MUSICIAN    音樂家

ARTIST PRODUCING MUSIC.
PLAYERPERFORMERINSTRUMENTALISTACCOMPANISTSOLOISTVIRTUOSOMAESTROHISTORICAL MINSTREL
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 ／
Hypernym
  • ARTIST　HUMAN who CONCENTRATES ON PRODUCING ART. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • ADULT　HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME. (anc: 7/0, child: 20)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • 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 (8 items)

    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
    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
    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
    擊磬  jī qìng OC: keeɡ kheeŋs MC: kek kheŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmusic stone master
    伶人  líng rén OC: ɡ-reeŋ njin MC: leŋ ȵin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP{PRED}be a musician