绳 (繩) shéng

  1. shéng noun rope; string; cord
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 麻绳 'hemp rope' (Guoyu '繩' n 1; Kroll 2015 '繩' 1; NCCED '绳' 1; Unihan '繩')
  2. shéng verb to measure
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 衡量 (Guoyu '繩' v 3; Kroll 2015 '繩' 2b; Unihan '繩')
  3. shéng verb to restrain; to confine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 约束; for example, the idiom 绳之以法 'restrain according to the law' (Guoyu '繩' v 1; Kroll 2015 '繩' 2c; NCCED '绳' 4; Unihan '繩')
  4. shéng noun a carpenter's line marker
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 绳墨 (Guoyu '繩' n 2; Kroll 2015 '繩' 2; NCCED '绳' 2)
  5. shéng noun a gauge; a criterion; a rule; a standard
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 规矩 or 准则; as in 准绳 (Guoyu '繩' n 3; Kroll 2015 '繩' 2a; NCCED '绳' 3)
  6. shéng verb to continue
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 继承 (Guoyu '繩' v 4; Kroll 2015 '繩' 4; NCCED '绳' 4; Unihan '繩')
  7. shéng verb to commend; to praise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '繩' 3)
  8. shéng proper noun Sheng
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '繩' n 4)
  9. shéng verb to correct
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 纠正 (Guoyu '繩' v 2)

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