TURTLE    烏龜

AQUATIC ANIMAL which HAS a HARD SHELL, AND IS FAMOUS for its LONG LIFE.
TORTOISE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Yuán tuó 黿鼉 refers generically to river reptiles. 2. The current general term for turtles is guī 龜, but the word tends to refer specifically to marine turtles. 3. Biē 鱉 refers to the ordinary soft-shelled turtle with a legendary biting power, a culinary delicacy. 4. Áo 鼇 refers to the giant sea turtle. 5. Yuán 黿 refers to a large variety of the soft-shelled sea turtle.
Modern Chinese Criteria
龜 烏龜 金龜 玄武 王八 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • AQUATIC ANIMALS　ANIMALS that LIVE IN WATER. (anc: 6/0, child: 7)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 235

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  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 799

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  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.1454

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 342

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    • Words (9 items)

    鱉  biē OC: ped MC: piɛt 15 Attributions

    Biē 鱉 refers to the ordinary soft-shelled turtle with a legendary biting power, a culinary delicacy.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 魚/FISH The common general term for a fish is yú 魚.

      Syntactic words
    • nriver turtle; sea turtle
    龜  jiū OC: kʷɯ MC: kɨu
    龜  guī OC: kʷrɯ MC: ki
    龜  jiū OC: kʷɯ MC: kɨu
    龜  guī OC: kʷrɯ MC: ki 15 Attributions

    The current general term for turtles is guī 龜, but the word tends to refer specifically to marine turtles.

      Syntactic words
    • namphibious land tortoise, long-lived, the meat of which is edible and the shell of which is used in medicine; tortoise shell
    • nadNturtle-like
    黿  yuán OC: ŋɡon MC: ŋi̯ɐn 8 Attributions

    Yuán 黿 refers to a large variety of the soft-shelled sea turtle.

      Syntactic words
    • nsoft-shelled large turtle
    黿鼉  yuán tuó OC: ŋɡon daal MC: ŋi̯ɐn dɑ 3 Attributions

    Yuán tuó 黿鼉 refers generically to river reptiles.

      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialturtles
    蔡  cài OC: skhaads MC: tshɑi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nK: large tortoise
    蠵  xī OC: ɡʷlee MC: ɦei 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nsea turtle
    鼈  biē MC: pjiet OC: ped 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nturtle šì
    鼇  áo OC: ŋoow MC: ŋɑu 0 Attributions

    Áo 鼇 refers to the giant sea turtle

      Syntactic words
    • nhuge sea turtle
    玳瑁  dài mèi OC: lɯɯɡs mɯɯs MC: dəi muo̝i 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPhawksbill turtle