PLURAL SUFFIXES    們儕

SYMBOL of QUANTITY of MANY.
Modern Chinese Criteria
們 輩 曹 等 儕 之流 之輩 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／　LU JIANMING
Hypernym
  • PARTICLE　A WORD that NOT VERBAL AND NOT NOMINAL. [NOTE THAT THE GRAMMATICAL PARTICLES HAVE NOT BEEN FOCUSSED SO FAR IN THE SYSTEM AND NO SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS HAS BEEN APPLIED SO FAR.] (anc: 12/0, child: 24)
  • WORD　SOUND IMAGE of a CONCEPT. (Leibniz, Couturat p. 432) (anc: 11/0, child: 7)
  • SOUND　WHAT CAN be HEARD. (anc: 10/0, child: 7)
  • Quiddities. An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary ( QUINE 1987) p. 152

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 72

    • Words (8 items)

    等  děng OC: k-lɯɯŋʔ MC: təŋ 15 Attributions
    • 修行本起經 Xiūxíng běnqǐ jīng Taishō ( XIUXING BENQI JING) p. 470c

    • 中本起經 Zhōng běn-qǐ jīng Taishō ( ZHONGBENQIJING) p. 148a

      我等勤苦

    • 中國古代語法 Zhōngguó gǔdài yǔfǎ The Grammar of Ancient Chinese ( ZHOU FAGAO 1965C) p. 336-338

    • 試論漢魏六朝佛典裡的特殊疑問詞 Shìlun4 Hàn Wèi Liùcháo fódiǎn lǐ de tèshū yíwèncí [On Particular Interrogative Pronouns in Buddhist Scriptures of Han, Wei, and Six Dynasties Periods] 語言研究 Yuyan yanjiu ( ZHU QINGZHI 1990) p. 170-171

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Nlistall of the preceding
    • npost-NN=nonhuplural suffix
    • npost-nproplural suffix 汝等 you; 某等 we; 某甲等 we; (the scope of the plural is often defined by a NP in apposition: 某等兩人 we two people); 爾等 you; 若等 you (Buddhist translations)
    • ppostad.NPpostZHU1marker of a complex plural NP premodified by 諸
    • ppostadNPplural marker after complex or at least multisyllabic nominal
    輩  bèi OC: pɯɯls MC: puo̝i 3 Attributions
    • 中國古代語法 Zhōngguó gǔdài yǔfǎ The Grammar of Ancient Chinese ( ZHOU FAGAO 1965C) p. 338-339

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Nplural indicator (early examples in SHISHUO, SANGUOZHI, JINSHU)
    • npost-Nafter animalsplural indicator (after animals) 鼠輩 rats (SHISHUO); 蛇輩 snakes (SANGUOZHI)
    • npost-NN=countedplural morpheme
    • npost-nproplural indicator (following demonstrative pronouns) 是輩 these; 此輩 these; 此輩人 these people (SHISHUO)
    • npost-nproquestionplural indicator (following interrogative pronouns) 誰輩 who? (SHIOSHUO)
    • npostad.Nproplural indicator (after personal pronouns) 我輩 we (JINSHU); 伊輩 they (SHISHUO) 我輩數人（ QYX 切韻序）
    諸等  zhū děng OC: klja k-lɯɯŋʔ MC: tɕi̯ɤ təŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PPall the various
    家  jiā OC: kraa MC: kɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • npost-NN=humplural indicator (after N with human reference)
    等輩  děng bèi OC: k-lɯɯŋʔ pɯɯls MC: təŋ puo̝i 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPpostadNcomplex plural suffix following personal pronouns (typically used in sutra translations)
    儕  chái OC: dzriid MC: ɖʐɣɛi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Nplural suffix (rare!)
    屬  shǔ OC: djoɡ MC: dʑi̯ok 0 Attributions
    • 中國古代語法 Zhōngguó gǔdài yǔfǎ The Grammar of Ancient Chinese ( ZHOU FAGAO 1965C) p. 336-338

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Nplural suffix
    • npost-nproplural indicator after personal pronouns (early examples in SJ and HANSHU) 我屬 we; 吾屬 we; 若屬 you; 而屬 you
    • npost-nprosuffixplural marker (after demonstrative pronouns) 此屬 these
    曹  cáo OC: dzuu MC: dzɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Nplural suffix