SLANT    傾斜傾

ALMOST HORISONTAL, BUT MORE LOW ON ONE SIDE than ON the OTHER SIDE.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. Probably the most current general word referring to tilting to one side is qǐng 傾 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and level") which can freely refer to tilted bottles, geological formations etc. 2. Piān 偏 "onesided" (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and level") typically refers to abstract imbalance. 3. Xié 斜 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and level") refers to any concrete object or movement being neither upright nor horizontal, and the word is first attested in HUANGDINEIJING. 4. Zè 仄 (ant. píng 平 "level") refers specifically to the sun being in a less than perpendicular position vis-a-vis the observer. 5. Dǒu 陡 (ant. píng 平 "level") refers specifically to the slanted nature of terrain.
Modern Chinese Criteria
歪 歪斜 傾斜 偏斜 斜楞 白楞 趄 坡 歪歪扭扭 歪七扭八 七扭八歪 七歪八扭 七歪八斜 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • STEEP　INTENSELY SLANTED so as to be DIFFICULT TO ASCEND OR DESCEND on it. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
Hypernym
  • HORIZONTAL　DIRECTION WHICH IS NOT UP AND NOT DOWN. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • DIRECTION　RELATION to OTHER PLACES. (anc: 5/0, child: 6)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 99

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 415

    斜，邪

    1. The fact that an early LIJI edition is reported to have 斜 for xie2 邪 does not affect the general rule that xie2 斜"slanted" is completely unattested in early literature, and that when it is attested in the medical literature it is physical, and that xie2 邪 "deviant, immoral, wicked" is common and always figurative in meaning. WLs comment is thus quite misleading when it says 古本通用.

    • Words (14 items)

    傾  qīng OC: khʷleŋ MC: khiɛŋ
    頃  qīng OC: khʷleŋ MC: khiɛŋ 5 Attributions

    Probably the most current general word referring to tilting to one side is qǐng 傾 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and level") which can freely refer to tilted bottles, geological formations etc.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNslanting; sidewise open
    • viactslant to one side
    • vt[oN]slant one's head to one sideCH
    • vtoNcausativecause to be slanted, cause to be lowered on one side
    • vtoNfigurativedeflect, divert from one's way of doing thingsLZ
    側  cè OC: skrɯɡ MC: ʈʂɨk 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVwith a slant, slantingly 側視
    • vadVslanting one's headCH
    • vibe tilted, slant to one side
    • vtoNcausativecause to be bent; bend; cause to be slanted; cause to be partial
    踦  qī OC: khral MC: khiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vibe imbalanced, be out of balance, be unevenly matched
    • vtoNtilt with repect to, be unevenly matched with
    陭  yī MC: 'je OC: qral 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vibe slanted; be gnarledCH
    傾側  qīng cè MC: khjwieng tsrik OC: khʷleŋ skrɯɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpassivefigurative: be shaken in one's conviction, be turned away byLZ
    邪  xié OC: sɢlja MC: zɣɛ 0 Attributions
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    陡  dǒu OC: tooʔ MC: tu 0 Attributions

    Dǒu 陡 (ant. píng 平 "level") refers specifically to the slanted nature of terrain.

      Syntactic words
    頗  pò OC: phaals MC: phʷɑ
    頗  pō OC: phaal MC: phʷɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactslant one's head to one side; archaic: be (slightly) slanted,
    仄  zè OC: tsrɯɡ MC: ʈʂɨk 0 Attributions

    Zè 仄 (ant. píng 平 "level") refers specifically to the sun being in a less than perpendicular position vis-a-vis the observer.

      Syntactic words
    • vichangeof sun: slant, begin to decline; be less than perfectly perpendicular
    偏  piān OC: phen MC: phiɛn 0 Attributions

    Piān 偏 "onesided" (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and level") typically refers to abstract imbalance.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNslanting to one side
    • vibe slanted to one side
    攲  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVtilted, in a tilted position
    斜  xié OC: lja MC: zɣɛ
    邪  xié OC: sɢlja MC: zɣɛ 0 Attributions

    Xié 斜 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and level") refers to any concrete object or movement being neither upright nor horizontal, and the word is first attested in HUANGDINEIJING.

      Syntactic words
    • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: neither horizontal nor vertical straight line or plane. The word is also used to refer to the hypotenuse. JZ 4.24, Liu Hui's comm: 大弦則中立方之長邪，邪即丸徑也 "The larger hypotenuse being then the longer diagonal of the inscribed cube, the diagonal is hence the diameter of the sphere."
    • vadNSUWEN tilted
    • vadNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: (of planes or lines:) in a non-horizontal and non-vertical direction. The word is the antonym both of zhèng 正 "straight/upright" and píng 平 "plane". See also 邪田. JZ 5.15, Liu Hui's comm: 邪解 "disect (a geometrical solid) in a neither horizontal nor vertical direction"
    • vipost-Han: slanted "askance"
    • vichangetilt to one side
    斜  xié OC: lja MC: zɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVslanting, in a tilted position
    畸  jī OC: kral MC: kiɛ 0 Attributions
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