INAUSPICIOUS    凶凶

CAUSING one to EXPECT DISASTER.
UNFAVORABLEINAUSPICIOUSUNPROPITIOUSOMINOUSCURSEDILL-FATEDILL-OMENEDDISADVANTAGEOUSUNFORTUNATE. ANTONYM FAVORABLEUNFORTUNATELUCKLESSOUT OF LUCKJINXEDHAPLESSILL-FATEDILL-STARREDUNHAPPYINFORMAL DOWN ON ONE'S LUCKLITERARY STAR-CROSSED
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for what is of no good omen is xiōng 凶 (ant. jí 吉 ). 2. Jiù 咎 is an archaic elevated terminus technicus for inauspiciousness used especially in divination literature. 3. Yāo 妖 / 祅 refers to concrete inauspicious events like animal misfosters. 4. Niè 孽 refers to inauspicious events, and the reference is said to be typically to botanic misfosters. 5. Jìn 祲 refers to inauspicious supernatural influences. 6. Bù xiáng 祥 is currently used to refer to inauspicious events.
Modern Chinese Criteria
凶 凶兆 不吉之兆 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
Hypernym
  • DISASTER　EVENT that CAUSES HUMANS to BECOME INTENSELY SAD OR to GRIEF:grieve. (anc: 9/0, child: 3)
  • EVENT　REALITY that ARISES in TIME. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • REALITY　EXIST and NOT ONLY BE IMAGINED. (anc: 7/0, child: 5)
  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 828

    妖，祅，孽，蠥

    • Words (12 items)

    凶  xiōng OC: qhoŋ MC: hi̯oŋ 29 Attributions

    The current general word for what is of no good omen is xiōng 凶 (ant. jí 吉).

      Word relations
    • Ant: 吉/AUSPICIOUS The general term is jí 吉 (ant. xiōng 凶 "inauspicious") and refers to any natural phenomenon or supposed supernatural response that is of good omen, in an everyday almost secular way.
    • Ant: 祥/AUSPICIOUS Xiáng 祥 tends to refer to the auspiciousness of human actions, but in its nominal usages it came to be used more generally for all tings that bode well or ill.
    • Ant: 福/LUCK The dominant general word for good fortune is fú 福 (ant. huò 禍 "misfortune"), and the dominant general word for good luck is xìng 幸 (ant. yāng 殃 "misfortune").
    • Epithet: 旱/DROUGHT The current general word for wealther conditions of drought is hàn 旱.
    • Epithet: 災 / 菑/DISASTER Zāi 災 refers to a natural disaster, typically sent down by Heaven.
    • Epithet: 饑/HUNGRY Jī 饑 (NOT ANCIENTLY HOMOPHONOUS WITH 飢 in ancient Chinese), and the rarer jín 饉 as well as the very rare qiàn 歉 refer to insufficiency of food as a result of bad harvest.
    • Assoc: 惡/DISASTER

      Syntactic words
    • n[adN]subjectwhat is inauspicious
    • nabeventinauspicious event (e.g. burial)LZ
    • nabstativeinauspiciousness (or otherwise)
    • vadNominous, baleful, ill-omened, inauspicious,
    • vadVinauspiciously
    • vinon-gradedbe ominous, baleful, ill-omened, inauspicious
    不祥  bù xiáng OC: pɯʔ sɢlaŋ MC: pi̯ut zi̯ɐŋ 16 Attributions

    Bù xiáng 祥 is currently used to refer to inauspicious events.

      Syntactic words
    • nab.post-V{NUM}(counted or sequenced) inauspicious thingsCH
    • NP[adN]inauspicious things, things of evil omen
    • NP[adN]{PRED}be an inauspicious matter/event/signCH
    • NPabactinauspicious act
    • VPibe inauspicious
    妖  yāo OC: qrow MC: ʔiɛu
    祅  yāo OC: qrow MC: ʔiɛu 5 Attributions

    Yāo 妖/祅 refers to concrete inauspicious events like animal misfosters.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 孽/DISASTER Niè 孽 often has heavy metaphysical connotations and refers to disasters as caused by higher powers acting with an intention to harm, but there are some clear cases where the word refers to man-made trouble in MENG.
    • Oppos: 常/STANDARD Cháng 常 focusses on the lasting effectiveness of a standard.

      Syntactic words
    • nabeventZUO Zhuang 14: inauspicious supernatural occurrence
    • vadNinauspicious (dream)
    殃  yāng MC: 'jang OC: qaŋ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabinauspicious omenCH
    • nabinauspicious efficacy; malicious influenceDS
    咎  jiù OC: ɡlɯwʔ MC: gɨu 2 Attributions

    Jiù 咎 is an archaic elevated terminus technicus for inauspiciousness used especially in divination literature.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNinauspicious, unlucky
    • vibe blameworthy MOVE TO BLAME
    無相  wú xiàng MC: mju sjangH OC: ma sqaŋs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe of no good fortuneDS
    禨  jì MC: kj+jH OC: kɯls 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nab{PRED}be a matter of inauspiciousness, bad omen; spiritual evil influence CH
    不詳  bù xiáng MC: pjut zjang OC: pɯʔ sɢlaŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadN= 不祥, ill-omenedLZ
    孽  niè OC: ŋred MC: ŋiɛt 0 Attributions

    Niè 孽 refers to inauspicious events, and the reference is said to be typically to botanic misfosters.

      Syntactic words
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabinauspicious omenCH
    祥  xiáng OC: sɢlaŋ MC: zi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventZUO Zhao 18 inauspicious event
    祲  jīn OC: skim MC: tsim 0 Attributions

    Jīn 祲 refers to inauspicious supernatural influences.

      Syntactic words
    • nabmetaphysicalinauspicious supernatural influences
    • vadNinauspicious; malignant