CURSE  咒罵

SPEAK so as to TRY to CAUSE DIVINE DISASTER FOR someone.
MALEDICTIONHEXJINXFORMAL IMPRECATIONLITERARY ANATHEMA(A CURSE) THE EVIL EYE.PUT A CURSE ONPUT THE EVIL EYE ONANATHEMATIZEDAMNHEXJINXARCHAIC IMPRECATE
Hypernym
  • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
    • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
See also
  • SCOLDBLAME someone ADDRESSING him/her USING VIOLENT WORDS.
    黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    SACRIFICE 9.

    詛，求神加禍於人，強調加禍之義。

    [ 口＋兄 ] ，原與祝為一字，後分化出來，專指以言語向鬼神請求降禍於別人。

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    咒罵 is the current modern word for cursing someone.

    詛咒 (lit) is a more formal and perhaps a little less aggressive way of referring to the same action.

    咒詛 (lit) is a more formal and perhaps a little less aggressive way of referring to the same action.

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

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      CURSE D1, Schulz 75

      exsecrari is to curse as diabolically wicked.

      detestari is to call down divine evils on a person through a curse.

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

      EXPOSTULATIO

    • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 5.52

    • 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. 52B

    Words

    詛  zǔ OC: skras MC: ʈʂi̯ɤ 10 AttributionsWD

      Syntactic words
    • nabactcursing
    • viactutter curses
    • vtoNswear oaths against, curse
    咒  zhòu OC: tjus MC: tɕɨu
    祝  zhòu OC: tjuɡs MC: tɕɨu 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • nabactcurse
    咒詛  zhòu zǔ OC: tjus skras MC: tɕɨu ʈʂi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiintensitiveutter curses
    喝嘖  hè zé OC: qhaad sɡreeɡ MC: hɑt ɖʐɣɛk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)omcurse (at) (a contextually determinate person)
    蒼生  cāng shēng OC: skhaaŋ sraaŋ MC: tshɑŋ ʂɣaŋ 1 AttributionWD
    • () p. 5516b#3

      罵落第秀才的話

      Early examples from the Song

      Syntactic words
    • NPborn as commoner > derogatory expression/insult for somebody who has failed the exams at the emperial academy (Song)
    詛祝  zǔ zhòu OC: skras tjuɡs MC: ʈʂi̯ɤ tɕɨu 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactcurse

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