PREGNANT  懷孕孕

FUTURE:about-to give BIRTH.
WITH CHILD
Hypernym
  • BIRTHBEGINNING of LIFE.
    • BEGINENDURINGLY STOP NOT to ACT OR to BE RESEMBLING:as in the PAST.
      • STOPACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION.
        • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word referring to pregnancy among humans or animals alike is yùn 孕.

2. Rèn 妊 refers specifically to pregnancy of humans.

3. Zhòng 重 refers to advanced pregnancy.

4. Shēn 娠 refers to an advanced state of pregnancy where the foetus is already very mobile in the womb.

Modern Chinese Criteria
懷孕

有孕

懷胎

懷妊

有喜

懷喜

有身

妊娠

身重

夢蘭

征蘭

有身孕

有身子

重身

大肚子

身懷六甲

珠胎暗結

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. 4.73

  • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 389

    PRAEGNANS, GRAVIDA

    455. Inter Praegnantem et gravidam haec differentia est: praegnantem esse quae concepit; gravidam, quam uteri gravedo proximam partui ostendit.

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    PREGNANT

    gravidus refers to pregnancy in general.

    praegnans refers to high pregnancy close to birth.

    PREGNANT

    praegnans refers to pregnancy quite generally.

    gravidus refers to pregnancy only of human beings.

    foetus refers to pregnancy in animals generally.

    fordus refers to pregnancy of cows.

    inciens refers to pregnancy of small animals, particulalry of swine.

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 587

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 785

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 284

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 745

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • VPi : 13
  • vi : 13
  • vadN : 5
  • n : 1

Attributions by text

  • 史記 : 8
  • 論衡 : 4
  • 戰國策 : 3
  • 春秋左傳 : 2
  • 禮記 : 2
  • 賢愚經 : 2
  • 祖堂集 : 2
  • 說苑 : 1
  • 搜神記 : 1
  • 墨子 : 1
  • 淮南子 : 1
  • 尚書 : 1
  • 毛詩 : 1
  • 韓詩外傳 : 1
  • 古列女傳 : 1
  • 吳越春秋 : 1

Words

孕  yùn OC: p-lɯŋs MC: jɨŋ 10 AttributionsWD

The current general word referring to pregnancy among humans or animals alike is yùn 孕.

    Syntactic words
  • vadNpregnant
  • vibe pregnant
  • vichangebecome pregnant (of humans or animals)
有身  yǒu shēn OC: ɢʷɯʔ qhjin MC: ɦɨu ɕin 10 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vistativebe pregnant
  • VPichangebecome pregnant
懷妊  huái rèn OC: ɡruul njɯms MC: ɦɣɛi ȵim 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe pregnant
  • VPichangeget pregnant
娠  shēn OC: qhljɯn MC: ɕin 2 AttributionsWD

Shēn 娠 refers to an advanced state of pregnancy where the foetus is already very mobile in the womb.

    Syntactic words
  • vibe at an advanced stage of pregnancy after the foetus has started to move in the womb
妊娠  rèn shēn MC: nyimH syin OC: njɯms qhljɯnCH 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe pregnantCH
  • VPiinchoativebecome pregnantCH
妊  rèn OC: njɯms MC: ȵim 1 AttributionWD

Rèn 妊 refers specifically to pregnancy of humans.

    Syntactic words
  • vadNpregnant, in the early stages of pregnancy
  • vibe at the early stage of pregnancy; be pregnant
胎  tāi OC: lʰɯɯ MC: thəi 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nanimal with a foetus inside; pregnant animal
有娠  yǒu shēn OC: ɢʷɯʔ qhljɯn MC: ɦɨu ɕin 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPichangehave foetues > become pregnant
有遺腹  yǒu wèi fù MC: hjuwX ywijH pjuwk OC: ɢʷɯʔ k-luds puɡCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe pregnant with a child from a deceased personCH
重身  chóng shēn MC: drjowng syin OC: doŋ qhjinDS 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe pregnantDS
懷  huái OC: ɡruul MC: ɦɣɛi 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNbecome pregnant with (a child)
重  zhòng OC: doŋʔ MC: ɖi̯oŋ 0 AttributionsWD

Zhòng 重 refers to advanced pregnancy.

    Syntactic words
  • viSHIJING: be pregnant

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