CHINESE    華人諸夏

HUMANS of CHINA.
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)

Words (2 items)

諸夏  zhū xià OC: klja ɡraaʔ MC: tɕi̯ɤ ɦɣɛ 6 Attributions

all the Chinese [people]

    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralthe various Xià states> the various Chinese peoples [NB: the current gloss for 諸夏 is 中國, but it seems worthwhile to look out for the cases where the reference is by synecdoche to the people rather than the state as such.]
華  huá OC: ɢʷraal MC: ɦɣɛ 3 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Ant: 戎/BARBARIAN Róng 戎 refers to western barbarians.
  • Oppos: 夷/BARBARIAN Yí 夷 was originally a name of eastern barbarians, later it came to be used as a general term for barbarians.
  • Oppos: 戎狄/BARBARIAN Róngdí 戎狄 is another term referring generically to the peoples who were taken not to belong to the Huáxiá 華夏 community, but also more specifically to the western and northern barbarians.

    Syntactic words
  • n(adN)Chinese
  • n[adN]nonreferentialthe Chinese (lands, states, people)