SUBJECT  手下人

HUMAN of MORE LOW STATUS IN-RELATION-TO someone AND SHOULD OBEY his/her COMMANDS.
Hypernym
  • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a subject is chén 臣.

2. Xià 下 is used in elevated court language to refer to subjects.

Modern Chinese Criteria
手下人

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

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 19.38

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

    SUBDITUS

Words

下  xià OC: ɢraaʔ MC: ɦɣɛ 32 Attributions

Xià 下 is used in elevated court language to refer to subjects.

    Syntactic words
  • v[adN.](post-N)the subjects of the contextually determinate NCH
  • v[adN1.post-N2]one's subjects/subordinatesCH
  • nsubject
  • nplursubordinates, (public) servants; those below, the subjects; people of low status
  • nsingulara subordinate, a (public) servantLZ
臣  chén OC: ɡjiŋ MC: dʑin 26 Attributions

The current general word for a subject is chén 臣.

    Syntactic words
  • ncitizen-subject, subject
  • nabcausativethe (intention of) subjugating othersLZ
  • nfigurativesomething which is subservient or subject to something else
  • npost-NN's subjectDS
  • vtoNcausativecause to be one's servant> make one's servant; have as a servant, dominate, control
人  rén MC: nyin OC: njinCH 5 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • n(post-N)subject of (ruler or lord) NCH
  • npost-NpluralN's subjectsCH
  • npost-Nprsubject of Npr; a person from NprDS
臣民  chén mín OC: ɡjiŋ min MC: dʑin min 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralsubjects
人下  rén xià MC: nyin haeX OC: njin ɢraaʔLZ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NP{N1adN2}nonreferentiala subordinateLZ
人役  rén yì OC: njin ɢʷleɡ MC: ȵin jiɛk 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPnonreferentialsubjects
群下  qūn xià MC: -- haeX OC: -- ɢraaʔCH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NP[adN]pluralminor officials at court, subordinate specialists at courtCH
  • DELETEpluralCH
民下  mín xià MC: mjin haeX OC: min ɢraaʔLZ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPmpeople of low statusLZ
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    Syntactic words
  • npost-NN's subjectsCH
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    Syntactic words
  • NP[adN1.](post-N2)pluralCH

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: