LIE    說謊誕

SAY what one KNOWS to be NOT TRUE.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The are no very current words for lying in pre-Buddhist Chinese. Dàn 誕 "lie" and huǎng 謊 "lie" are both rare.
Modern Chinese Criteria
說謊 is the current modern word for lying. 打謊 (coll) is a colloquial word for lying. 撒謊 is a colloquial term for spreading lies. 扯謊 (lit) is a more literary way of referring to lying. 扯白 (dial) is a dialect word for telling a lie. 佯言 (lit) is a literary way of referring to dishonest talk. 瞎說 refers irresponsible untruthful loose talk rather than strategic lying. 說鬼話 is a colloquial idiom for telling wild lies. 說瞎話 is a colloquial idiom for talking loosely without any basis in fact. 食言 refers to going back on one's word rather than lying in the first place and the word is marginal in the group. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 16.67

  • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 118

    FALSITAS, MENDACIUM

    220. Inter Falsitatem et mendacium. Negare quod verum [ Al., vere] est, falsitas est, fingere quod verum [ Al., vere] non est, mendacium est. Unde 30 et [col. 33B] Cato: Tu, inquam, si verum supprimis [Al., vera nobis supprimis], falsarius agnosceris; si falsa confingis, mendax esse videris [Al., judicaberis].

    119

    MENDUM, MENDACIUM

    357. Inter Mendum et mendacium. Mendum in libro proprie dicitur, unde et emendare dicimus. Nam mendacium in caeteris rebus est.

  • “荀子”單音節形容詞同義關係研究 ( HUANG XIAODONG 2003) p. 175

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    MENDACIUM

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.533

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 5.533

    LUEGE

  • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 19/27

  • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( BORCHERT 2005) p.

    LYING

  • Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Second Edition ( BROWN 2005) p.

  • Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 4.323

  • Divisiones quae vulgo dicuntur Aristoteleae ( DIVISIONES 1906) p. B 31/49

    • Words (8 items)

    誕  dàn OC: laanʔ MC: dɑn 2 AttributionsWD

    The are no very current words for lying in pre-Buddhist Chinese. Dàn 誕 "lie" and huǎng 謊 "lie" are both rare.

      Syntactic words
    • nabacttelling lies in order to boastLZ
    • viacttell lies; XUN 2: (boast and thereby) deceive
    轉  zhuǎn OC: tonʔ MC: ʈiɛn 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vt+prep+NN=placeto lie (somewhere) like paralyzed rolling one's body
    謾  mán OC: moon MC: mʷɑn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNlie todeceive
    二言  èr yán MC: nyijH ngjon OC: njis ŋan 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe inconsistent in what one is saying; speak with two tongues; be dishonest; be hypocriticalCH
    陶誕  yáo dàn MC: -- danX OC: b-lew laanʔ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactboast and thereby deceiveLZ
    訛  é OC: ŋʷaal MC: ŋʷɑ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadNSHI: cheating, fraudulent
    • viacttell a lie
    謊  huǎng OC: hmaaŋʔ MC: hɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD

    The are no very current words for lying in pre-Buddhist Chinese. Dàn 誕 "lie" and huǎng 謊 "lie" are both rare.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactLSCQ: unreliable talk
    妄言  wàng yán OC: maŋs ŋan MC: mi̯ɐŋ ŋi̯ɐn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiacttell lies