ONESELF 自身
SELF AND NOT the SPEAKER
Modern Chinese Criteria
自己
自家
自個兒
自各兒
自身
本身
一己
自我
本人
小我
我
自
己
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／ LU JIANMING
自家
自個兒
自各兒
自身
本身
一己
自我
本人
小我
我
自
己
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／ LU JIANMING
- Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie
(
RITTER 1971-2007)
p.
9.292 SELBST
- Using Chinese Synonyms
(
GRACE ZHANG 2010)
p.
361
Attributions by syntactic funtion
Attributions by text
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- 韓非子 : 30
- 莊子 : 28
- 孟子 : 27
- 論語 : 23
- 孫子 : 19
- 說苑 : 15
- 淮南子 : 12
- 呂氏春秋 : 11
- 春秋繁露 : 9
- 文子 : 9
- 春秋左傳 : 7
- 論衡 : 7
- 陸機集十一卷 : 6
- 老子 : 6
- 阮籍集四卷 : 5
- 列子 : 4
- 管子 : 4
- 禮記 : 3
- 戰國策 : 3
- 搜神記 : 1
- 史記 : 1
- 墨子 : 1
- 王羲之集二卷 : 1
- 漢書 : 1
- 全上古三代秦漢三國六朝文 全晉文 : 1
- 法句經 : 1
- 尚書 : 1
- 春秋穀梁傳 : 1
- 賢愚經 : 1
- 百喻經 : 1
- 韓詩外傳 : 1
- 祖堂集 : 1
- 六祖壇經 : 1
- 古列女傳 : 1
- 文史通義 : 1
- 尸子 : 1
Words
吾 wú OC: ŋaa MC: ŋuo̝ 108 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- npro(adN)militaryone's army; 自軍CH
- npro0.adNimpersonalnon-referential: one's
- npro0.adNmarked吾之 one's
- npro0impersonalimpersonal pronoun: one, oneself
我 wǒ OC: ŋaalʔ MC: ŋɑ 106 AttributionsWD
自我
- Word relations
- Oppos: 彼/THAT
- Oppos: 彼/OTHER
- Oppos: 民/PEOPLE
The dominant current general word for the people is mín 民 (ant. jūn 君 "ruler"), and this term refers to the people particularly insofar as they are ruled by a ruler or belong to a state. - Oppos: 人/OTHER
Rén 人 refers indefinitely to other persons, in the singular (someone else) or in the plural (other people), but never as "the other person" or as "the other people." - Oppos: 敵/ENEMY
The general word for an enemy or opponent of any kind is dí 敵 (ant. yǒu 友 "friend") which can also often refer to mere competitors or adversaries. - Oppos: 外/OUTSIDE
The dominant word for outside is wài 外, a word with great semantic and syntactic flexibility.
- Syntactic words
- nabconceptthe concept of "oneself"CH
- npro(adN)non-referential, militaryone's own military party, one's own army, "敵我的我", "己方軍隊", 我軍CH
- npro+Vtnonreferentialpreposed object: oneselfCH
- npro.aban abstractly nominalised pronounCH
- npro.abnonreferential, contrastiveoneself
- npro.postVtcf. 知我則知人"when one understands oneself then one will understand others" oneself
- npro0.adNmarkednon-referential: one's
- npro0.adNunmarkedone's
- npro0nonreferential, impersonalimpersonal pronoun: one, only sometimes contrastive: oneself (as opposed to other things)
- npro{PRED}be (a matter of/because of) oneself，是自我的事兒CH
己 jǐ OC: kɯʔ MC: kɨ 61 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Ant: 彼/THAT
- Ant: 彼/THAT
- Oppos: 人/OTHER
Rén 人 refers indefinitely to other persons, in the singular (someone else) or in the plural (other people), but never as "the other person" or as "the other people." - Oppos: 彼/OTHER
- Syntactic words
- nab[.post-N]one's Self
- npro(contrastive:) oneself
- npro(.adN)the subject's (contextually determinate N)
- npro.post:Vt+prepafter preposition: yourself, onelself, etc.
- npro.postVtcontrastivecontrastive in object position: oneself, himself, herself, themselves
- npro.postVtnon-contrastive知己
- npro0.adNnon-referential, often contrastive: one's own 己力
- npro0emphaticoneself (emphatic, contrasting with others)
- npro{OBJ}+Vt(resumptive or reflexive:) oneself as object
- npro{PRED}(contrastive:) be a matter of oneself; be a matter of the agent
自 zì OC: sblids MC: dzi 20 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Oppos: 他 / 它 / 他/OTHER
The current general word for "other" is tuō 他/它.
- Syntactic words
- npro.adVt[oN]indirect object: for oneselfVt things for oneselfCH
- npro{OBJ}+Vtimpersonal自己把自己oneself; on one's own initiative
- npro＋.Vt＋Nto Vt one's own NCH
- npro＋Vthighest subjectVt oneself (NOT the subject of the Vt! Exceptional usage.)CH
身 shēn OC: qhjin MC: ɕin 17 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- npost-npropersonCH
- npro身死國亡"he himself died and his state was ruined": oneself (as opposed to other people)
- npro.adVin personCH
- npro.post-Vtoneself (as object)CH
自我 zì wǒ MC: dzijH ngaX OC: sblids ŋaalʔCH 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPprooneself; his own selfCH
自己 zì jǐ OC: sblids kɯʔ MC: dzi kɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- PP{DISCONT}reflexiveX oneself
予 yú MC: yo OC: laCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- npro.adNrarely: one's very own (as opposed to 吾 "one's own")CH
余 yú MC: yo OC: laCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- npro.adNNEVER in pre-Han or Han texts: one'sCH
其 qí MC: gi OC: ɡɯCH 1 AttributionWD
- Word relations
- Assoc: 各/ALL
Gè 各 quantifies by emphasising the separate features of each item quantiified over. [INDIVIDUAL], [SUBJECT-BINDING]; [n+Vt]
- Syntactic words
- npro0one, German "man", French "on"CH
己自 jǐ zì OC: kɯʔ sblids MC: kɨ dzi 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPpro.adVoneself
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- Syntactic words
- npro.adNrarely: one's very own (as opposed to 吾 "one's own")CH
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- Syntactic words
- npro.adNone'sCH
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