OLD LADY  老太婆媼

OLD WOMAN.
Hypernym
  • WOMANFEMALE ADULT.
    • ADULTHUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
      • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
        • ANIMALCREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE....
See also
  • OLDOf BIG AGE OR having EXISTED for an ENDURING PERIOD.
    黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    HUMAN AFFAIRS 28. 老婦。

    母，通稱；用於面稱時，可作尊稱。

    嫗，俗稱或蔑稱，常位於本人姓氏或表示特徵的詞語後。

    媼，尊稱，用於敘稱、面稱皆可，方言詞。

    負，俗稱，用於姓氏後。

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    老奶奶

    老太婆

    老嫗

    老

    嫗

    媼

    老媼

    老婆兒

    老婆子

    老太太

    老婆婆

    老大娘

    老安人

    姥姥

    奶奶

    阿奶

    老阿奶

    阿婆

    嬤嬤

    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.

      OLD LADY

      anus is a neutral term referring to an old lady which can express respect but can also be used as a term of abuse connoting ignorance and credulity.

      vetula is a derogatory term referring to an old lady.

    • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 3

    • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 47

    Words

    老母  lǎo mǔ OC: ɡ-ruuʔ mɯʔ MC: lɑu mu 8 AttributionsWD
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    • NPold lady
    • NPvocativeOld Lady!
    嫗  yù OC: qos MC: ʔi̯o 4 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nSJ 8.346: colloquial and popular general term for an old lady
    婆  pó OC: baal MC: bʷɑ 2 AttributionsWD
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    • npost-Han: late derogatory term for an old lady (from the Tang/Song onwards the word seems to have been used more neutrally for 'old lady')
    媼  ǎo OC: quuʔ MC: ʔɑu 1 AttributionWD
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    • nhonorific and affectionate term for a lady of ripe age
    母  mǔ OC: mɯʔ MC: mu 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • nold lady (compare fǔ 父 "old man")
    老婆  lǎo pó OC: ɡ-ruuʔ baal MC: lɑu bʷɑ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPold woman; old lady
    • NPadNfigurativeold lady-like, grandmotherly > kind, benevolent
    姏  mán OC: mɢaam MC: mɑm 0 AttributionsWD
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    • nrare, post-Han self-effacing polite term by which a lady of a certain age may refer to herself
    姆  mào OC: mɯs MC: mu
    姥  mǔ OC: maaʔ MC: muo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
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    • npost-Han, kongquedongnanfei; mother-in-law; intimate colloquial term for an old lady
    恃  shì OC: ɡljɯʔ MC: dʑɨ 0 AttributionsWD
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    • npost-Han: mother
    丈人  zhàng rén OC: daŋʔ njin MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ ȵin 0 AttributionsWD
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    • NPold lady LUNHENG

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