UTINAM    但願

DESIRE what one KNOWS is PAST OR CLEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
Old Chinese Criteria
It will be important to study the history of counterfactual desires in China. The relevant word is 願 "wish that" for which counterfactual usages need to be carefully analysed and collected.
Modern Chinese Criteria
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／ LU JIANMING
Hypernym
  • DESIRE　GOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO ONESELF concerning the FUTURE HAVING, CONTROLLING, or ACTING:doing SOMETHING DEFINED. (anc: 12/0, child: 11)
  • FEELING　NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • REACT　CHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something. (anc: 10/0, child: 5)
  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 1162

  • 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.193

    • Words (9 items)

    但願  dàn MC: danX ngjwonH OC: daanʔ -- 17 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[0]oSI wish that S could come true (although it us beyond human powers)CH
    • VPt[0]oVI wish that I could V (but of course that is unrealistic/impossible)CH
    唯願  wéi yuàn MC: ywij ngjwonH OC: k-lul ŋɡons 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[0]oSIf only S!CH
    願  yuàn OC: ŋɡons MC: ŋi̯ɐn 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt+V[0]counterfactualI wish that
    • vtoNcounterfactualwish (unrealistically) forCH
    尚  shàng OC: djaŋs MC: dʑi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padSwould that
    使  shǐ MC: sriX OC: srɯʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • v SMay it be the case that; Would that SCH
    其  qí MC: gi OC: ɡɯ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • npro.adVmay the subject V!CH
    唯  wéi MC: ywij OC: k-lul 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • padSWould that S! I wish that S could happen; I wish that the action in S could be performed.CH
    惟  wéi MC: ywij OC: k-lul 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt[0]oSIf only S!, my sincely hope is that S.CH
    但使  dàn shǐ OC: daanʔ srɯʔ MC: dɑn ʂɨ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+SWish that S! Would that!