SUBJECT    手下人

HUMAN of MORE LOW STATUS IN-RELATION-TO someone AND SHOULD OBEY his/her COMMANDS.
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 ／
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)
  • 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 (10 items)

    下  xià OC: ɢraaʔ MC: ɦɣɛ 35 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 28 Attributions

    The current general word for a subject is chén 臣.

      Syntactic words
    • ncitizen-subject, subject
    • nabcausativethe (intention of) subjugating othersLZ
    • nad.VtoNto V N as if (s)he was a subjectLZ
    • 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: njin 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • n(post-N)subject of (ruler or lord) NCH
    • n[post-N]one's subjectsLZ
    • 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 ɢraaʔ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1adN2}nonreferentiala subordinateLZ
    群下  qūn xià MC: -- haeX OC: -- ɢraaʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP[adN]pluralminor officials at court, subordinate specialists at courtCH
    • DELETEpluralCH
    民下  mín xià MC: mjin haeX OC: min ɢraaʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmpeople of low statusLZ
    人役  rén yì OC: njin ɢʷleɡ MC: ȵin jiɛk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialsubjects
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      Syntactic words
    • npost-NN's subjectsCH
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP[adN1.](post-N2)pluralCH