DOG    狗狗

COMMON DOMESTIC OR WILD ANIMAL which HAS FOUR LEGS. [BIOLOGY; CANIS]
HOUNDCANINEMONGRELCURPUPPUPPYINFORMAL DOGGY/DOGGIEPOOCH
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general literary word for a dog is quǎn 犬. 2. Gǒu 狗 is a colloquial word for a dog (according to some early commentators a small dog, and it is plausible that the colloquial word may have referred to the small dog in particular). 3. Máng 尨 refers to a shaggy, mangy dog, and this rare word has an archaic and poetic flavour. NB: The various other designations for dogs recorded in early dictionaries are not in general use. Inicdentally, already in Han times dogs' meat was regarded a delicacy. Fan Kuai 樊噲, the aide to the first emperor of the Han, was a dog-butcher.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 ANIMALS 12. 獒，藏獒，出先秦西戎所貢；中古時引申泛指大狗。 狡犬，巨口赤身的藏獒，先秦匈奴所贈。 豻，吻部黑色的金黃色藏獒，見於漢代；青豻在晚近引申指大黑狗（方言）。 番狗，西藏所贈藏獒，見於唐代。
Modern Chinese Criteria
狗 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH
Hyponym
  • BITCH　FEMALE DOG. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
  • PUPPY　YOUNG DOG. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
See also
  • FOXRED BEAST which EATS MEAT, HAS FOUR LEGS AND a SHARP MOUTH. [VULPES]
Hypernym
  • DOMESTIC ANIMAL　ANIMAL REARED IN OR NEAR HOMES. (anc: 6/0, child: 7)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.61

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 216

    Hund:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 763

    Hund:

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 44

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 9

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.1502

  • Und folge dem, was mein Herz begehrt Hamburger Sinologische Schriften ( STUMPFELDT 2002) p. 1.93-139

  • "三國志"同義詞及其歷史演變 ( WANG TONGWEI 2010) p. 290-302

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 100

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

    canes, -is 'dog' [m.f. «] (P1.+; nom-sg. usually canis, but older canes in Enn., PL,

    Lucil., Varro (all lx), abl.sg. cane, gen.pl. canum) j

    Derivatives: camcula 'bitch' (PI.+); dog-star, Sirius; dog-fish or shark' (Varro+),

    cariimis 'of a dog' (PI.+).

  • Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 6.358

  • 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 (14 items)

    狗  gǒu OC: kooʔ MC: ku 28 Attributions

    Gǒu 狗is a colloquial word for a dog (according to some early commentators a small dog, and it is plausible that the colloquial word may have referred to the small dog in particular).

      Word relations
    • Subject: 吠/BARK 1. The current word for barking is fèi 吠.
    • Epithet: 芻/HAY
    • Assoc: 馬/HORSE The dominant word for a horse is mǎ 馬.
    • Assoc: 彘/PIG Zhì 彘 is the standard old word for the domestic pig.
    • Assoc: 子女/GIRL Zǐ nǚ 子女 refers to post-puberty girls often used as gifts or as bribes.
    • Oppos: 虎/TIGER By far the most common feline in ancient Chinese literature is the hǔ 虎 "tiger".

      Syntactic words
    • n dog
    • nadNdoglike
    • nadNfigurativedoglike; dog of an N 狗賊
    • nadVanalogylike a dog
    • nfigurative"dogs"
    • npost-NCH
    犬  quǎn OC: khʷeenʔ MC: khen 20 Attributions

    The current general literary word for a dog is quǎn 犬.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 馬/HORSE The dominant word for a horse is mǎ 馬.
    • Assoc: 雞/CHICKEN The current word for a hen or chicken generally is jī 雞.

      Syntactic words
    • ncanine; (not necessarily domesticated) dog
    • nadVanalogylike a dog SHIJI: 犬吠
    • npost-Vdog characterised by V-ingDS
    尨  máng OC: mrooŋ MC: mɣɔŋ 3 Attributions

    Máng 尨 refers to a shaggy, mangy dog, and this rare word has an archaic and poetic flavour.

      Syntactic words
    • nshaggy dog
    獒  áo OC: ŋoow MC: ŋɑu 2 Attributions

    refers to the large Tibetan mastiff.

      Syntactic words
    • nlarge fierce dog
    貆  huán OC: ɢoon MC: ɦʷɑn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nsmall raccoon dog; badger
    吠狗  fèi gǒu OC: bods kooʔ MC: bi̯ɐi ku 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPreferential: watch-dog
    豻  àn OC: ŋɡaans MC: ŋɑn 0 Attributions

    Tibetan mastiff with a black snout. (Han)

      Syntactic words
    • nsmall wild dog of the steppe resembling a fox
    狡犬  jiǎo quǎn OC: kreewʔ khʷeenʔ MC: kɣɛu khen 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPreddish Tibetan mastiff with a large snout (given as tribute by the Xiongnu)
    犴  án OC: ŋɡaan MC: ŋɑn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nwild dog SHANHAIJING: 青犴
    狡  jiǎo OC: kreewʔ MC: kɣɛu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nyoung dog
    猘  zhì OC: kreds MC: kiɛi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nP: mad dog
    猲  xiē OC: qhad MC: hi̯ɐt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nkind of dog
    獫  xiǎn OC: qhromʔ MC: hiɛm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nkind of dog
    玁  xiǎn OC: qhramʔ MC: hiɛm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ndog with a long snout