LION  獅子

MOST STRONG AND MOST BIG FELINE.
Hypernym
  • FELINENIMBLE BEAST which HAS FOUR LEGS, SHARP CLAWS, AND ROUND HEAD.
    • BEASTBIG WILD VERTEBRATE.
      • VERTEBRATEANIMAL which HAS a SPINE BONE.
        • ANIMALCREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE....
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 ／

  • 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

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

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: