DWARF  矮子

ADULT HUMAN of INTENSELY SMALL SIZE.
SMALL PERSONSHORT PERSONMIDGETPYGMYMANIKINHOMUNCULUS
Antonym
  • GIANTHUMAN of HUGE AND NOT NATURAL SIZE.
    Hypernym
    • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general term for a dwarf, typically employed as a clown, was the binome zhū rú 侏儒. See CLOWN; See HUNCHBACK

    2. Rú 儒 alone is sometimes used to refer to a weakling or a dwarf without strength.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    矮子

    矮個兒

    矮個子

    小矮子

    矬子

    矬個兒

    侏儒

    僬僥 refers to a legendary dwarf of antiquity.

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.877

    Words

    侏儒  zhū rú OC: tjo njo MC: tɕi̯o ȵi̯o 5 Attributions

    The current general term for a dwarf, typically employed as a clown, was the binome zhū rú 侏儒. See CLOWN; See HUNCHBACK

      Syntactic words
    • NPHF: dwarf
    侏  zhū OC: tjo MC: tɕi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • ndwarf
    僥  yáo OC: ŋɡeew MC: ŋeu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nLIE: dwarf
    僬  jiāo OC: tsew MC: tsiɛu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nLIE: dwarf
    儒  rú OC: njo MC: ȵi̯o 0 Attributions

    Rú 儒 is sometimes used to refer to a weakling or a dwarf without strength.

      Syntactic words
    • ndwarf

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: