DOMESTIC ANIMAL    畜生

ANIMAL REARED IN OR NEAR HOMES.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for domestic animals is shēng 牲. 2. Chú huàn 芻豢 refers to grain and hay-eating domestic animals, particularly sheep, bovines, pigs. 3. Chù 畜 refers to domestic animals under the aspect that they are being reared. 4. Chú 芻 refers to domestic animals fed on hey. 5. Huàn 豢 refers to domestic animals fed on grain. 6. Wù 鶩 refers to the domestic duck but can also come to refer to the wild duck. NB Yā 鴨 is post-Buddhist and refers to the domestic duck.
Modern Chinese Criteria
牲畜 畜 家畜 六畜 畜生 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • BOVINE　BIG BEAST or DOMESTIC ANIMAL which has HORNS, AND that SOMETIMES CAN be CAUSED TO PULL PLOUGHS... [BIOLOGY] (anc: 7/0, child: 2)
  • DOG　COMMON DOMESTIC OR WILD ANIMAL which HAS FOUR LEGS. [BIOLOGY; CANIS] (anc: 7/0, child: 2)
  • OVINE　SMALL FURRY DOMESTIC ANIMAL USED FOR PRODUCING WOOL OR MILK. [] (anc: 7/0, child: 3)
  • HORSE　COMMON BIG DOMESTIC ANIMAL WHICH HAS HOOFS AND a MANE, AND is ABLE TO PULL VEHICLES OR PLOUGHS. (anc: 7/0, child: 4)
  • SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL　DOMESTIC ANIMAL USED in SACRIFICE. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • DONKEY　DOMESTIC ANIMAL [ASINUS] (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • CHICKEN　COMMON KIND of BIRD REARED as DOMESTIC ANIMAL. (anc: 7/0, child: 2)
Antonym
  • BEASTBIG WILD VERTEBRATE.
Hypernym
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.15

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    DOMESTIC ANIMAL

    pecus is the most general expression for domestic animals, but the word may also refer specifically to smaller domesti animals like swine, goats and especially sheep.

    iumenta domestic animals of the larger sorts, bullocks, ases, horses, and the word may refer specifically to beasts used for drawing carriages.

    armenta refers to animals used in ploughing, oxen and horses, with the exclusion of cows, pack-asses, ridfing-horses and the like.

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 755

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  • Und folge dem, was mein Herz begehrt Hamburger Sinologische Schriften ( STUMPFELDT 2002) p. 1.93-136

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

    TIER

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 173

  • Histoire des moeurs ( POIRIER 1991) p. 1.1307

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 89B

    • Words (12 items)

    六畜  liù chù OC: ɡ-ruɡ khrluɡs MC: luk ʈhɨu 9 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPthe six kinds of domestic animals
    • NPadVreference=objectlike one of the domestic animals
    畜  chù OC: khrluɡs MC: ʈhɨu 9 Attributions

    Chù 畜 refers to domestic animals under the aspect that they are being reared.

      Syntactic words
    • nmcollectivewhat is reared: domestic animal
    • npost-Nderivedfigurative: N's creature, creature domesticated by NCH
    芻豢  chú huàn OC: tshro ɡroons MC: ʈʂhi̯o ɦɣan 8 Attributions

    Chú huàn 芻豢 refers to grain and hay-eating domestic animals, particularly sheep, bovines, pigs.

      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1&N2}pluralhey and grain-eating domestic animals, particularly goats, cows; pigs and dogs
    牛羊  niú yáng OC: ŋɯ k-laŋ MC: ŋɨu ji̯ɐŋ 5 Attributions

    Bovine and/or ovive domestic animals in general [DS]

      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialbovines and ovines
    畜生  chù shēng OC: khrluɡs sraaŋ MC: ʈhɨu ʂɣaŋ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPdomestic animals
    豢  huàn OC: ɡroons MC: ɦɣan 1 Attribution

    Huàn 豢 refers to domestic animals fed on grain.

      Syntactic words
    • ndomestic animals fed with grain (normally for slaughtering)
    牲  shēng OC: sraaŋ MC: ʂɣaŋ 1 Attribution

    The current general word for domestic animals is shēng 牲.

      Syntactic words
    • nmcollectivedomestic animal
    芻  chú OC: tshro MC: ʈʂhi̯o 0 Attributions

    Chú 芻 refers to domestic animals fed on hey.

      Syntactic words
    • ndomestic animal (not necessarily for slaughtering), fed on hey, particularly goat and water buffalo;
    鴨  yā OC: qraab MC: ʔɣap 0 Attributions

    NB Yā 鴨 is post-Buddhist and refers to the domestic duck.

      Syntactic words
    鶩  wù OC: mos MC: mi̯o 0 Attributions

    Wù 鶩 refers to the domestic duck but can also come to refer to the wild duck.

      Syntactic words
    犬羊  quǎn yáng OC: khʷeenʔ k-laŋ MC: khen ji̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPa dog or a goat
    牢  láo OC: ruu MC: lɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nLIJI: domestic animal