HOST  主人

LEADER of a HOME OR FEAST.
PARTY-GIVERHOSTESSENTERTAINER
Antonym
  • GUESTINVITED VISITOR FROM a DIFFERENT PLACE OR FAMILY IN-RELATION-TO someone in whose PLACE S/HE BE-IN:is in.
    Hypernym
    • LEADCONTROL so as to CAUSE TO FOLLOW OR OBEY oneself.
      • CONTROLINTERACT so as to CAUSE TO BE OR ACT RESEMBLE:as one DESIRES.
        • INTERACTACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT.
          • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The standard word for the host on a ritual occasion is zhǔ 主

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    主人

    主

    東家

    東道

    東 is limited to idiomatic phrases.

    作東 is a formal way of referring to playing the host.

    東人

    地主

    主人公

    家主

    家公

    主婦 refers to the hostess.

    主母 refers to the hostess.



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

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 19.57

    Words

    主  zhǔ OC: tjoʔ MC: tɕi̯o 21 AttributionsWD

    The standard word for the host on a ritual occasion is zhǔ 主

      Syntactic words
    • na host, person ritually in charge
    • n(post-N)host of the contextually determinate NDS
    • nfigurativehost (BUDDH. one of the central terms in 臨濟's teaching, referring frequently to the teacher, as opposed to 賓 the 'disciple', but more generally also to the 'objectice', as opposed to the 'subjective')
    • npost-Nhost of, leader of
    • vtoNbe the host of (a meeting)CH
    主人  zhǔ rén OC: tjoʔ njin MC: tɕi̯o ȵin 18 AttributionsWD

      Syntactic words
    • NP(post-N)host; master of ceremonies; pater familias
    大家  dà jiā OC: daads kraa MC: dɑi kɣɛ 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPdefinitethe host, the person in charge of the clan
    主家  zhǔ jiā OC: tjoʔ kraa MC: tɕi̯o kɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPhost
    阿郎  ā láng OC: qlaal ɡ-raaŋ MC: ʔɑ lɑŋ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPmaster of the house, landlord

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