OLD MAN  老人翁

OLD MALE ADULT.
Antonym
  • CHILDYOUNG DESCENDENT.
    • BABYINTENSELY YOUNG CHILD.
      Hypernym
      • ADULTHUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
        • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. Sǒu 叟 (ant. tóng 童 "young boy") and the somewhat rarer zhàng rén 丈人 (ant. hái tí 孩提 "child") refer respectfully to a venerable old man of some status.

      2. Fǔ 父 is a southern dialect word referring to an old man.

      3. Lǎo 老 (ant. yòu 幼 "young person") is a neutral term referring generically to the aged, including men and women.

      4. Wēng 翁 (ant. ér 兒 "young child") refers generally to an old man without suggestions of venerability, but the word became current only in Han times.

      黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
      HUANG JINGUI 2006

      GOVERNMENT/LAW 25. 老年男子。

      公，尊稱，常位於姓氏後，作通稱。

      翁，泛稱。

      父，美稱。叟，齊魯一帶對老年男子的尊稱。

      老夫，老年大夫、官吏的自稱。

      GOVERNMENT/LAW 31. OLD PERSON, SEE OLD: 老人。老，指五十歲以上者，通稱，也常用作尊稱。艾，喻指五十至六十歲者。耆，指六十餘歲者，有禮敬色彩，作語素。耋，指六十至八十歲者，作語素。耄，七十至九十歲者，作語素。耇，泛稱，有禮敬色彩，作語素。

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      老人

      老

      老者

      老漢

      老翁

      翁

      黃髮

      二毛

      長老

      長者

      丈人行

      遺老

      老耆

      耆老

      宿老

      耆艾

      老艾

      老叟

      耆叟

      叟

      父

      老蒼

      老官

      老郎

      老耄

      耆耄

      耆耋

      耄耋

      耋艾

      老頭兒

      老頭子

      老傢伙

      老糊塗

      老骨頭

      老不死

      老廢物

      老禿翁

      老賊

      老狗

      老兒

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

      • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 12

      • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 73

      • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.147

      • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 44

      Words

      父  fǔ OC: paʔ MC: pi̯o 7 AttributionsWD

      Fǔ 父 is a southern dialect word referring to an old man.

        Syntactic words
      • nSouthern (Chǔ) dialect???: old man; gentleman
      • npost-Vold man characterised by V-ingDS
      • npost=Ngentlemen NCH
      老  lǎo OC: ɡ-ruuʔ MC: lɑu 7 AttributionsWD

      Lǎo 老 (ant. yòu 幼 "young person") is a neutral term referring generically to the aged, including men and women.

        Syntactic words
      • n[adN]N=humMENG: person of old age
      尊宿  zūn sù OC: tsuun suɡ MC: tsuo̝n suk 5 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPdistinguished old person; BUDDH: revered old monk living as a hermit; sometimes generally used as reference for a distinguished monk (DCD 1, cf also Ding Fubao, Fojiaocidian who takes the term as a general term of polite reference to a distinguished old person.)
      翁  wēng OC: qlooŋ MC: ʔuŋ 4 AttributionsWD

      Wēng 翁 (ant. ér 兒 "young child") refers generally to an old man without suggestions of venerability, but the word became current only in Han times.

        Syntactic words
      • nxinlun, lunheng p. 62: old gentleman
      丈夫  zhàng fū OC: daŋʔ pa MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ pi̯o 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPold man
      老人  lǎo rén OC: ɡ-ruuʔ njin MC: lɑu ȵin 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPold man
      • NP{PRED}be an old manCH
      耆  qí OC: ɡri MC: gi 2 AttributionsWD

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 老/OLD MAN Lǎo 老 (ant. yòu 幼 "young person") is a neutral term referring generically to the aged, including men and women.

        Syntactic words
      • nnonreferentialLIJI 1, 1.12: hexagenarian, man of over sixty
      丈  zhàng OC: daŋʔ MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • nadNold man
      叟  sǒu OC: sooʔ MC: su 1 AttributionWD

      Sǒu 叟 (ant. tóng 童 "young boy") and the somewhat rarer zhàng rén 丈人(ant. hái tí 孩提 "child") refer respectfully to a venerable old man of some status.

        Syntactic words
      • nMENG: polite word for a venerable old man; fangyan: Northern (Qí/Lǔ) dialect: old man
      • nvocativeVenerable Sir!
      丈人  zhàng rén OC: daŋʔ njin MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ ȵin 1 AttributionWD

      Sǒu 叟 (ant. tóng 童 "young boy") and the somewhat rarer zhàng rén 丈人(ant. hái tí 孩提 "child") refer respectfully to a venerable old man of some status.

        Syntactic words
      • NP{N1adN2}apparently: old people of some status
      父翁  fǔ wēng OC: paʔ qlooŋ MC: pi̯o ʔuŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPold man
      老父  lǎo fù OC: ɡ-ruuʔ baʔ MC: lɑu bi̯o 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPold man
      老公  lǎo gōng MC: lawX kuwng OC: ɡ-ruuʔ klooŋCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPold manCH
      耋  dié OC: ɡ-liiɡ MC: det 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nLIJI 14.40f: old person over eighty
      艾  ài OC: ŋaads MC: ŋɑi 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nold person; LIJI 1, 1.12: person over fifty

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