NEST  鳥巢巢

PLACE where a BIRD LIVES, SLEEPS AND REARS its OFFSPRING.
ROOSTAERIE
Hypernym
  • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
    • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
See also
  • BIRDANIMAL that HAS TWO LEGS AND WINGS.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current standard word for a nest for birds or dwelling of an animal living on trees is cháo 巢, but the word does specifically refer to bird's nests in trees rather than on the ground.

    NB: Qī 棲 is used to refer to what one perches on as a bird, i.e. a perch, but never to a nest as such.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    窩

    巢

    巢穴

    窠

    老巢

    窩巢

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

    Attributions by syntactic funtion

    • n : 10
    • n{PLACE}adV : 4
    • vi : 2
    • vt+prep+N : 1

    Attributions by text

    • 淮南子 : 3
    • 禮記 : 2
    • 莊子 : 2
    • 荀子 : 2
    • 春秋左傳 : 1
    • 呂氏春秋 : 1
    • 論衡 : 1
    • 百喻經 : 1
    • 毛詩 : 1
    • 戰國策 : 1
    • 韓非子 : 1
    • 韓詩外傳 : 1

    Words

    巢  cháo OC: dzraaw MC: ɖʐɣɛu 17 AttributionsWD

    The current standard word for a nest for birds or dwelling of an animal living on trees is cháo 巢, but the word does specifically refer to bird's nests in trees rather than on the ground.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 棲/NEST NB: Qī 棲 is used to refer to what one perches on as a bird, i.e. a perch, but never to a nest as such.

      Syntactic words
    • nnest on tree
    • nadNbirdnest- (also written 轈)
    • n{PLACE}adVin nests
    • viactbuild a nest; make a nest
    • vt+prep+Nmake one's nest in
    棲  qī OC:  MC: sei 0 AttributionsWD

    NB: Qī 棲 is used to refer to what one perches on as a bird, i.e. a perch, but never to a nest as such.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 巢/NEST The current standard word for a nest for birds or dwelling of an animal living on trees is cháo 巢, but the word does specifically refer to bird's nests in trees rather than on the ground.

      Syntactic words
    • na perch
    窠  kē OC: khlool MC: khʷɑ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: nest built typically in a hole in the ground
    蔟  cù OC: skhooɡ MC: tshuk 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • n(place for a) bird's nest (ZHOULI)
    轈  cháo OC: dzraaw MC: ɖʐɣɛu 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nadNnest-like (as in 轈車, see 巢車)

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