PEST  瘟病

INTENSE ILLNESS which TENDS to SPREAD.For this section compare throughout ZHANG GANG 1997.
BUBONIC PLAGUEPNEUMONIC PLAGUEBLACK DEATHDISEASESICKNESSEPIDEMICDATED CONTAGIONARCHAIC PESTILENCE
Hypernym
  • ILLNESSTYPICALLY TEMPORARY DEFECT of the BODY OR MIND of HUMANS OR of the BODY of ANIMALS.
    • DEFECTBAD FEATURE in something GOOD OR LACK of a DESIRED GOOD FEATURE.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for any very serious pest or plague is lì 癘.

2. Zhàng 瘴 refers to malaria-like diseases current in southern China.

3. Wēn 瘟 refers to pests that spread in hot seasons, and this pest may hit men as well as beasts.

4. Yì 疫 is a colloquial general word for a pest or plage, but this word was not very current in pre-Buddhist times.

5. Lài 癩 refers specifically to leprosy.

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

HUMAN BODY 15.

瘟，源於囚徒牢獄中的傳染病；引申為瘟病通稱。

疫，源於役人、軍隊中的傳染病；引申為傳染病總稱。

[ 病字旁＋易，從感染傳易的特徵指稱傳染病。癘，本指被蝎螫的疾病，戰國時引申為毒氣流行的傳染病。

?? ， “ 癘 ” 之區別字，後不通行。

漬，牲畜家禽所發生的傳染病。

注，感染病死的尸氣而發的慢性傳染病。

札，大疫病。

瘥，輕微疫病。

Modern Chinese Criteria
瘟疫

疫病

疫癘

瘟

疫

癘

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

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    PEST

    lues refers to an epidemic disease as proceeding from an impure morbid matter.

    contagium focusses on the contagious nature of a pest.

    pestilentia focusses on the endemic natgure of a pest.

    pestis is a poetic word for a pest.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.1604

  • 中醫百病名源考 Zhongyi baibing mingyuan kao ( ZHANG GANG 1997) p.

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 731

Words

疫  yì OC: ɢʷleɡ MC: jiɛk 4 AttributionsWD

Yì 疫 is a colloquial general word for a pest or plage, but this word was not very current in pre-Buddhist times.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 疾/ILLNESS Jí 疾 is the oldest general word for illness and sometimes continues to be used in this generalised way, but the word often came to refer more specifically to an acute short-term medical condition, and especially a change in medical condition, that can be very serious but is not normally construed as chronic.

    Syntactic words
  • nabeventplague, pest
  • vi0eventthere was a pest
  • vieventsuffer pest
癘  lì OC: b-rads MC: liɛi
厲  lài MC: -- OC: -- 2 AttributionsWD

The current general word for any very serious pest or plague is lì 癘.

    Syntactic words
  • nabfeaturepestilence, plague
  • v[adN]one who has pestilence; a leper
癩  lài OC: b-raads MC: lɑi 2 AttributionsWD

Lài 癩 refers specifically to leprosy.

    Syntactic words
  • nabstativeleprosy
  • v[adN]nonreferentialleper
瘟  wēn OC: quun MC: ʔuo̝n
溫  wēn OC: quun MC: ʔuo̝n 0 AttributionsWD

Wēn 瘟 refers to pests that spread in hot seasons, and this pest may hit men as well as beasts.

    Syntactic words
  • nabfeatureplague; epidemic
瘴  zhàng OC: kjaŋs MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD

Zhàng 瘴 refers to malaria-like diseases current in southern China.

    Syntactic words
  • nsouthern dialect word for southern disease: miasma, fever; malaria

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