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
- 龙象(龍象) dragon and elephant; able to take great responsibility
- 国际象棋(國際象棋) chess
- 气象观测站(氣象觀測站) weather station
- 狗嘴里吐不出象牙(狗嘴裏吐不出象牙) no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog; no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
- 现象学(現象學) phenomenology
- 气象学(天氣學) meteorology
- 找对象(找對象) to seek a marriage partner; looking for a mate
- 乘象入胎 conception
- 人心不足蛇吞象 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant
- 星象图(星象圖) star chart
- 象棋赛(象棋賽) Chinese chess tournament
- 天象 celestial phenomena
- 红眼现象(紅眼現象) red-eye effect
- 星象恶曜(星象惡曜) unlucky star
- 藏象 hidden inner properties and their external manifestations
- 世界气象组织(世界氣象組織) World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- 波粒二象性 wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics
- 长毛象(長毛象) woolly mammoth
- 假象 false appearance; facade
- 影象 an image
- 厄尔尼诺现象(厄爾尼諾現象) El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean
- 面向对象的技术(面嚮對象的技術) object-oriented technology
- 合眼摸象 to touch an elephant with closed eyes; to proceed blindly
- 图象(圖象) image; picture ; a portrait
- 万象更新(萬象更新) nature takes on a new look
- 旱象 drought
- 迟滞现象(遲滯現象) hysteresis
- 刻板印象 stereotype
- 星象 star signs
- 万象森罗(萬象森羅) the arrangement of myriad things in the universe
- 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
- 幻象 an illusion
- 乱象(亂象) chaos; madness
- 想象 to imagine; to fancy
- 象甲 weevil; snout beetle
- 中央气象局(中央氣象局) central weather bureau
- 印象深刻 the impression was profound
- 椿象 stink bug
- 森罗万象(森羅萬象) all inclusive; a myriad of things ; the arrangement of myriad things in the universe
Also contained in
古观象台 、 组件对象模型 、 象林 、 象鼻山 、 象泉河 、 印象派 、 映象文件 、 简单对象访问协议 、 对象连接与嵌入 、 图形对象 、 联合图象专家组 、 象山县
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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
- 象地 (象地) 廣大象地 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 3
- 象觚 (象觚) 洗象觚 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 3
- 象日月 (象日月) 僎以象日月 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《鄉飲酒義》 The Meaning of the Drinking Festivity in the Districts — 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