INAUSPICIOUS 凶凶
CAUSING one to EXPECT DISASTER.
Old Chinese Criteria
2. Jiù 咎 is an archaic elevated terminus technicus for inauspiciousness used especially in divination literature.
3. Yāo 妖 / 祅 refers to concrete inauspicious events like animal misfosters.
4. Niè 孽 refers to inauspicious events, and the reference is said to be typically to botanic misfosters.
5. Jìn 祲 refers to inauspicious supernatural influences.
6. Bù xiáng 祥 is currently used to refer to inauspicious events.
Modern Chinese Criteria
凶兆
不吉之兆
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
- 王力古漢語字典
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WANG LI 2000)
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828 妖,祅,孽,蠥
Words
凶 xiōng OC: qhoŋ MC: hi̯oŋ 29 AttributionsWD
The current general word for what is of no good omen is xiōng 凶 (ant. jí 吉).
- Word relations
- Ant: 吉/AUSPICIOUS
The general term is jí 吉 (ant. xiōng 凶 "inauspicious") and refers to any natural phenomenon or supposed supernatural response that is of good omen, in an everyday almost secular way. - Ant: 祥/AUSPICIOUS
Xiáng 祥 tends to refer to the auspiciousness of human actions, but in its nominal usages it came to be used more generally for all tings that bode well or ill. - Ant: 福/LUCK
The dominant general word for good fortune is fú 福 (ant. huò 禍 "misfortune"), and the dominant general word for good luck is xìng 幸 (ant. yāng 殃 "misfortune"). - Epithet: 旱/DROUGHT
The current general word for wealther conditions of drought is hàn 旱. - Epithet: 災 / 菑/DISASTER
Zāi 災 refers to a natural disaster, typically sent down by Heaven. - Epithet: 饑/HUNGRY
Jī 饑 (NOT ANCIENTLY HOMOPHONOUS WITH 飢 in ancient Chinese), and the rarer jín 饉 as well as the very rare qiàn 歉 refer to insufficiency of food as a result of bad harvest. - Assoc: 惡/DISASTER
- Syntactic words
- n[adN]subjectwhat is inauspicious
- nabeventinauspicious event (e.g. burial)LZ
- nabstativeinauspiciousness (or otherwise)
- vadNominous, baleful, ill-omened, inauspicious,
- vadVinauspiciously
- vinon-gradedbe ominous, baleful, ill-omened, inauspicious
不祥 bù xiáng OC: pɯʔ sɢlaŋ MC: pi̯ut zi̯ɐŋ 16 AttributionsWD
Bù xiáng 祥 is currently used to refer to inauspicious events.
- Syntactic words
- nab.post-V{NUM}(counted or sequenced) inauspicious thingsCH
- NP[adN]inauspicious things, things of evil omen
- NP[adN]{PRED}be an inauspicious matter/event/signCH
- NPabactinauspicious act
- VPibe inauspicious
妖 yāo OC: qrow MC: ʔiɛu
祅 yāo OC: qrow MC: ʔiɛu 5 AttributionsWD
Yāo 妖/祅 refers to concrete inauspicious events like animal misfosters.
- Word relations
- Assoc: 孽/DISASTER
Niè 孽 often has heavy metaphysical connotations and refers to disasters as caused by higher powers acting with an intention to harm, but there are some clear cases where the word refers to man-made trouble in MENG. - Oppos: 常/STANDARD
Cháng 常 focusses on the lasting effectiveness of a standard.
- Syntactic words
- nabeventZUO Zhuang 14: inauspicious supernatural occurrence
- vadNinauspicious (dream)
殃 yāng MC: 'jang OC: qaŋCH 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabinauspicious omenCH
- nabinauspicious efficacy; malicious influenceDS
咎 jiù OC: ɡlɯwʔ MC: gɨu 2 AttributionsWD
Jiù 咎 is an archaic elevated terminus technicus for inauspiciousness used especially in divination literature.
- Syntactic words
- vadNinauspicious, unlucky
- vibe blameworthy MOVE TO BLAME
不詳 bù xiáng MC: pjut zjang OC: pɯʔ sɢlaŋLZ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadN= 不祥, ill-omenedLZ
禨 jì MC: kj+jH OC: kɯlsCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nab{PRED}be a matter of inauspiciousness, bad omen; spiritual evil influence CH
無相 wú xiàng MC: mju sjangH OC: ma sqaŋsDS 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPibe of no good fortuneDS
孽 niè OC: ŋred MC: ŋiɛt 0 AttributionsWD
Niè 孽 refers to inauspicious events, and the reference is said to be typically to botanic misfosters.
- Syntactic words
祥 xiáng OC: sɢlaŋ MC: zi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabeventZUO Zhao 18 inauspicious event
祲 jīn OC: skim MC: tsim 0 AttributionsWD
Jīn 祲 refers to inauspicious supernatural influences.
- Syntactic words
- nabmetaphysicalinauspicious supernatural influences
- vadNinauspicious; malignant
Click here to add pinyin MC: OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabinauspicious omenCH
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