NEST    鳥巢巢

PLACE where a BIRD LIVES, SLEEPS AND REARS its OFFSPRING.
ROOSTAERIE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current standard word for a nest for birds or dwelling of an animal living on trees is cháo 巢, but the word does specifically refer to bird's nests in trees rather than on the ground. NB: Qī 棲 is used to refer to what one perches on as a bird, i.e. a perch, but never to a nest as such.
Modern Chinese Criteria
窩 巢 巢穴 窠 老巢 窩巢 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • BIRDANIMAL that HAS TWO LEGS AND WINGS.
Hypernym
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 226

    Nest:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 777

    Nest:

    • Words (5 items)

    巢  cháo OC: dzraaw MC: ɖʐɣɛu 17 Attributions

    The current standard word for a nest for birds or dwelling of an animal living on trees is cháo 巢, but the word does specifically refer to bird's nests in trees rather than on the ground.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 棲/NEST NB: Qī 棲 is used to refer to what one perches on as a bird, i.e. a perch, but never to a nest as such.

      Syntactic words
    • nnest on tree
    • nadNbirdnest- (also written 轈)
    • n{PLACE}adVin nests
    • viactbuild a nest; make a nest
    • vt+prep+Nmake one's nest in
    蔟  cù OC: skhooɡ MC: tshuk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • n(place for a) bird's nest (ZHOULI)
    轈  cháo OC: dzraaw MC: ɖʐɣɛu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nadNnest-like (as in 轈車, see 巢車)
    棲  qī OC:  MC: sei 0 Attributions

    NB: Qī 棲 is used to refer to what one perches on as a bird, i.e. a perch, but never to a nest as such.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 巢/NEST The current standard word for a nest for birds or dwelling of an animal living on trees is cháo 巢, but the word does specifically refer to bird's nests in trees rather than on the ground.

      Syntactic words
    • na perch
    窠  kē OC: khlool MC: khʷɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: nest built typically in a hole in the ground