PISSPOT  便壺

VESSEL USED FOR KEEPING URINE.
CHAMBER POT
Hypernym
  • VESSELHARD CONTAINER USED FOR PUTTING SUBSTANCES INTO it.
See also
  • TOILETROOM or BUILDING USED FOR DEFECATION.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. There was no pissoir in ancient China. The hǔ zǐ 虎子 was a colloquial term for a tiger-shape flask into which to urinate in one's bedroom.

    NB: Terms like mǎtǒng 馬桶 and mǎzǐ 馬子 as well as biànhú 便壺 are all late.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    便壺

    夜壺

    尿壺

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

      Words

      便壺  biàn hú OC: bens ɢaa MC: biɛn ɦuo̝ 0 Attributions

      Terms for urinal like mǎtǒng 馬桶 and mǎzǐ 馬子 as well as biànhú 便壺 are all late.

        Syntactic words
      虎子  hǔ zǐ OC: qhlaaʔ sklɯʔ MC: huo̝ tsɨ 0 Attributions

      There was no pissoir in ancient China. The hǔ zǐ 虎子 was a colloquial term for a tiger-shape flask into which to urinate in one's bedroom.

        Syntactic words
      • NPHan colloquial: pisspot (illustration in HYDCD 801)
      馬子  mǎ zǐ OC: mraaʔ sklɯʔ MC: mɣɛ tsɨ 0 Attributions

      Terms for urinal like mǎtǒng 馬桶 and mǎzǐ 馬子 as well as biànhú 便壺 are all late.

        Syntactic words
      馬桶  mǎ tǒng OC: mraaʔ kh-looŋʔ MC: mɣɛ thuŋ 0 Attributions

      Terms for urinal like mǎtǒng 馬桶 and mǎzǐ 馬子 as well as biànhú 便壺 are all late.

        Syntactic words

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: