SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL  祭用動物牢

DOMESTIC ANIMAL USED in SACRIFICE.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general term for sacrificial animals is xī shēng 犧牲.

2. Xī 犧 refers specifically for an animal that has been used in sacrifice.

3. Shēng 牲 refers specifically to an animal that one intends to use for sacrificial purposes.

4. Quán 牷 refers to an animal that has been selected for special rearing for sacrificial purposes because of it's unified colour.

5. Láo 牢 refers collectively to a set of animals used for sacrificing, usually consistic of an ox, a sheep and a pig, as in the Roman suovetaurilia.

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

SACRIFICE 16.

犧，用於宗廟祭祀的純色牲，多用雄性。

牲，用於祭祀的活牲。

牷，肢體齊全的牲畜。

駹，雜色牲。

牢，欄圈中繫養的祭祀用牲，有太牢少牢之分。

牽，可牽行的牛羊豕等牲畜。

    Words

    牲  shēng OC: sraaŋ MC: ʂɣaŋ 15 AttributionsWD

    Shēng 牲 refers specifically to an animal that one intends to use for sacrificial purposes.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 犧/SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL Xī 犧 refers specifically for an animal that has been used in sacrifice.

      Syntactic words
    • nwhole buffalo used in sacrifices
    犧牲  xī shēng OC: hŋral sraaŋ MC: hiɛ ʂɣaŋ 12 AttributionsWD

    The general term for sacrificial animals is xī shēng 犧牲.

      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1=N2}pluralsacrificial beasts (typically but not always ox, sometimes also sheep)
    犧  xī OC: hŋral MC: hiɛ 5 AttributionsWD

    Xī 犧 refers specifically for an animal that has been used in sacrifice.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 牲/SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL Shēng 牲 refers specifically to an animal that one intends to use for sacrificial purposes.

      Syntactic words
    • nsacrificial water buffalo with 厜ure colour� fur, specifically an ox that has been used in sacrifice; LIJI: figure of a sacrificial victim bull
    牢  láo OC: ruu MC: lɑu 3 AttributionsWD

    Láo 牢 refers collectively to a set of animals used for sacrificing, usually consistic of an ox, a sheep and a pig, as in the Roman suovetaurilia.

      Syntactic words
    • nset of animal used for sacrifices, usually consisting of an ox, a sheep and a pig (TSO, SJ)
    • nadNN of set of animals used for sacrificesLZ
    太牢  tài láo OC: thaads ruu MC: thɑi lɑu 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NP{vadN}ox, sheep, and pig used for sacrifice; suovetaurilia
    牲牷  shēng quán OC: sraaŋ sɡon MC: ʂɣaŋ dziɛn 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralsacrificial animals
    牽  qiàn OC: khiins MC: khen
    牽  qiān OC: khiin MC: khen 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • nCATTLE THAT ARE DRAGGED ALONG> sacrificial cattle (ZUO)
    牷  quán OC: sɡon MC: dziɛn 0 AttributionsWD

    Quán 牷 refers to an animal that has been selected for special rearing for sacrificial purposes because of it's unified colour.

      Syntactic words
    • nadNZHOULI: (of animals) designed for sacrifice, of the right quality for sacrificial use
    少牢  shào láo OC: hmljews ruu MC: ɕiɛu lɑu 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NP{vadN}suovetaurilia with ox missing; sheep and pig sacrifice

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