BUTCHER  屠夫

MERCHANT KILLING ANIMALS SELLING their MEAT.
MEAT SELLERMEAT VENDORMEAT TRADER
Hypernym
  • MERCHANTADULT whose WORK is to BUY AND SELL THINGS so as to PRODUCE a SALARY:income.
    • ADULTHUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
      • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
        • ANIMALCREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word is tú 屠, and this word has no competitors, although compounds show that butchers could specialise in beef, lamb and dog. The default meat sold was pork.

Modern Chinese Criteria
屠夫

屠伯

市屠

屠戶

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

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    BUTCHER

    laniena refers to the butcher's stall where ready-slaughtered meat is sold.

    macellum refers to the market in which the macellarius sells all sorts of meat, including pultry and fish.

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 236

    Schlaechter:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 799

    Schlachter:

  • 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. 104

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • n+Npr : 7
  • VPi : 5
  • NP=Npr : 5
  • nab : 5
  • vtoN : 5
  • NP : 5
  • NPab.post-N : 3
  • VP(adN.)=Npr : 3
  • n : 3
  • vi : 3
  • NPadN : 2

Attributions by text

  • 莊子 : 11
  • 史記 : 9
  • 韓詩外傳 : 7
  • 淮南子 : 5
  • 呂氏春秋 : 4
  • 春秋左傳 : 3
  • 楚辭 : 2
  • 鹽鐵論 : 2
  • 管子 : 2
  • 新論-漢-桓譚 : 1

Words

屠  tú OC: ɡ-laa MC: duo̝ 23 AttributionsWD

1. The general word is tú 屠, and this word has no competitors.

    Syntactic words
  • n+Nprbutcher Npr
  • nabactbutchery; the professional activity of a butcher
  • nagentbutcher
  • viactbe a butcher
  • vtoN學屠龍"study how to slaughter dragons": slaughter (for consumption) 
屠羊  tú yáng OC: ɡ-laa k-laŋ MC: duo̝ ji̯ɐŋ 10 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NP=Nprsheep butcher Npr
  • NPab.post-Nthe subject's job as a butcherCH
  • NPadNindefinitea butcher'sCH
屠牛  tú niú OC: ɡ-laa ŋɯ MC: duo̝ ŋɨu 4 AttributionsWD

a butcher

    Syntactic words
  • VP(adN)ox-butcher
  • VP(adN.)=Nprox-butcher (called) Npr
  • VPiactslaughter oxen; be an ox-butcher
鼓刀  gǔ dāo MC: kuX taw OC: kaaʔ k-laawCH 4 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPicontinuativewield the butcher's knife> work as a butcherCH
屠者  tú zhě OC: ɡ-laa kljaʔ MC: duo̝ tɕɣɛ 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPbutcher
狗屠  gǒu tú OC: kooʔ ɡ-laa MC: ku duo̝ 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPdog butcher
屠兒  tú ér OC: ɡ-laa ŋje MC: duo̝ ȵiɛ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPbutcher

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