WITNESS    見證人證

HUMAN SUMMONED in LAW COURT TO EXPLAIN what s/he KNOWS that is IMPORTANT to LITIGATION.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for bearing witness to something or against something is zhèng 證. 2. Zuǒ 左 is occasionally used to refer to a witness for or against something.
Modern Chinese Criteria
見證人 見證 證人 證明 證左 活口 知情人 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 21.23

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    TESTIMONIUM/TESTIS

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 145B

    • Words (5 items)

    證  zhèng OC: tjɯŋs MC: tɕɨŋ 1 Attribution

    The current general word for bearing witness to something or against something is zhèng 證.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNobject=opponentbear witness against
    明人  míng rén OC: mraŋ njin MC: mɣaŋ ȵin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPwitness
    證左  zhèng zuǒ OC: tjɯŋs skaalʔ MC: tɕɨŋ tsɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP[adN]witness
    證明  zhèng míng OC: tjɯŋs mraŋ MC: tɕɨŋ mɣaŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoSbear witness to the truth of S
    左  zuǒ OC: skaalʔ MC: tsɑ 0 Attributions

    Zuǒ 左 is occasionally used to refer to a witness for or against something.

      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]a witness
    • vtoNpost-v (XINTANGSHU): bear witness to