ANGEL    天使

SMALL DEITY that HAS WINGS. 
Modern Chinese Criteria
天使 安琪兒 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • DEITY　SUPERNATURAL CREATURE. (anc: 5/0, child: 8)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p. 52

    ANGELI BONI

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.323

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1477

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (3 items)

    天使  tiān shǐ OC: lʰiin srɯʔ MC: then ʂɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPheavenly emissary, "angel"!!!
    天神  tiān shén OC: lʰiin ɢljin MC: then ʑin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPChristian Chinese: angel
    飛天  fēi tiān OC: pɯl lʰiin MC: pɨi then 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nDunhuang flying figure similar to an angel, and an important part of Buddhist iconography