to dilute
→
nitrogen
6 realizations
GROUP: Sinitic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | daam6 (淡) | |
| lexeme 2 | daam6 (氮) | |
| meaning 1 | to dilute | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | nitrogen | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Hakka Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | tham (淡) | |
| lexeme 2 | tham (氮) | |
| meaning 1 | to dilute | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | nitrogen | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | dàn (淡) | |
| lexeme 2 | dàn (氮) | |
| meaning 1 | to dilute | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | nitrogen | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 气 (“gas”) + abbreviated phonetic 淡 (dàn, “dilute”). From 淡 (dàn, “dilute”) in 淡氣／淡气 [19th c.], referring to nitrogen diluting oxygen in the air. |
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| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Min Dong (Eastern Min) | |
| lexeme 1 | dâng (淡) | |
| lexeme 2 | dâng (氮) | |
| meaning 1 | to dilute | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | nitrogen | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Southern Min (Min Nan) | |
| lexeme 1 | tām (淡) | |
| lexeme 2 | tām (氮) | |
| meaning 1 | to dilute | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | nitrogen | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Wu Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | 6de (淡) | |
| lexeme 2 | 6de (氮) | |
| meaning 1 | to dilute | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | nitrogen | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||