phonetic map : 失 shi
goulnik
December 30, 2008, 09:21 AM posted in General Discussion| shi | ||
| 失 shī to lose; miss; neglect; violate; break (a promise); fail to get hold of; get lost / mistake; mishap; defect 失业 shīyè to lose one's job 失约 shīyuē to break one's promise 失职 shīzhí to neglect one's duty 失言 shīyán slip of the tongue 失手 shīshǒu to fumble; blunder 失踪 shīzōng to be missing 过失 guòshī fault; error |
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| 秩 zhì order; sequence; official rank 秩序 zhìxù order; sequence; arrangement 秩然 zhìrán orderly; neat |
帙 zhì cloth slip-case for a book; books 书帙 shūzhì book jacket 散帙 sǎnzhì to open a book |
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| 铁 tiě iron; determined; cruel; tight ** 铁路 tiělù railway; railroad 铁石 tiěshí sth. firm/solid 铁紧 tiějǐn very tight |
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| die | ||
| 跌 diē to fall; tumble; drop 跌交 diējiāo to trip and fall; make a mistake 暴跌 bàodiē to fall steeply (in price) |
迭 dié repeatedly / alternate; change 迭次 diécì repeatedly; again and again 迭用 diéyòng to use alternately |
瓞 dié small melon 瓜瓞 guādié a small melon; descendants |
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| 佚 yì . ** 骄佚 jiāoyì to treat with disrespect 佚名 yìmíng lost name 亡佚 wángyì to be lost (e.g. ancient texts) |
轶 yì . ** 轶伦 yìlún to tower above one's contemporaries |
昳 yì . 昳丽 yìlì radiantly beautiful |
** 铁 is the simplified form of 鐵, see 十+戈 (zai) map
** 佚 is a variant of 逸 : leisure; escape; lost; to excel
** 轶 is a variant of 逸 : leisure; escape; lost; to excel
goulnik
December 30, 2008, 11:29 AMlight487, both meanings are listed for 失约 (shīyuē) in ABC/Wenlin, 'to break one's promise' as well as 'fail to keep an appointment', I arbitrarily selected one to match the corresponding meaning of 失 (break a promise).
《现代汉语词典》 explains 失约 as “没有履行约会” with 履行 (lǚxíng) to perform; fulfill; carry out, and 约会 (yuēhuì) appointment; engagement; date. So both meanings are fine. But then again I do make a few editorial choices :-)
changye
December 31, 2008, 04:45 AM"铁" is a very "traditional" simplified form of "鐵" (tie3, iron), since it has long been used among Chinese people over several hundred years, perhaps.
light487
December 31, 2008, 08:25 AMI really love these phonetic maps.. I don't comment much because I don't have much to say but I am truly fascinated by how everything pieces together so well in many cases.. and fascinated just as much when it makes no sense at all.. :)
I have a particular fondess for "shi" in all its tones and characters.. not sure why but whenever I see a new "shi" I just have to explore it :)
goulnik
December 31, 2008, 08:38 AMlight487 you can see how all these characters fit together, and test your knowledge with the phonetic quizz
light487
December 30, 2008, 11:11 AM失约 shīyuē to break one's promise
This one seems to translate for me as "to miss an appointment" but I can also see how it translates to be "failing to honour an agreement" (breaking a promise) and when you consider the two characters involved both translations make just as much sense, at least to me. :)
失 means to lose/miss/fail as you have already shown, and 约 means appointment but also agreement or to arrange.