ORPHAN  

BEREAVED CHILD whose FATHER AND MOTHER are DEAD.
Hypernym
  • CHILDYOUNG DESCENDENT.
    • DESCENDANTHUMAN HAVING a DEFINED OTHER HUMAN as FATHER, MOTHER, OR ANCESTOR.
      • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
        • ANIMALCREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for an orphan is gū 孤.

Modern Chinese Criteria
孤

孤兒

孤子

遺子

孤女

遺女

遺孤

孤遺

孤生

孤幼

孤弱

孤露

孤孩

孤童

孤稚

孤嗣

孤星

棄兒

曙後孤星

六尺之孤

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. 2.75

  • Han China - a Proto 'Welfare State'? T'oung Pao ( HULSEWE 1987) p.

    On the possible existence of orphanages.

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • n : 11
  • NP : 5
  • vtoN : 3
  • VPi : 1
  • v[adN] : 1

Attributions by text

  • 韓非子 : 4
  • 管子 : 3
  • 論語 : 2
  • 說苑 : 1
  • 搜神記 : 1
  • 春秋左傳 : 1
  • 莊子 : 1
  • 呂氏春秋 : 1
  • 春秋穀梁傳 : 1
  • 賢愚經 : 1
  • 孟子 : 1
  • 淮南子 : 1
  • 祖堂集 : 1
  • 六祖壇經 : 1
  • 文子 : 1

Words

孤  gū OC: kʷaa MC: kuo̝ 15 AttributionsWD

The standard word for an orphan is gū 孤.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 寡/BEREAVED Guǎ 寡 is the general word referring to a person whose close relatives, typically parents at an advanced age, but also spouses, have died. [SPECIFIC]

    Syntactic words
  • nplurorphans, half-orphans
  • nsubject=nonrefa half-orphan; an orphan
  • v[adN]nonreferentialorphan
  • vadNhalf-orphaned; fatherless; orphaned
  • vifatherless; be orphaned
幼孤  yòu gū OC: qriws kʷaa MC: ʔi̯u kuo̝ 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPsubject=nonrefyoung orphans; a young orphan
孤遺  gū yí OC: kʷaa k-lul MC: kuo̝ ji 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NP(I) an orphan without male support
孺子  rú zǐ MC: nyuH tsiX OC: njos sklɯʔCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPorphanCH
偏孤  piān gū MC: phjien ku OC: phen kʷaaDS 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe one-sided orphanDS

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