CARRIAGE HORSE    駕車的馬駟

A HORSE USED to PULL a CARRIAGE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most common word referring to a team of horses pulling one carriage is sì 駟. 2. Shèng 乘 is an archaic word for a team of four horses. 3. Fú 服 refers to the two horses immediately next to the carriage pole yuán 轅 at the centre of the team. 4. Cān 驂 can refer to a team of three horses, but the word can also refer to the outer two horses in a four-horse team. 5. Pián 胼 refers to a team of two horses.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 COMM 17. 駢，兩馬駕。 驂，三馬駕；又指四馬駕之兩旁馬，特指左邊旁馬。 駟，四馬駕。 騑，三馬或四馬駕時兩旁馬專稱，特指右邊旁馬。 服，中央夾輈轅之馬。
Modern Chinese Criteria
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See also
  • BRIDLETOOL PRODUCED USING ROPES, USED to DRIVE:steer HORSES.
Hypernym
  • HORSE　COMMON BIG DOMESTIC ANIMAL WHICH HAS HOOFS AND a MANE, AND is ABLE TO PULL VEHICLES OR PLOUGHS. (anc: 7/0, child: 4)
  • 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)
  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 1284

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 98

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.345:232

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    • Words (6 items)

    駟  sì OC: plids MC: si 6 Attributions

    The most common word referring to a team of horses pulling one carriage is sì 駟.

      Syntactic words
    • nteam of four horses
    • ncpost-V{NUM}.post-Nclassifierclassifier for carriage horses
    驂  cān OC: tshuum MC: tshəm 3 Attributions

    Cān 驂 can refer to a team of three horses, but the word can also refer to the outer two horses in a four-horse team.

      Syntactic words
    • nmember horse of a horse team towards the left and right, and not in the middle; horse team member on the left
    乘  shèng OC: ɢjɯŋs MC: ʑɨŋ 1 Attribution

    Shèng 乘 is an archaic word for a team of four horses.

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Nfellow carriage horse; fellow horse of the team N
    駢  pián OC: been MC: ben 0 Attributions

    Pián 胼 refers to a team of two horses.

      Syntactic words
    • nhorse side by side with another
    騑  fēi OC: pɯl MC: pɨi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmember horse of a horse team towards the left and right, and not in the middle
    服  fú OC: bɯɡ MC: buk 0 Attributions

    Fú 服 refers to the two horses immediately next to the carriage pole yuán 轅 at the centre of the team.

      Syntactic words
    • ncentral members of the team of horses pulling a carriage