JEALOUS    妒嫉妒

ENVY ANOTHER PERSON for a RELATION of FRIENDSHIP OR LOVE IN-RELATION-TO an OTHER:third PERSON.
ENVIOUSCOVETOUSDESIROUSRESENTFULGRUDGINGBEGRUDGINGGREEN (WITH ENVY)SUSPICIOUSDISTRUSTFULMISTRUSTFULDOUBTINGINSECUREANXIOUSPOSSESSIVEOVERPROTECTIVE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general current word for jealousy of any kind, political, emotional, or sexual, is dù 妒. 2. Jí 嫉 refers primarily to sexual jealousy and often involves strong connotations of hatred. 3. Mào 媢 is a rare and archaic word referring to jealously in a dignified way. 4. Jì 忌 refers to resentful jealousy or envy of someone, typically for some advantage he has. The word is thus marginal in this group. NB: While there are number of words for jealousy, it is hard to find any common word for envy in pre-Buddhist Chinese. See ENVY.
Modern Chinese Criteria
妒忌 忌妒 嫉妒 吃醋 紅眼 嫉 妒 酸溜溜 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis 18.11.2003. CH
Antonym
  • ADMIREAPPRECIATE AND DELIGHT in what one BELIEVES is MORE GOOD IN-RELATION-TO either ONESELF OR IN-RELATION-TO what is COMMON.
  • PROUDDELIGHT in what one BELIEVES to be one's SELF:own EXCELLENCE.
Hypernym
  • ENVY　SOCIAL EMOTION: HATE someone BECAUSE one LACKS something GOOD which that OTHER PERSON HAS. (anc: 13/0, child: 1)
  • SOCIAL EMOTION　FEELING ENACTED IN RELATION TO OTHER HUMANS. (anc: 12/0, child: 6)
  • FEELING　NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 16.44

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 6.700

    NEID

  • Gelosia nella Cina imperiale ( SANTANGELO 1996) p.

  • La jalousie ( GRIMALDI 1994) p.

  • Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 5.149

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.71:49

    ENVIE.JALOUSIE ;JALOUSIE.EMULATION

    • Words (10 items)

    妒  dù OC: k-laas MC: tuo̝ 34 Attributions

    The general current word for jealousy of any kind, political, emotional, or sexual, is dù 妒.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 嫉 / 嫉 / 疾/JEALOUS Jí 嫉 refers primarily to sexual jealousy and often involves strong connotations of hatred.

      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychjealousy
    • v[adN]pluralthe enviers, the jealous people
    • vadN妒友 "jealous friend", 妒臣 "jealous minister"
    • vadVthrough jealousy???
    • vt[oN]be jealous, be given to jealousy
    • vt[oN]actshow jealousy
    • vtoNbe jealous of (erotically or politically) 妒功　妒而惡之
    • vtoNpassivebe exposed to jealousy 見妒
    嫉  zì OC: dzids MC: dzi
    嫉  jí OC: dzid MC: dzit
    疾  jí OC: dzid MC: dzit 7 Attributions

    Jí 嫉 refers primarily to sexual jealousy and often involves strong connotations of hatred.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 妒/JEALOUS The general current word for jealousy of any kind, political, emotional, or sexual, is dù 妒.

      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychjealousy
    • vt[oN]psychbe jealous
    • vtoNbe jealous of
    妬  dù MC: tuH OC: -- 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN]behave jealouslyDS
    • vtoN(= du4 妒) be jealous ofLZ
    • vtoNfigurative=妒 be "jealous" ofCH
    疾妒  jí dù OC: dzid k-laas MC: dzit tuo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNbe jealous of (achievements etc)
    妒媢  dù mào OC: k-laas muuɡs MC: tuo̝ mɑu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychjealousy
    • VPadNenvious; jealously resentful
    妒嫉  dù jí OC: k-laas dzid MC: tuo̝ dzit 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNfull of jealous resentment
    • VPt[oN]show all manner of jealousy
    妒忌  dù jì OC: k-laas ɡɯs MC: tuo̝ gɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactjealousy
    媢  mào OC: muuɡs MC: mɑu 1 Attribution

    Mào 媢 refers to the jealousy of a husband vis-a-vis his wife, and the term is even rarer than the constellation it describes.

      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN](of husband:) be jealous of one's wife; generally: be jealous
    • vtoNbe jealous of
    忌  jì OC: ɡɯs MC: gɨ 1 Attribution

    Jì 忌 refers to resentful jealousy or envy of someone, typically for some advantage he has. The word is thus marginal in this group.

      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychenvy
    • vt+prep+Nbe jealous of somebodyDS
    • vtoNenvy
    媢疾  mào jí OC: muuɡs dzid MC: mɑu dzit 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNbe jealously resentful of