象 xiàng
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xiàng
noun
figure; image; appearance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 形状 (ABC 'xiàng' 象 bf 1; Guoyu '象' n 2; Kroll 2015 '象' 2; NCCED '象' 2; Unihan '象') -
xiàng
noun
elephant
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Animal 动物
Notes: In the sense of 大象. Measure word: 头 individual, 只 individual, or 群 group. Also used in this sense in classical Chinese. For example, in ”Shuo Wen Jie Zi”, Scroll 10 說文解字‧卷十: 象:長鼻牙,南越大獸 'Elephant: a large beast from Nanyue [Vietnam] with a long snout and tusks.' (ABC 'xiàng' 象 n; Guoyu '象' n 1; Kroll 2015 '象' 1; NCCED '象' 1; Unihan '象') -
xiàng
noun
ivory
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '象' 1; Unihan '象') -
xiàng
verb
to be like; to seem
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 相似, same as 像 (Guoyu '象' v 1) -
xiàng
noun
premier
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A piece in Chinese chess (NCCED '象' 4) -
xiàng
noun
a representation; an icon; an effigy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '象' 2b) -
xiàng
noun
phenomena
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 天象 celestial phenomena (Kroll 2015 '象' 2c) -
xiàng
noun
a decree; an ordinance; a law
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 法令 or 法律 (Guoyu '象' n 3) -
xiàng
noun
image commentary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A short passage in the 易經 ”Book of Changes” interpreting an image (Guoyu '象' n 3; Schaberg 2017, p. 180) -
xiàng
noun
a kind of weapon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: With a sharp point, used in ancient China in war and dancing. For example, in the 詩經·周頌·維清 ”Book of Songs”, Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Qing Miao: 奏象舞也 'with music for the xiang dance' (Guoyu '象' n 5) -
xiàng
proper noun
Xiang
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '象' n 6) -
xiàng
verb
to imitate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 效法 (ABC 'xiàng' 象 bf 2; Guoyu '象' v 2; Kroll 2015 '象' 2a; NCCED '象' 3). For example, in the 左傳·昭公 ”Zuo Zhuan”, Lord Zhao: 言則而象之也 'This is saying that he followed the example and took it as a model' (Durant 2016, p. 1380).
Contained in
- 相对象(相對象) to meet a possible marriage partner
- 假象 false appearance; facade
- 印象主义(印象主義) impressionism
- 摸象 to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
- 瞎子摸象 blind people touch an elephant; unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees
- 刻板印象 stereotype
- 唯象理论(唯象理論) phenomenology
- 天象仪(天象儀) planetarium projector
- 形象 image; form; figure ; personal style ; visualization
- 景象 scene; sight ; a mark; a sign ; circumstances; situation
- 气象学(天氣學) meteorology ; meteorology
- 新气象(新氣象) new circumstances
- 象征(象徵) emblem; symbol; token; badge ; to symbolize; to signify; to stand for
- 天象 celestial phenomena
- 气象预报(氣象預報) meteorological forecast; weather forecast
- 毛象 mammoth
- 太平气象(太平氣象) peaceful weather
- 气象站(氣象站) weather station
- 椿象 stink bug
- 象征性(象徵性) symbolic; emblem; token
- 包罗万象(包羅萬象) all-embracing; all-inclusive
- 旱象 drought
- 象形字 pictogram
- 象牙塔 ivory tower
- 生命迹象(生命跡象) vital signs
- 象虫(象蟲) weevil; snout beetle
- 龙象(龍象) dragon and elephant; able to take great responsibility
- 象床 an ivory decorated bed
- 印象 impression
- 症象 symptom
- 正象 to be just like
- 世界气象组织(世界氣象組織) World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- 昂昂气象(昂昂氣象) with pompous airs
- 第一象限 first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)
- 加深印象 to make a deeper impression
- 气象一新(氣象一新) a change of circumstances
Also contained in
中国气象局 、 对象连接与嵌入 、 象山县 、 干象历 、 抽象数据类型 、 象山 、 象牙海岸 、 移动图象专家组 、 印象派 、 图形对象 、 简单对象访问协议 、 对象存储 、 泰象啤 、 联合图象专家组 、 象泉河
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- 卷二百六十一 列傳第一百四十九 盧象昇 劉之綸 丘民仰 Volume 261 Biographies 149: Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Zhilun, Qiu Minyang History of Ming 明史 — count: 74
- 卷19 志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 56
- 卷10 志第5 禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 51
- 卷二百二十二下 列傳第一百四十七下 南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 48
- 卷二十七下之下 五行志 Volume 27e: Treatise on the Five Elements 5 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 43
- 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 41
- 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 40
- 卷23 志第18 五行下 Volume 23 Treatises 18: Five Elements 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 39
- 卷四十九 志第二 天文二 Volume 49 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 38
- 卷十七 志第七 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 7: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 38
Collocations
- 象曰 (象曰) 象曰 — Book of Changes 易經, 乾 Qian — count: 445
- 洗象 (洗象) 洗象觚 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 9
- 象觯 (象觶) 媵爵者洗象觶 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 6
- 象天 (象天) 王被袞以象天 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 5
- 象魏 (象魏) 御公立于象魏之外 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
- 象贤 (象賢) 崇德象賢 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 微子之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Count of Wei — count: 3
- 治象 (治象) 乃縣治象之法于象魏 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 3
- 犧象 (犧象) 且犧象不出門 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3
- 刑象 (刑象) 乃縣刑象之法于象魏 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice — count: 3
- 象德 (象德) 善則行象德矣 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 3