QUEEN    王后

WIFE of a RULER OR FEMALE RULER.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a queen is hòu 后.
Modern Chinese Criteria
皇后 王后 后妃 閼氏 娘娘 內主 妃子 貴妃 王妃 妃 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • WIFE　MARRIED FEMALE MATE. (anc: 9/0, child: 5)
  • MATE　ADULT with whom one COPULATES. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • ADULT　HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME. (anc: 7/0, child: 20)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 19.33

    • Words (4 items)

    后  hòu OC: ɡooʔ MC: ɦu 15 Attributions

    The standard word for a queen is hòu 后.

      Syntactic words
    • nqueen; later: empress
    • n(post-N)N's QueenDS
    • n(post-N1.)=N2appositionN2, the Queen of the contextually determinate N1DS
    • n+NprtitleQueen Npr
    • npost-NprNpr=kingQueen consort of Npr
    • npostNprQueen Npr
    太后  tài hòu OC: thaads ɡoos MC: thɑi ɦu 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPqueen mother
    • NPpost=Nprtitleempress dowager 竇太后
    先后  xiān hòu OC: sɯɯn ɡooʔ MC: sen ɦu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP[post-N]my/our former queen
    王后  wáng hòu OC: ɢʷaŋ ɡooʔ MC: ɦi̯ɐŋ ɦu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPdefinitethe queen