OLD LADY    老太婆媼

OLD WOMAN.
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 ／
See also
  • OLDOf BIG AGE OR having EXISTED for an ENDURING PERIOD.
Hypernym
  • WOMAN　FEMALE ADULT. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • ADULT　HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME. (anc: 7/0, child: 20)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • 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 (10 items)

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