提喻法

tíyùfǎ

noun

Meanings

1 synecdoche (rhetorical device of using a part for the whole or vice versa)

Characters

to lift / to raise

metaphor / to liken

Examples

HSK 7-9

用'帆'指代'船'就是一种提喻法。

Yòng ' fān ' zhǐdài ' chuán ' jiùshì yī zhǒng tíyùfǎ.

Using 'sail' to refer to 'ship' is an example of synecdoche.

HSK 7-9

提喻法是一种常见的修辞手法。

Tíyùfǎ shì yī zhǒng chángjiàn de xiūcí shǒufǎ.

Synecdoche is a common rhetorical device.

Tips

usage

Linguistics/literary-theory term, paralleling English 'synecdoche' (Greek for 'taking together'). Easy to confuse with 借代 (jièdài, metonymy) and 借喻 (jièyù, implied metaphor), synecdoche is the strict part-for-whole or whole-for-part substitution.

Stroke Order

提 tí

喻 yù

法 fǎ