BEARD  鬍鬚

HAIR ON FACE.
FACIAL HAIRWHISKERSSTUBBLEFIVE O'CLOCK SHADOWBRISTLESGOATEEIMPERIAL
Hypernym
  • HAIRBODY-TISSUE which GROWS on SKIN, VISIBLY on the TOP of the HEAD of HUMANS, and OTHER PLACES.
    • BODY TISSUEIMPORTANT NOT LIQUID SUBSTANCES IN THE BODY.
      • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
        • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT....
See also
  • CHINMOST LOW PART of the FACE BELOW the MOUTH.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    [BASIC/MARGINAL]

    [COMMON/RARE]

    [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

    1. The general word is xū 鬚 referring to all kinds of facial hair, but the word cannot refer to hair on the crown.

    [GENERAL]

    2. Rán 髯 refers to long whiskers (and when substantial constitutes a remarkable thing among a people with little facial hair).

    [SPECIFIC]

    3. Liè 鬣 is primarily the mane of a horse and refers to a beard noted for its length.

    [MARGINAL], [SPECIFIC]; [[RARE]]

    4. Zī 髭 "moustache" was a rare word and a rare thing in ancient China.

    [SPECIFIC]; [[RARE]]

    NB: Hú 鬍 "beard" is post-Buddhist.

    黄金貴:古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    BODY 37.

    鬍鬚,文獻中罕用,多假借作連詞。

    鬚,也是口毛的通稱,與 “ 髭 ”“ 髯 ” 對言時特指下巴上的鬍鬚。

    髯,面頰耳旁的鬍鬚。

    髭,口上鼻下的鬍鬚。

    鬍,下巴上的鬍鬚,口語詞。

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    鬍子

    鬍鬚

    髭髯





    絡腮鬍子

    連鬢鬍子

    虯髯

    美髯

    大鬍子

    小鬍子

    八字鬍子

    山羊鬍子

    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. 4.142

    • 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. 7A

      BEARD

    • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 534

    • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 373

    • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 8

    • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

      BARBA

    • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.781

    • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 62ff

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

      barba 'beard' [f. a] (P1.+)

      Derivatives: barbatus 'bearded' (Elog.Scip., P1.+), barbula 'little beard' (Lucil.+),

      barbitium 'a growth of beard' (Apul.+); imberbis [adj.] 'beardless' (Lucil.+).

    • Realencyklopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft ( PAULY 1894-1973) p. 3.30

    • Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ( BAECHTHOLD-STAEUBLI 1987) p. 1.930

    • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 87

    Attributions by syntactic funtion

    • n : 15

    Attributions by text

    • 春秋左傳 : 3
    • 莊子 : 3
    • 荀子 : 2
    • 阮籍集四卷 : 1
    • 論衡 : 1
    • 賢愚經 : 1
    • 百喻經 : 1
    • 臨濟錄 : 1
    • 韓非子 : 1
    • 史記 : 1

    Words

      xū OC: so MC: si̯o
      xū OC: so MC: si̯o 10 AttributionsWD

    The general word is xū 鬚 referring to all kinds of facial hair, but the word cannot refer to hair on the crown. [GENERAL]

      Syntactic words
    • nbeard; whiskers
      rán OC: njam MC: ȵiɛm 2 AttributionsWD

    Rán 髯 refers to long whiskers (and when substantial constitutes a remarkable thing among a people with little facial hair). [SPECIFIC]

      Syntactic words
    • nlong whiskers
      liè OC: rab MC: liɛp 2 AttributionsWD

    Liè 鬣 is primarily the mane of a horse and refers to a beard noted for its length. [MARGINAL], [SPECIFIC]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • nGY: long unruly beard (like the mane of a horse) (the word also refers to hair standing on end, according to SHUOWEN)
      huì OC: qhʷads MC: hi̯ɐi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • ngoat-beard, facial hair on the chin
      zī OC: tse MC: tsiɛ 0 AttributionsWD

    Zī 髭 "moustache" was a rare word and a rare thing in ancient China. [SPECIFIC]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • nmoustache
      Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD

    NB: Hú 鬍 "beard" is post-Buddhist.

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: moustache or beard

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