SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL    祭用動物牢

DOMESTIC ANIMAL USED in SACRIFICE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general term for sacrificial animals is xī shēng 犧牲. 2. Xī 犧 refers specifically for an animal that has been used in sacrifice. 3. Shēng 牲 refers specifically to an animal that one intends to use for sacrificial purposes. 4. Quán 牷 refers to an animal that has been selected for special rearing for sacrificial purposes because of it's unified colour. 5. Láo 牢 refers collectively to a set of animals used for sacrificing, usually consistic of an ox, a sheep and a pig, as in the Roman suovetaurilia.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 SACRIFICE 16. 犧，用於宗廟祭祀的純色牲，多用雄性。 牲，用於祭祀的活牲。 牷，肢體齊全的牲畜。 駹，雜色牲。 牢，欄圈中繫養的祭祀用牲，有太牢少牢之分。 牽，可牽行的牛羊豕等牲畜。
Hypernym
  • DOMESTIC ANIMAL　ANIMAL REARED IN OR NEAR HOMES. (anc: 6/0, child: 7)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)

Words (9 items)

牲  shēng OC: sraaŋ MC: ʂɣaŋ 15 Attributions

Shēng 牲 refers specifically to an animal that one intends to use for sacrificial purposes.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 犧/SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL Xī 犧 refers specifically for an animal that has been used in sacrifice.

    Syntactic words
  • nwhole buffalo used in sacrifices
犧牲  xī shēng OC: hŋral sraaŋ MC: hiɛ ʂɣaŋ 12 Attributions

The general term for sacrificial animals is xī shēng 犧牲.

    Syntactic words
  • NP{N1=N2}pluralsacrificial beasts (typically but not always ox, sometimes also sheep)
犧  xī OC: hŋral MC: hiɛ 5 Attributions

Xī 犧 refers specifically for an animal that has been used in sacrifice.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 牲/SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL Shēng 牲 refers specifically to an animal that one intends to use for sacrificial purposes.

    Syntactic words
  • nsacrificial water buffalo with 厜ure colour� fur, specifically an ox that has been used in sacrifice; LIJI: figure of a sacrificial victim bull
太牢  tài láo OC: thaads ruu MC: thɑi lɑu 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NP{vadN}ox, sheep, and pig used for sacrifice; suovetaurilia
牢  láo OC: ruu MC: lɑu 3 Attributions

Láo 牢 refers collectively to a set of animals used for sacrificing, usually consistic of an ox, a sheep and a pig, as in the Roman suovetaurilia.

    Syntactic words
  • nset of animal used for sacrifices, usually consisting of an ox, a sheep and a pig (TSO, SJ)
  • nadNN of set of animals used for sacrificesLZ
牲牷  shēng quán OC: sraaŋ sɡon MC: ʂɣaŋ dziɛn 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralsacrificial animals
牽  qiàn OC: khiins MC: khen
牽  qiān OC: khiin MC: khen 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nCATTLE THAT ARE DRAGGED ALONG> sacrificial cattle (ZUO)
少牢  shào láo OC: hmljews ruu MC: ɕiɛu lɑu 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NP{vadN}suovetaurilia with ox missing; sheep and pig sacrifice
牷  quán OC: sɡon MC: dziɛn 0 Attributions

Quán 牷 refers to an animal that has been selected for special rearing for sacrificial purposes because of it's unified colour.

    Syntactic words
  • nadNZHOULI: (of animals) designed for sacrifice, of the right quality for sacrificial use