EUNUCH    太監寺人

CASTRATED MALE OFFICIAL GOVERNING A HAREM.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard term for a eunuch is sì rén 寺人.
Modern Chinese Criteria
閹寺 is the most explicit current word for a eunuch. 閹宦 太監 refers specifically to the palace eunuch. 黃門 宦官 監 內臣 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • CASTRATEMUTILATE so as to CUT off MALE GENITALS.
Hypernym
  • OFFICIAL　ADULT who WORKS IN a PUBLIC OFFICE OR IN A PUBLIC FUNCTION. (anc: 8/0, child: 12)
  • ADULT　HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME. (anc: 7/0, child: 20)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.1303

  • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 129

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1570

    閹，豎

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 508

    • Words (18 items)

    寺人  sì rén OC: sɢlɯs njin MC: zɨ ȵin 19 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPeunuch
    • NP=Npreunuch Npr
    宦者  huàn zhě OC: ɢʷraans kljaʔ MC: ɦɣan tɕɣɛ 16 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPeunuch
    • NP=Nprtitleeunuch Npr
    刑餘  xíng yú OC: ɡeeŋ la MC: ɦeŋ ji̯ɤ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPeunuch
    閽  hūn OC: hmuun MC: huo̝n 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • neunuch gatekeeper
    巷伯  xiàng bó OC: ɡrooŋs praaɡ MC: ɦɣɔŋ pɣɛk 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • neunuch
    奄  yǎn OC: qromʔ MC: ʔiɛm
    閹  yān OC: qrom MC: ʔiɛm 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • neunuch; inner palace door-keeper
    宦  huàn OC: ɢʷraans MC: ɦɣan 2 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 仕/OFFICIAL Shì 仕 is a permanent employee of some status, normally a literate person.

      Syntactic words
    • neunuch
    刑臣  xíng chén OC: ɡeeŋ ɡjiŋ MC: ɦeŋ dʑin 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPenunuch See EGO
    閹  yān OC: qrom MC: ʔiɛm 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • ndoor-keeper; eunuch
    中人  zhōng rén OC: krluŋ njin MC: ʈuŋ ȵin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPeunuch
    黃門  huáng mén OC: ɡʷaaŋ mɯɯn MC: ɦɑŋ muo̝n 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPeunuch in charge of gatekeepers
    貴人  guì rén OC: kluds njin MC: kɨi ȵin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPeunuch
    寺  sì OC: sɢlɯs MC: zɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • neunuch
    宦人  huàn rén OC: ɢʷraans njin MC: ɦɣan ȵin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPeunuch
    宮人  gōng rén OC: kuŋ njin MC: kuŋ ȵin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPeunuch
    豎  shù OC: djoʔ MC: dʑi̯o 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • neunuch
    昏  hūn OC: hmuun MC: huo̝n 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • neunuch
    宦官  huàn guān OC: ɢʷraans koon MC: ɦɣan kʷɑn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPeunuch HANSHU