Table 3 Defence-words that collocate with the character 疫 in the L5/R5 range.

From: Framing Covid-19 reporting in the Macau Daily News using metaphors and gain/loss prospects: a war for collective gains

 

pinyin

gloss in English

co-occurrences

candidates

T-score

LogDice

fáng

‘resist, defend’

11

30

3.203

5.413

防疫

fángyì

‘defend pandemic’

228

1921

13.498

9.495

嚴防

yánfáng

‘tightly guard against’

26

41

4.998

6.652

聯防

liánfáng

‘jointly’guard against

21

68

4.396

6.339

防範

fángfàn

‘guard against’

18

64

4.053

6.117

防線

fángxiàn

‘defence line’

8

28

2.704

4.954

kàng

resist, counter

74

99

8.457

8.151

抗疫

kàng yì

anti-pandemic

168

884

12.103

9.207

對抗

duìkàng

confront

42

45

6.393

7.343

shǒu

defend

10

17

3.095

5.277

堅守

jiānshǒu

hold fast

30

60

5.339

6.855

守護

shǒuhù

protect, guard

12

26

3.370

5.539

嚴守

yánshǒu

strictly guard

8

9

2.788

4.957

緊守

jǐn shǒu

tightly defend

6

22

2.336

4.540

駐守

zhùshǒu

station to guard

3

33

1.492

3.538

total

  

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