FAVOURITE  寵幸

INTENSELY OR MOST INTENSELY LOVED FRIEND OF A SUPERIOR.
Hypernym
  • FRIENDHUMAN with whom one INTERACTS with MUTUAL LOVE AND RESPECT BECAUSE s/he has RESEMBLING ASPIRATIONS.
    • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
See also
  • COPULATECOOPERATE USING ONE'S GENITALS.
    • LOVEINTENSE AND OFTEN PARTIAL DESIRE to be INTIMATE with a PERSON OR to POSSESS a THING.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The current general word for enjoying favourite status is xìng 幸 (ant.* qì 棄 "be rejected as favourite; rejected"); and the standard general word for showing favour to a favourite is chǒng 寵.

      2. Bì 嬖 refers to a male or female favourite of the political or sexual kind - or of both kinds.

      3. Jìn 近 (ant. shū 疏 "without close relations of favouritism") refers rather abstractly to the closeness of association between protector and favourite.

      4. E! 阿 and qū 曲 refer to closeness because of sycophancy. See FLATTER

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      溺愛

      偏愛

      寵愛

      寵幸

      近幸







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        Words

          bì OC: peeɡs MC: pei
          bì OC: peɡ MC: piɛk 46 AttributionsWD

        Bì 嬖 refers to a male or female favourite of the political or sexual kind - or of both kinds.

          Syntactic words
        • n+Nprtitlea/the favourite called N
        • nadNfavourite; owing one's status to the favour of a ruler
        • npoliticalpolitical favourite
        • nsexualfavourite of the sexual kind
        • viactserve as a favourite, be the favourite (also among one's children)
        • vt(+prep+N)enjoy the special favour of a contextually determinate person N
        • vt(+prep+N)changebecome a favourite (of a contextually determinate N)
        • vt+prep+Nbe a favourite to N
        • vtoNstativebe a favourite to; have as a favourite
          chǒng OC: ph-roŋʔ MC: ʈhi̯oŋ 35 AttributionsWD

        The current general word for enjoying favourite status is xìng 幸 (ant.* qì 棄 "be rejected as favourite; rejected"); and the standard general word for showing favour to a favourite is chǒng 寵.

          Word relations
        • Ant: 辱/DISGRACE Rǔ 辱 refers to public humiliation and public disgrace typically caused by overt actions or reactions of others.
        • Contrast: 愛/LOVE The clearly dominant word referring to love is ài 愛 (ant. hèn 恨 "dislike"; rarely zēng 憎 "dislike"; and wù 惡 "hate"), and this word refers both to the feelings of love and to the expression of love in loving care for another person as well as in sexual relations. (Occasionally, the word may refer to the emotional preference that a small child feels for its parents. For this meaning see PREFER.)

          Syntactic words
        • nabsocialpopularity; favourite status, favour; favourable treatment 有寵於
        • v[adN]favourites
        • vadNfavourite
          sī OC: sil MC: si 25 AttributionsWD

          Word relations
        • Assoc: 阿/FAVOURITE E! 阿 and qū 曲refer to closeness because of sycophancy. See FLATTER

          Syntactic words
        • nabbiasCH
        • nabdispositionpersonal favour; favouritism
        • viactshow favouritism
        • vt[oN]show bias in favour of anyoneCH
        • vtoNshow personal and private favour towards, feel personally partial towards
        有寵  yǒu chǒng OC: ɢʷɯʔ ph-roŋʔ MC: ɦɨu ʈhi̯oŋ 20 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPt(+prep+N)have favour with the contextually determinate person
        • VPt+prep+Nenjoy favour with
          xìng OC: ɢreeŋʔ MC: ɦɣɛŋ 15 AttributionsWD

        The current general word for enjoying favourite status is xìng 幸 (ant.* qì 棄 "be rejected as favourite; rejected"); and the standard general word for showing favour to a favourite is chǒng 寵.

          Word relations
        • Synon: 親/INTIMATE The general word for close familiarity is qīn 親 (ant. shū 疏 "have only distant relations with"), but the word often retains connotations of kinship relations.

          Syntactic words
        • nabstativefavour; favoured status
        • vadNfavoured, favourite
        • vichangegain favour with one's superior
        • vt+prep+Ngive special favours to, show favour to
        • vt+prep+Npassivehappen to enjoy special favour; be shown special favour 幸於
        • vtoNshow special favour; bestow special favours on
          ā OC: qlaal MC: ʔɑ 14 AttributionsWD

        E! 阿 and qū 曲refer to closeness because of sycophancy. See FLATTER

          Syntactic words
        • nabactfavouritism
        • viactindulge in favouritism; engage in favouritism
        • vtoNattitudinalbe partial in favour of; indulge (somebody) in favouritism; favour (someone); show unreasonable favouritism towards
          dé OC: tɯɯɡ MC: tək 7 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNgain the favours of; become a favourite of; win the confidence of (the ruler); win the full support of (the people); become popular with
        嬖寵  bì chǒng OC: peeɡs ph-roŋʔ MC: pei ʈhi̯oŋ 5 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPdefinitea (contextually definite) concubine
        • NPnonreferentialfavourites
        • NPpluralfavourite
          jìn OC: ɡɯns MC: gɨn 3 AttributionsWD

        Jìn 近(ant. shū 疏 "without close relations of favouritism") refers rather abstractly to the closeness of association between protector and favourite.

          Syntactic words
        • vtoNchangecultivate the company or friendship of; become a close adviser to, be a member of the immediate entourage of; get politically close to
        便  pián OC: ben MC: biɛn 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • viactingratiate oneself as a favourite (with a ruler)
        便佞  pián nìng OC: ben neeŋs MC: biɛn neŋ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPibe glib-tongued
        嬖臣  bì chén OC: peeɡs ɡjiŋ MC: pei dʑin 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NP=Nprtitlefavourite Npr
        寵人  chǒng rén OC: ph-roŋʔ njin MC: ʈhi̯oŋ ȵin 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPfavourite
        幸臣  xìng chén MC: heangX dzyin OC: ɢreeŋʔ ɡjiŋDS 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NP(post-N)N's favourite ministerDS
        內寵  nèi chǒng MC: -- trhjowngX OC: nuubs ph-roŋʔTW 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VP[adN]Favourites in the haremTW
        寵妾  chǒng qiè MC: trhjowngX tshjep OC: ph-roŋʔ skhebTW 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NP=Nprfavourite concubine by the name of NprTW
        孽嬖  niè bì MC: ngjet pejH OC: ŋred peeɡsDS 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPtfavourites who are prone to cause severe problemsDS
        嬖幸  bì xìng MC: pejH heangX OC: peeɡs ɢreeŋʔDS 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPt prep NN=Nprbe favoured by NprDS
          nìng OC: neeŋs MC: neŋ 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • viactcultivate favourite status through glib-tongued behaviour; enjoy the status of a well-spoken favourite
          qū OC: khoɡ MC: khi̯ok 0 AttributionsWD

        E! 阿 and qū 曲refer to closeness because of sycophancy. See FLATTER

          Syntactic words
        嬖子  bì zǐ OC: peeɡs sklɯʔ MC: pei tsɨ 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        親幸  qīn xìng OC: tshiŋ ɢreeŋʔ MC: tshin ɦɣɛŋ 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPclose favourite (of a ruler)

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