TURTLE  烏龜

AQUATIC ANIMAL which HAS a HARD SHELL, AND IS FAMOUS for its LONG LIFE.
TORTOISE
Hypernym
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Yuán tuó 黿鼉 refers generically to river reptiles.

2. The current general term for turtles is guī 龜, but the word tends to refer specifically to marine turtles.

3. Biē 鱉 refers to the ordinary soft-shelled turtle with a legendary biting power, a culinary delicacy.

4. Áo 鼇 refers to the giant sea turtle.

5. Yuán 黿 refers to a large variety of the soft-shelled sea turtle.

Modern Chinese Criteria
龜

烏龜

金龜

玄武

王八

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

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 235

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  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 799

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  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.1454

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 342

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Words

鱉  biē OC: ped MC: piɛt 15 Attributions

Biē 鱉 refers to the ordinary soft-shelled turtle with a legendary biting power, a culinary delicacy.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 魚/FISH The common general term for a fish is yú 魚.

    Syntactic words
  • nriver turtle; sea turtle
龜  jiū OC: kʷɯ MC: kɨu
龜  guī OC: kʷrɯ MC: ki
龜  jiū OC: kʷɯ MC: kɨu
龜  guī OC: kʷrɯ MC: ki 15 Attributions

The current general term for turtles is guī 龜, but the word tends to refer specifically to marine turtles.

    Syntactic words
  • namphibious land tortoise, long-lived, the meat of which is edible and the shell of which is used in medicine; tortoise shell
  • nadNturtle-like
黿  yuán OC: ŋɡon MC: ŋi̯ɐn 8 Attributions

Yuán 黿 refers to a large variety of the soft-shelled sea turtle.

    Syntactic words
  • nsoft-shelled large turtle
黿鼉  yuán tuó OC: ŋɡon daal MC: ŋi̯ɐn dɑ 3 Attributions

Yuán tuó 黿鼉 refers generically to river reptiles.

    Syntactic words
  • NPnonreferentialturtles
蔡  cài OC: skhaads MC: tshɑi 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nK: large tortoise
蠵  xī OC: ɡʷlee MC: ɦei 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nsea turtle
鼈  biē MC: pjiet OC: ped 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nturtle šì
鼇  áo OC: ŋoow MC: ŋɑu 0 Attributions

Áo 鼇 refers to the giant sea turtle

    Syntactic words
  • nhuge sea turtle
玳瑁  dài mèi OC: lɯɯɡs mɯɯs MC: dəi muo̝i 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPhawksbill turtle

Existing SW for

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