PUPPET    傀儡

TOY in the form of a SMALL STATUE of a HUMAN.
MARIONETTEHAND PUPPETFINGER PUPPET
Old Chinese Criteria
1. O ㄆ偶 refers to a small statue, typically of a person, buried with the dead, and the emphasis is on the likeness with a living person. 2. Yǒng 俑 refers to the figurines put into tombs and buried with the dead, and the focus is on the fact that these figurines accompany a dead person into the ground. NB: Kuǐ lěi 傀儡 is post-Han.
Modern Chinese Criteria
傀儡 木偶 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • TOY　ARTEFACT USED FOR PLAYING with. (anc: 5/0, child: 2)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.393

  • Das grosse China-Lexikon ( STAIGER 2003) p. 597

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 144

    • Words (5 items)

    傀儡  kuǐ lěi OC: khuulʔ ruulʔ MC: khuo̝i luo̝i 2 Attributions
    • () p. 657a

      Syntactic words
    • nnpuppet
    俑  yǒng OC: k-loŋʔ MC: ji̯oŋ 2 Attributions

    Yǒng 俑 refers to the figurines put into tombs and buried with the dead, and the focus is on the fact that these figurines accompany a dead person into the ground.

      Syntactic words
    • nwooden figurine buried with the dead; wooden grave figures
    芻靈  chú líng OC: tshro reeŋ MC: ʈʂhi̯o leŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPstraw puppet
    偶人  ǒu rén OC: ŋooʔ njin MC: ŋu ȵin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPZGC wooden figurine buried with the dead
    偶  ǒu OC: ŋooʔ MC: ŋu 0 Attributions

    Oㄆ 偶 refers to a small statue, typically of a person, buried with the dead, and the emphasis is on the likeness with a living person.

      Syntactic words
    • nHN: small statue