DESCENDANT  後代

HUMAN HAVING a DEFINED OTHER HUMAN as FATHER, MOTHER, OR ANCESTOR.
SUCCESSORSCIONHEIR(DESCENDANTS) OFFSPRINGPROGENYFAMILYLINEAGELAW ISSUEARCHAIC SEEDFRUIT OF ONE'S LOINS
Antonym
  • ANCESTORRELATIVE of PAST GENERATION whose DESCENDANT one is. 
    Hypernym
    • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
    Hyponym
    • CHILD YOUNG DESCENDENT.
      • TWIN SIBLING who HAS a SIBLING of the SAME AGE.
      • BABY INTENSELY YOUNG CHILD.
      • SON MALE CHILD....
      • DAUGHTER FEMALE CHILD....
      • ORPHAN BEREAVED CHILD whose FATHER AND MOTHER are DEAD.
    • HEIR DESCENDENT who INHERITS something from someone.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The general current and common abstract term for offspring is hòu 後 (ant. xiān 先 "forbears").

      2. Yì 裔 (ant. zǔ 祖 "ancestors"), a fairly rare word in pre-Buddhist texts, can refer to any offspring of a clan or occasionally a people.

      3. Zhòu 冑 refers to royal offspring.

      4. Yìn 胤 refers to distant offspring.

      5. Zòng 從 (ant. dí 嫡 "direct heirs") refers to the younger generation members of the same clan who do not immediately inherit.

      6. Zǐ 子 refers to children of any sex. See CHILD

      7. Sūn 孫 refers to all descendants lower than the generation of children.

      8. Shù 庶 and niè 孽 (ant. zhèng 正 "descendant in direct line") refer to offspring by other women than the main wife.

      9. Dí 嫡 / 適 (ant. zòng 從 "descendants who are not heirs") refers specifically to the direct legitimate heir.

      10. Zǐ zhí 子姪 is a general term for descendants.

      11. Zǐ xìng 子姓 specifically refers to the sons and grandsons.

      黄金貴:古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
      HUANG JINGUI 2006

      HUMAN AFFAIRS 23. 後代子孫。

      後,通稱,構詞能力強。

      昆,引申為後代,用作語素。

      嗣,有繼承權位的後代,作語素。

      繼,偶作名詞,指繼承了王位或王侯權位的後代。

      胤,重在血統。

      世,常作語素,指遠世子孫。

      苗,比喻遠世子孫。

      裔,遠世後代,一般作語素。

      胄,帝王或貴族的後代。

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      子孫

      子息

      子嗣

      兒孫

      後代

      後人

      後嗣

      後生

      後昆

      後裔

      苗裔

      裔冑











      後胤

      祚胤

      遺族

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

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 2.57

      • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

        DESCENDENT

        posteritas is the general prosaic word for descendents.

        progenies is an elevated word for one's descendents.

        proles refers to children as fruits destined, as a younger race, to exist with their parents.

        suboles refers to children as an after-growth destined to replace the elder generation.

      • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 65

      • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 288

      • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 70

      • 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. 72A

      Words

      子孫  zǐ sūn OC: sklɯʔ sluun MC: tsɨ suo̝n 27 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NP(post-N)pluralthe offspring; descendants; posterity
      • NPnonreferentialoffspring; posterity
      • NPpost-Npluralthe descendants; posterity of NLZ
      • NP{PRED}be descendants
        hòu OC: ɡooʔ MC: ɦu 14 Attributions

      The general current and common abstract term for offspring is hòu 後 (ant. xiān 先 "forbears").

        Syntactic words
      • n(post-N)offspring, later generations
      • npost-NN=humdescendant, offspring
      子弟  zǐ dì OC: sklɯʔ liilʔ MC: tsɨ dei 11 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPnonreferentialoffspring, the younger generation; junior members of the family; scion
      • NP{PRED}be a descendant
        niè OC: ŋred MC: ŋiɛt 5 Attributions

      Shù 庶 and niè 孽 (ant. zhèng 正 "descendant in direct line") refer to offspring by other women than the main wife.

        Syntactic words
      • nirregular offspring, illegitimate child
      • nadNborn by a woman other than one's main wife 孽子
      • vtoNattitudinaltreat as irregular offspring
      苗裔  miáo yì OC: mrew leds MC: miɛu jiɛi 5 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPoffspring, descendant
        sūn OC: sluun MC: suo̝n 4 Attributions

      Sūn 孫 refers to all descendants lower than the generation of children.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 子/CHILD The commonest word for a child is zǐ 子"son; child; rarely: baby".

        Syntactic words
      • nson's son; grandson
      • npost-NprNpr's grandsonDS
        dí OC: k-leeɡ MC: tek
        dí OC: k-leeɡ MC: tek 3 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • ndirect descendent of the ducal house
      • vadNlegitimate by descentCH
      後嗣  hòu sì OC: ɡooʔ sɢlɯs MC: ɦu zɨ 3 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NP(post-N)pluraldescendants
        zǐ OC: sklɯʔ MC: tsɨ 2 Attributions

      Zǐ 子 refers to children of any sex. See CHILD

        Syntactic words
      • nhuman(human) offspringCH
      • nmnon-humanoffspring (as of birds etc)
        zhāo OC: kljew MC: tɕiɛu 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • ndescendent whose ancestral tablet will be placed on the left in the ancestral temple
        mù OC: muɡ MC: muk 2 Attributions

      descendent whose ancestral tablet will be placed on the right in the ancestral temple

        Syntactic words
      • ndescendent whose ancestral tablet will be placed on the right in the ancestral temple
        yè MC: yep OC: lebCH 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nmoffspring; descendantsCH
        shù OC: qhljaɡs MC: ɕi̯ɤ 1 Attribution

      Shù 庶 and niè 孽 (ant. zhèng 正 "descendant in direct line") refer to offspring by other women than the main wife.

        Syntactic words
      • nillegitimate offspring; offspring by companions other than the regular wife
        yìn OC: lins MC: jin 1 Attribution

      Zhòu 冑 and yìn 胤 are general abstract terms for offspring.

        Syntactic words
      • ndescendent
        yì OC: leds MC: jiɛi 1 Attribution

      Yì 裔 (ant. zǔ 祖 "ancestors"), a fairly rare word in pre-Buddhist texts, can refer to any offspring of a clan or occasionally a people.

        Syntactic words
      • noffspring
      • npost-Nlater descendents ofCH
        lèi OC: ruds MC: li 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • noffspring 後類
      孫子  sūn zǐ OC: sluun sklɯʔ MC: suo̝n tsɨ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPnonreferentialrefers specifically to third generation descendents, but the word can also refer generally to descendants, as in SHI 文王孫子
      後類  hòu lèi OC: ɡooʔ ruds MC: ɦu li 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPnonreferentialoffspring, later generations
      自出  zì chū OC: sblids khljud MC: dzi tɕhʷit 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • VP[adN]N=humdescendant
      裔冑  yì zhòu OC: leds rliwɡs MC: jiɛi ɖɨu 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPdescendent
      右公子  yòu gōng zǐ OC: ɢʷɯʔ klooŋ sklɯʔ MC: ɦɨu kuŋ tsɨ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPducal son of the right
        yú OC: la MC: ji̯ɤ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • npost-Nsurviving descendants of N
        jī MC: tsek OC: skleeɡCH 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • n[post-N]pluralown desendentsCH
        zhòu OC: rliwɡs MC: ɖɨu 0 Attributions

      Zhòu 冑 and yìn 胤 are general abstract terms for offspring.

        Syntactic words
        xìng OC: seŋs MC: siɛŋ 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • noffspring viewed as persons of the same surname
        zòng OC: dzoŋs MC: dzi̯oŋ 0 Attributions

      Zòng 從 (ant. dí 嫡 "direct heirs") refers to the younger generation members of the same clan who do not immediately inherit.

        Syntactic words
      • nmyounger generation members of the same clan
      子姓  zǐ xìng OC: sklɯʔ seŋs MC: tsɨ siɛŋ 0 Attributions

      Zǐ xìng 子姓 specifically refers to the sons and grandsons.

        Syntactic words
      子姪  zǐ zhí OC: sklɯʔ ɡ-liɡ MC: tsɨ ɖit 0 Attributions

      Zǐ zhí 子姪 is a general term for descendants.

        Syntactic words
      子系  zǐ xì OC: sklɯʔ ɡeeɡs MC: tsɨ ɦei 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NP{N1&N2}nonreferentialdescendents, offspring
      後人  hòu rén OC: ɡooʔ njin MC: ɦu ȵin 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPpluraldescendants
        dài OC: lɯɯɡs MC: dəi 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPpluraldescendants, later generations
      曾孫  zēng sūn OC: tsɯɯŋ sluun MC: tsəŋ suo̝n 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NP{N1&N2}nonreferentialrefers specifically to fourth generation descendents of the grandchildren
      玄孫  xuán sūn OC: ɡʷeen sluun MC: ɦen suo̝n 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPdistant offspring

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: