FOREIGNER 外國人
STRANGER COMING FROM a DIFFERENT STATE.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
Hyponym
- HOSTAGE FOREIGNER GIVEN to someone FOR SUPPORTING a PROMISE OR CONTRACT with that person. (anc: 9/0, child: 0)
- FUGITIVE FOREIGNER who has FLED FROM his OWN STATE. (anc: 9/0, child: 0)
See also
- WILDNATURAL, UNRESTRAINED AND NOT TAMED.
- PATRIOTISMLOVE for one's SELF:own STATE.
Hypernym
STRANGER
externus refer to a person or thing belonging another country,and the term describes a purely spatial relation.
exterus refers specifically to persons from another country.
extraneus refers to any person that does not belong into a given circle.
extrarius refers to what is outside oneself.
peregrinus refers to a person without a right of citizenship where he lives.
hospes refers positively to the stranger or foreigner as deserving special hospitality.
aliegenus refers to any person not native to a given country.
advena refers to an imigrant of any kind.
Fremdvoelker:
Fremde/Fremdvoelker:
F usefully lists depictions of foreigners on Han reliefs.
PEREGRINUS
Words (9 items)
客 kè OC: khraaɡ MC: khɣɛk 30 Attributions
The current word for a foreigner is kè 客.
- Syntactic words
- nstranger; person from a foreign country, foreigner, foreign resident; immigrant; person from a different place;
- nadVas a foreigner
- npost=Nprforeigner
- n{PRED}be foreignerDS
旅 lǚ OC: raʔ MC: li̯ɤ 4 Attributions
Lu# 旅 refers to a newcomer or termporary inhabitant of place, and the word is somewhat marginal in the group.
- Syntactic words
- nstranger; newcomer; traveler
外人 wài rén OC: ŋoods njin MC: ŋɑi ȵin 3 Attributions
Wài rén 外人 is a neutral colourless term for an outsider in a place.
- Syntactic words
- NPstranger; outsider; foreigner
賓旅 bīn lǚ OC: pin raʔ MC: pin li̯ɤ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentialstrangers
新旅 xīn lǚ OC: siŋ raʔ MC: sin li̯ɤ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPnewly arrived foreigner
外 wài OC: ŋoods MC: ŋɑi 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- n(post-N1.)[adN2]outsider
反 fǎn OC: panʔ MC: pi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NP"toungue-turners", babbling barbarians, speakers of alien languages
客人 kè rén OC: khraaɡ njin MC: khɣɛk ȵin 0 Attributions
- Word relations
- Ant: 主人/CITIZEN
- Syntactic words
- NPforeigner
羈 jī OC: kral MC: kiɛ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nsubject=humanstranger; foreigner; refugee