SUBURB    市郊

DWELL:inhabited TERRITORY NEAR a CITY.
RESIDENTIAL AREADORMITORY AREABEDROOM COMMUNITYCOMMUTERSHEDCOMMUTER BELTEXURB(SUBURBS) SUBURBIATHE BURBS
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for the area outside a capital or major city is jiāo 郊, and this word often refers especially to the location of the important suburban sacrifices.
Modern Chinese Criteria
市郊 refers to the settled area around the centre of a large city. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • CITYBIG PLACE that CONTAINS MANY STREETS AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, AND where INTENSELY MANY PEOPLE LIVE NEAR TOGETHER.
  • COUNTRYSIDELANDSCAPE OUTSIDE CITIES AND SUBURBS.
See also
Hypernym
  • TERRITORY　PLACE INSIDE DEFINED BOUNDARIES. (anc: 5/0, child: 7)
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)

Words (1 items)

郊  jiāo OC: kreew MC: kɣɛu 21 Attributions

The current word for the area outside a capital or major city is jiāo 郊, and this word often refers especially to the location of the important suburban sacrifices.

    Syntactic words
  • ncultivated area beyond the outer walls of a city (often of the capital), not including the open countryside yě 野
  • nadVplacein the suburbs (probably near the suburban altar)
  • npost-Nsuburb
  • vt+prep+Nbe situated in the suburbs of, be situated in the surrounding countryside ofCH