MUSICIAN  音樂家

ARTIST PRODUCING MUSIC.
PLAYERPERFORMERINSTRUMENTALISTACCOMPANISTSOLOISTVIRTUOSOMAESTROHISTORICAL MINSTREL
Hypernym
  • ARTISTHUMAN who CONCENTRATES ON PRODUCING ART.
    • ADULTHUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
      • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
        • ANIMALCREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for female musical entertainers is nǚ yuè 女樂.

2. Shī 師 (also expanded to refers to yuè shī 樂師 ) refers to a male music master whose competence is supposed to be practical as well as theoretical.

3. Gǔ gōng 瞽工 is a colloquial word for a musician.

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

ART 4.

女樂，能歌善舞的藝人，宮中樂伎的古稱。

伎，後漢時私家蓄養的女樂。

倡，以歌唱為主的男女藝人，多有音樂伴奏。

謳，以清唱為業的藝人。翟，教習樂舞的舞蹈藝人。

工，在宮廷內以歌唱諷誦為業的藝人，一般為盲人。師，技藝和地位高於 “ 工 ” 的樂人之長。

瞽，宮廷中的盲人樂師，地位高於工和師。

伶，樂官的專稱。

但，吹奏藝人。

優，多為矮小、醜陋的男子，以口、面、體的戲謔活動博取主子歡心的藝人。

俳，以表演雜戲、詼諧娛人為業的藝人，少獨用。

象人，漢代宮廷中模仿各種形象或戴假面具裝扮的藝人。

Modern Chinese Criteria
音樂家

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

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 225

    Musikanten zu Pferd;

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 776

    Musiker

Words

女樂  nǚ yuè OC: naʔ ŋɡraawɡ MC: ɳi̯ɤ ŋɣɔk 21 Attributions

The current word for female musical entertainers is nǚ yuè 女樂.

    Syntactic words
  • NP{N1adN2}pluralfemale musical entertainer (mostly plural)
工  gōng OC: kooŋ MC: kuŋ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npluralartists; musicians
師  shī OC: sril MC: ʂi 2 Attributions

Shī 師 (also expanded to refers to yuè shī 樂師) refers to a male music master whose competence is supposed to be practical as well as theoretical.

    Syntactic words
  • nmusic master
  • n+Nprtitlemusic-master 師曠,師涓
樂師  yuè shī OC: ŋɡraawɡ sril MC: ŋɣɔk ʂi 1 Attribution

Shī 師 (also expanded to refers to yuè shī 樂師) refers to a male music master whose competence is supposed to be practical as well as theoretical.

    Syntactic words
  • NPtitlemusic-master
瞽工  gǔ gōng OC: kaaʔ kooŋ MC: kuo̝ kuŋ 1 Attribution

Gǔ gōng 瞽工 is a colloquial word for a musician.

    Syntactic words
  • NPmusician; musicians
乾闥婆  gān tà pó OC: kaan thaad baal MC: kɑn thɑt bʷɑ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPbuddhistBUDDH: a kind of heavenly musician, one of the eight kinds of creatures who protect the Buddhist teaching; SANSKRIT gandharva; PALI gandhabba
伶人  líng rén OC: ɡ-reeŋ njin MC: leŋ ȵin 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NP{PRED}be a musician
擊磬  jī qìng OC: keeɡ kheeŋs MC: kek kheŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPmusic stone master

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: