ADULT  成人

HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
MATUREGROWN-UPFULLY GROWNFULL-GROWNFULLY DEVELOPEDOF AGEOF LEGAL AGE
Antonym
  • CHILDYOUNG DESCENDENT.
    • YOUNGOf SMALL AGE.
      • BABYINTENSELY YOUNG CHILD.
        Hypernym
        • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
          Hyponym
          • BACHELOR　MALE ADULT who is NOT MARRIED. 
            • STUDENT　ADULT who is TEACH:taught PERSONALLY by a TEACHER OR who is STUDYING.
              • GENTLEMAN　ADULT who is EDUCATED AND ABLE to BECOME an OFFICIAL.
                • RECLUSE　GENTLEMAN REFUSING to WORK as an OFFICIAL.
                • SCHOLAR　GENTLEMAN whose WORK IS STUDY....
              • KNIGHT　ADULT who USES BIG PRIVATE WEAPONS in his WORK.
                • MERCHANT　ADULT whose WORK is to BUY AND SELL THINGS so as to PRODUCE a SALARY:income.
                  • BUTCHER　MERCHANT KILLING ANIMALS SELLING their MEAT.
                  • ENTREPRENEUR　IMPORTANT MERCHANT who EMPLOYS MANY OTHERS IN FACTORIES to PRODUCE BIG QUANTITIES of what s/he SELLS.
                • OFFICIAL　ADULT who WORKS IN a PUBLIC OFFICE OR IN A PUBLIC FUNCTION.
                  • ASSISTANT　OFFICIAL who is EMPLOYED TO SERVE OR HELP ANOTHER MORE SENIOR OFFICIAL.
                  • GROOM　OFFICIAL whose DUTY it is to REAR HORSES.
                  • MINISTER　A OFFICIAL who acts as as ASSISTANT to a RULER.
                  • ENVOY　OFFICIAL who is SENT by the GOVERNMENT to ACT:perform a TASK.
                  • GATEKEEPER　OFFICIAL GUARDING a GATE.
                  • MAGISTRATE　OFFICIAL who MANAGES AND JUDGES LAWSUITS.
                  • LAWYER　OFFICIAL WORKING IN a LAW-COURT, WHO IS NOT a JUDGE.
                  • MONASTIC OFFICER　OFFICIALS WORKING IN a MONASTERY.
                  • EXECUTIONER　OFFICIAL who EXECUTES.
                  • JUDGE-OFFICIAL　
                  • EUNUCH　CASTRATED MALE OFFICIAL GOVERNING A HAREM.
                  • MESSENGER　OFFICIAL SENT TO TRAVEL AND TRANSMIT A LETTER OR A REPORT.
                • OLD MAN　OLD MALE ADULT.
                  • PRISONER　ADULT who is ARRESTED AND COMMANDED to DWELL in a PRISON.
                    • SHAMAN　ADULT HUMAN whose WORK is to COMMUNICATE with DEITIES so as to SERVE OTHER HUMANS. 
                    • SOLDIER　ADULT who is a MEMBER of an ARMY.
                      • OFFICER　LEADING SOLDIER in an ARMY.
                    • TEACHER　ADULT whose WORK is to TEACH.
                      • VILLAIN　ADULT who is WICKED AND HAS ACTED:committed CRIMES.
                        • THIEF　VILLAIN who STEALS.
                      • WOMAN　FEMALE ADULT.
                        • OLD LADY　OLD WOMAN.
                        • BRIDE　WOMAN who is FUTURE:about to be MARRIED to someone.
                        • VIRGIN　WOMAN who has NEVER COPULATED.
                        • FEMME FATALE　WOMAN WHOSE ATTRACTIVENESS DEFINES THE LIFE OF MEN
                      • MATE　ADULT with whom one COPULATES.
                        • WIFE　MARRIED FEMALE MATE....
                        • HUSBAND　MALE ADULT MARRIED MATE....
                        • HAREM　FEMALE MATES of an ADULT of HIGH STATUS.
                        • CONCUBINE　FEMALE MATE who is NOT a WIFE.
                      • WORKER　ADULT EMPLOYED by the GOVERNMENT OR by ENTREPRENEURS to WORK FOR them.[[ARBEITER]]
                        • ARTISAN　WORKER who WORKS on CONCRETE THINGS he is EDUCATED FOR....
                      • PEASANT　ADULT WORKING in AGRICULTURE.
                        • SHEPHERD　PEASANT who PROTECTS AND REARS DOMESTIC ANIMALS in the COUNTRYSIDE.
                      • CITIZEN　ADULT who HAS DEFINED RIGHTS AND DUTIES BECAUSE s/he BELONGS TO a STATE.
                        • BOURGEOIS　RICH CITIZEN who DWELLS in a CITY.
                      • MONK　ADULT who is NOT MARRIED AND WORKS ONLY FOR HIS/HER RELIGION.
                      • VAMPIRE　SUPERNATURAL ADULT SUCKING THE BLOOD OF LIVING HUMANS.
                        • ARTIST　HUMAN who CONCENTRATES ON PRODUCING ART.
                          • PAINTER　ARTIST whose WORK is to PRODUCE PICTURES.
                          • MUSICIAN　ARTIST PRODUCING MUSIC.
                          • AUTHOR　ARTIST who EARNS SALARY by WRITING AND SELLING BIG DOCUMENTS.
                          • AVANTGUARD　ARTIST AIMING FOR PROGRESS IN ART.
                        Old Chinese Criteria
                        [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

                        [GENERAL-USE/TECHNICAL]

                        [INFORMAL/OFFICIAL]

                        1. The current word for an adult is zhuàng 壯.

                        [GENERAL], [GENERAL-USE]

                        2. Dīng 丁 is an administrative term for a person fully capable of physical work, current from Qín times.

                        [OFFICIAL], [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL]

                        3. Guàn zhě 冠者 refers to a person above the age of 18, when the capping ceremony took place.

                        [ELEVATED], [GENERAL-USE]

                        Modern Chinese Criteria
                        成年人

                        壯年人

                        壯夫

                        大人

                        人

                        丁

                        丁口

                        壯丁

                        丁壯

                        丁夫

                        丁男

                        丁女

                        全丁

                        佬 (rare) refers to an adult male.

                        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

                        • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.107

                        Words

                        壯  zhuàng OC: skraŋs MC: ʈʂi̯ɐŋ 12 Attributions

                        The current word for an adult is zhuàng 壯. [GENERAL], [GENERAL-USE]

                          Word relations
                        • Ant: 幼/YOUNG The current general "absolute" word for tender youth is yòu 幼 (ant. zhǎng 長 "grown up"), and this word refers to young age of animals, as well as humans.
                        • Oppos: 少/YOUNG Shào 少 (ant. zhǎng 長 "grown up") is a comparative term and refers specifically to relatively young age in humans; note that a person remains shào 少 "junior" (ant. zhǎng 長 "senior") in respect to elders until he is very old indeed.

                          Syntactic words
                        • v[adN]nonreferentialadults; persons of adult age (neither too old nor too young)
                        • vibe full-grown, be adult; be fully mature (and not too old or too young)
                        • vichangegrow adult; grow stronger
                        • viinchoativebecome adult
                        長  zhǎng OC: krlaŋʔ MC: ʈi̯ɐŋ 10 Attributions

                          Word relations
                        • Oppos: 少/YOUNG Shào 少 (ant. zhǎng 長 "grown up") is a comparative term and refers specifically to relatively young age in humans; note that a person remains shào 少 "junior" (ant. zhǎng 長 "senior") in respect to elders until he is very old indeed.

                          Syntactic words
                        • v-p.adVwhen grown upCH
                        • vadNadult; grown-up
                        • vadVas an adultCH
                        • vibe adult; be grown up
                        • vichangebecome adult; grow upDS
                        大  dà MC: dajH OC: daadsCH 3 Attributions
                          Syntactic words
                        • nabprocessadult ageCH
                        • viinchoativeget adultDS
                        成  chéng OC: djeŋ MC: dʑiɛŋ 2 Attributions
                          Syntactic words
                        • v-p.adVas an adultCH
                        • vichangegrow to become adult
                        丁壯  dīng zhuàng OC: teeŋ skraŋs MC: teŋ ʈʂi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
                          Syntactic words
                        • NP{N1=N2}male adult of working age (not too old and not too young)
                        成人  chéng rén OC: djeŋ njin MC: dʑiɛŋ ȵin 2 Attributions
                          Syntactic words
                        • NPadult
                        • VPichangecome of ageLZ
                        中年  zhōng nián OC: krluŋ niin MC: ʈuŋ nen 1 Attribution
                          Syntactic words
                        • NPadult
                        冠者  guàn zhě OC: koons kljaʔ MC: kʷɑn tɕɣɛ 1 Attribution

                        Guàn zhě 冠者 refers to a person above the age of 18, when the capping ceremony took place. [ELEVATED], [GENERAL-USE]

                          Word relations
                        • Oppos: 童子/CHILD Ruò zǐ 弱子 and 童子 refer to a very young child.

                          Syntactic words
                        • NPcperson beyond the age of eighteen, when the 'capping ceremony' signifying adulthood takes place
                        壯夫  zhuàng fū OC: skraŋs pa MC: ʈʂi̯ɐŋ pi̯o 1 Attribution
                          Syntactic words
                        • NPnonreferentiala grown-up person
                        盛壯  shèng zhuàng OC: djeŋs skraŋs MC: dʑiɛŋ ʈʂi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
                          Syntactic words
                        • NPpluraladults
                        • VPichangebecome fully adult, reach one's best age
                        人  rén OC: njin MC: ȵin 1 Attribution
                          Syntactic words
                        • nadult 成人 "become an adult"
                        • npost-Nprmalemale adults of NprCH
                        長成  zhǎng chéng MC: drjang dzyeng OC: krlaŋʔ djeŋDS 1 Attribution
                          Syntactic words
                        • VPiinchoativegrow up; become adultDS
                        丁  dīng OC: teeŋ MC: teŋ 0 Attributions

                        Dīng 丁 is an administrative term for a person fully capable of physical work, current from Qín times. [SPECIFIC], [OFFICIAL]

                          Syntactic words
                        • nadult

                        Existing SW for

                        Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: