belt indicating status, used in Han times. [ELEVATED], [OFFICIAL]; [[RARE]] 6. Xiāng 纕 is a rare poetic word for a belt used in CC. [ELEVATED], [POETIC]; [[RARE]] 7. Dié 絰 refers specifically to the hempen belt worn in mourning. See GARMENT FOR MOURNING [PROSAIC], [SPECIALISED] 8. Zǔ 組 refers, in Han times, to a silk sash or belt with pendants attached, as a symbol of one's official status. [OFFICIAL], [PROSAIC]
Modern Chinese Criteria
帶 帶子 絛 絛子 絛帶 纓 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • HORSE BELT　BELT USED on HORSES. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
See also
  • RIBBONINTENSELY SMALL LONG AND NARROW CLOTH.
Hypernym
  • GARMENT　CLOTH ARTEFACT WORN by HUMANS IN ORDER TO CAUSE THEMSELVES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.  (anc: 5/0, child: 17)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 6.57

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

  • 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.241

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 148

    • Words (12 items)

    帶  dài OC: taads MC: tɑi 15 Attributions

    The current general word is dài 帶 which refers to any belt worn on the hip, and this belt may be of leather, silk or any other fabric. Note that dài 帶 alone is often used to refer to shēn 紳. [GENERAL], [PROSAIC]; [[COMMON]]

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 博/BROAD Bó 博 (ant. yuē 約 "confined") is primarily metaphorical in application, and its concrete senses applied to physical objects are derived senses of the word only.

      Syntactic words
    • nspecifically: inner belt; any belt or sash
    • n(post-N)belt of the contextually determinate NCH
    • vtoNto wear N as one's beltLZ
    絰  dié OC: ɡ-liiɡ MC: det 9 Attributions

    Dié 絰 refers specifically to the hempen belt worn in mourning. See GARMENT FOR MOURNING [PROSAIC], [SPECIALISED]

      Syntactic words
    • nhempen or sackcloth belt worn in mourning
    • nabactthe wearing of sackcloth belts
    • viwear hempen or sackcloth belt of mourning
    鞶  pán OC: baan MC: bʷɑn 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nlarge belt; leather belt; belt with a pouch
    紳  shēn OC: lʰin MC: ɕin 4 Attributions

    Shēn 紳 is always broad, and made of silk. It hangs prominently visible from behind, and typically has suspended from it by a leather strap an official seal. This belt was a sign of status until Sui times, when it gradually came to be used more generally by everyone. [OFFICIAL], [PROSAIC]

      Syntactic words
    • nembroidered piece of cloth dangling from the outer belt; sash; put on a sash
    • vtoNput a belt around
    要絰  yāo dié OC: qew ɡ-liiɡ MC: ʔiɛu det 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPwaist belt worn in mourning
    絰帶  dié dài OC: ɡ-liiɡ taads MC: det tɑi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralsashes
    組  zǔ OC: skaaʔ MC: tsuo̝ 1 Attribution

    Zǔ 組 refers, in Han times, to a silk sash or belt with pendants attached, as a symbol of one's official status. See RIBBON [OFFICIAL], [PROSAIC]

      Syntactic words
    • nsilk sash or belt with jade pendants, or with pendants in the form of seals 係頸以組
    大帶  dà dài OC: daads taads MC: dɑi tɑi 0 Attributions

    Dà dài 大帶 is a late Warring States term for the shēn 紳 "official belt". [IDIOM], [OFFICIAL], [PROSAIC]

      Syntactic words
    • nsilken outer belt only worn by a person of considerable status, used as a sign of status (until the use of this became more common in Sui and Tang times)
    樊  fán OC: ban MC: bi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nhorse belt worn round the stomach of the horse ZHOULI
    紱  fú OC: pɯd MC: pi̯ut 0 Attributions

    Fú 紱 is a rare word for a coloured belt indicating status, used in Han times. [ELEVATED], [OFFICIAL]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • nHANSHU: special coloured belt to tie up official seals with
    綬  shòu OC: djuʔ MC: dʑɨu 0 Attributions

    Shòu 綬 was the most current word for the shēn 紳 from Han times onwards. At this time the colour of the belt began to be used as an indication of the status of the wearer. From Sui times onwards, the use of shòu 綬 was discontinued. [OFFICIAL], [PROSAIC]

      Syntactic words
    • nsilk belt of an official, on which a seal was hung by leather straps
    纕  xiāng OC: snaŋ MC: si̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions

    Xiāng 纕 is a rare poetic word for a belt used in CC. [ELEVATED], [POETIC]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • nbelt; sash