SUICIDE  自殺

KILL ONESELF.
Hypernym
  • KILLVOLUNTARILY CAUSE TO DIE.
    • CAUSE TOMOVE in SUCH a way that THEREFORE someone or something else CHANGES.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
Hyponym
  • MARTYR　Commit SUICIDE BECAUSE of FANATIC FAITH.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The general term for suicide is zì shā 自殺, and 殺己 is hardly ever used for suicide.

    2. Zì cǎi 自裁 refers to suicide by cutting oneself in some way or other.

    3. Zì jìn 自盡 is politely periphrastic and refers to putting an end to one's life in any way.

    4. Zì wěn 自刎 refers to a dramatic act of cutting one's own throat.

    5. Zì jīng 自經 refers to suicide by strangling oneself.

    6. Zì chén 自沉 refers to suicide by drowning.

    7. Sǐ 死 is often used causatively and reflexively to refer to an act of suicide.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    自殺

    自盡

    尋死

    作死

    自戕

    自裁

    輕生

    尋短見

    自刎

    伏劍

    抹脖子

    上吊

    吊死

    懸梁

    投繯

    自縊

    自經

    雉經

    服毒

    飲鴆

    仰毒

    仰藥

    乳藥

    投水

    投河

    跳河

    投井

    跳井

    投江

    跳江

    投海

    跳海

    蹈海

    服毒跳河

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

    • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 801

      Selbstmord:

    • L'intelligence de la China. Le social et le mental ( GERNET 1994) p. 169-206

    • Le suicide dans la Rome antique ( GRISE 1983) p.

    • From Autothanasia to Suicide: Self-Killing in Classical Antiquity ( HOOF 1990) p.

    • Histoire du suicide ( MINOIS 1995) p.

    • A Full Enquiry into the Subject of Suicide ( MOORE 1790) p.

    • Suicide in the Middle Ages ( MURRAY 1998) p.

    • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.1068

    • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 9.493

      SELBSTMORD

    • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

      SELBSTTOETUNG

    • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( BORCHERT 2005) p.

    • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • New Dictiornary of the History of Ideas, 6 vols. ( HOROWITZ 2005) p.

    Words

    縊  yì OC: qleɡs MC: ʔiɛ 19 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN{REFLEX}]reflexivestrangle oneself; commit suicide
    • vtoNcausativecause someone to commit suidice by strangling oneself ????
    自殺  zì shā OC: sblids sreed MC: dzi ʂɣɛt 15 AttributionsWD

    The general term for suicide is zì shā 自殺.

      Syntactic words
    • VPikill oneself; commit suicide
    殺身  shā shēn OC: sreed qhjin MC: ʂɣɛt ɕin 12 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiacthave oneself killed (typically for a cause)
    自刎  zì wěn OC: sblids mɯnʔ MC: dzi mi̯un 10 AttributionsWD

    Zì wěn 自刎 is direct and dramtatic: "cut one's own throat".

      Syntactic words
    • VPicut one's own throat
    刎頸  wěn jǐng OC: mɯnʔ keŋʔ MC: mi̯un kiɛŋ 9 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactsuicide
    • VPadN(friendship) so close that one is prepared to commit suicide for each other
    • VPiactcut one's throat
    死  sǐ MC: sijX OC: pliʔCH 5 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vireflexivekill oneselfCH
    • vtoNcommit suicide to repay a debt of honour to NCH
    雉經  zhì jīng MC: drijX keng OC: diʔ keeŋCH 4 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPistrangle oneself (with a rope)CH
    經  jīng OC: keeŋ MC: keŋ 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nsubjectsomeone who has been trying to hang oneself, near-hangmanLZ
    • vt[oN]hang oneself
    縊而死  yì ér sǐ OC: qleɡs njɯ pliʔ MC: ʔiɛ ȵɨ si 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiresultativestrange oneself "to death"
    伏劍  fú jiàn OC: bɯɡ kloms MC: buk ki̯ɐm 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactbow into one's own sword> commit suicide with a sword
    絞縊  jiǎo yì OC: kreewʔ qleɡs MC: kɣɛu ʔiɛ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN]commit suicide
    自沒  zì mò OC: sblids mɯɯd MC: dzi muot
    自歿  zì mò OC: sblids mɯɯd MC: dzi muot 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactcommit suicide, end one's own life
    自沈  zì chén OC: sblids ɡrlum MC: dzi ɖim
    自沈  zì chén OC: sblids ɡrlum MC: dzi ɖim 1 AttributionWD

    Zì chén 自沉 is "drown owneself".

      Syntactic words
    • VPidrown oneself [see 自沈]
    自經  zì jīng OC: sblids keeŋ MC: dzi keŋ 1 AttributionWD

    Zì jīng 自經 is "hang oneself".

      Syntactic words
    • VPicommit suicide
    盡  jìn OC: dzinʔ MC: dzin 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcommit suicide 自盡
    縊死  yì sǐ MC: 'jieH sijX OC: qleɡs pliʔDS 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtpostN{OBJ}reflexive.自strangle oneself to deathDS
    掛  guà OC: kʷrees MC: kɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNreflexive.自hang (oneself)
    投巖  tóu yán OC: doo ŋɡraam MC: du ŋɣam 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN[REFLEX]]reflexivethrow oneself from a cliff
    殺己  shā jǐ OC: sreed kɯʔ MC: ʂɣɛt kɨ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactkill ONESELF
    自刑  zì xíng OC: sblids ɡeeŋ MC: dzi ɦeŋ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNkill oneself
    自盡  zì jìn OC: sblids dzinʔ MC: dzi dzin 0 AttributionsWD

    Zì jìn 自盡 is politely periphrastic and refers to putting an end to one's life in any way.

      Syntactic words
    自裁  zì cái OC: sblids sɡɯɯ MC: dzi dzəi 0 AttributionsWD

    Zì cǎi 自裁 is "commit suicide" by cutting oneself in some way or other.

      Syntactic words
    • VPicommit suicide
    赴火  fù huǒ OC: phoɡs qphaalʔ MC: phi̯o hʷɑ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactthrow oneself into the fire
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPistrangle oneselfCH

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