PRISONER  囚犯囚

ADULT who is ARRESTED AND COMMANDED to DWELL in a PRISON.
CONVICTDETAINEEINMATEINFORMAL JAILBIRDCONLIFERYARDBIRD
Hypernym
  • ADULTHUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
    • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
See also
  • ARRESTCATCH and in so doing OBEY a COMMAND of a GOVERNMENT, a LAW, OR a SUPERIOR
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The general term for a prisoner is qiú 囚, and this can refer to any person confined in a prison for any reason.

    2. Lǔ 虜 and fú 俘 refer to a prisoner of war who has been captured in battle.

    3. Tú 徒 is a prisoner who is not currently being detained in a prison, either because he is being transferred from one prison to another or because he has been released but is still regarded as a "former prisoner".

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    罪犯

    罪人

    人犯

    囚

    囚犯

    囚徒

    犯人

    階下囚

    監犯

    罪囚

    南冠

    赭衣 person wearing red clothing> prisoner.

    死囚

    死犯

    死刑犯

    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. 20.47

    • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.166

    Words

    囚  qiú OC: lju MC: zɨu 10 Attributions

    The general term for a prisoner is qiú 囚, and this can refer to any person confined in a prison for any reason.

      Syntactic words
    • nprisoner
    • viacttake on the posture of a prisoner
    • vtoNattitudinaltreat as a prisoner
    俘  fú OC: pho MC: phi̯o 7 Attributions

    Lǔ 虜 and fú 俘 refer to a prisoner of war who has been captured in battle.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 馘/EAR Guó 聝 is a rare word referring to the ear cut off dead soldiers in war.

      Syntactic words
    • nprisoner of war
    虜  lǔ OC: ɡ-raaʔ MC: luo̝ 7 Attributions

    Lǔ 虜 and fú 俘 refer to a prisoner of war who has been captured in battle.

      Syntactic words
    • n(post-N){PRED}be a prisoner of the contextually determinate NCH
    • nad.VtoNreference=objectas a prisoner
    • nobjectcaptive, someone who is utterly dependent from or in the hand of someone else
    胥靡  xū mǐ OC: sqa mralʔ MC: si̯ɤ miɛ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nperson guilty of a crime; criminal prisoner
    • nmpluralfettered convict working force 用绳索牵连着强迫他们劳动。作囚徒解失当。CH
    獄  yù OC: ŋoɡ MC: ŋi̯ok 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nprisoner
    繫  xì OC: ɡeeɡs MC: ɦei 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • none who is tied up and arrested> a prisoner
    徒  tú OC: daa MC: duo̝ 1 Attribution

    Tú 徒 is a prisoner who is not currently being detained in a prison, either because he is being transferred from one prison to another or because he has been released but is still regarded as a "former prisoner".

      Syntactic words
    • nprisoner
    執而囚  zhí ér qiú OC: tjib njɯ lju MC: tɕip ȵɨ zɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNcapture and then imprison
    桁楊  háng yáng MC: hang yang OC: ɢaaŋ k-laŋCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPconvicts bearing a cangue round their necksCH
    拘  jū OC: ko MC: ki̯o 0 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 囚/PRISONER The general term for a prisoner is qiú 囚, and this can refer to any person confined in a prison for any reason.

      Syntactic words
    • nobjectperson who has been arrested/detained> prisoner
    服  fú OC: bɯɡ MC: buk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nOBI: captive (often used in sacrifices)
    臣  chén OC: ɡjiŋ MC: dʑin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • n(not necessarily enslaved) prisoner

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: