LION    獅子

MOST STRONG AND MOST BIG FELINE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a lion is shī 獅, usually written 師, or 獅子／師子.
Modern Chinese Criteria
獅 獅子 獸王 狻猊 refers to a legendary lion-like beast of prey. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • FELINE　NIMBLE BEAST which HAS FOUR LEGS, SHARP CLAWS, AND ROUND HEAD. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • BEAST　BIG WILD VERTEBRATE. (anc: 7/0, child: 12)
  • VERTEBRATE　ANIMAL which HAS a SPINE BONE. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.72

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 772

    Loewe:

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (2 items)

    獅子  shī zǐ OC: sril sklɯʔ MC: ʂi tsɨ
    師子  shī zǐ OC: sril sklɯʔ MC: ʂi tsɨ 10 Attributions

    Shī zǐ 獅子 refers to the lion, but the lion was largely unknown in China. NB: The lion was not known in ancient China and is first mentioned in Eastern Han times by Xún Yuè 荀悅.

      Syntactic words
    • NPlion
    • NPadNlion-, lion-like
    • NPbuddhistBUDDH: lion > (Śākyamuni) Buddha (> Buddhist teacher)
    獅  shī OC: sril MC: ʂi 0 Attributions

    The standard word for a lion is shī 獅, usually written 師, or 獅子／師子.

      Syntactic words
    • nHan, 荀悅，漢紀　lion