KNIGHT  武俠俠

ADULT who USES BIG PRIVATE WEAPONS in his WORK.
CAVALIERCAVALRYMANHORSEMANLORDNOBLENOBLEMANHISTORICAL CHEVALIERPALADINBANNERET
Hypernym
  • ADULTHUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
    • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current standard word for a knight is xiá 俠.

2. Jiàn 劍, when used to refer to a sword-bearing knight, focusses on his formidable weapon.

3. Yóu xiá 游俠 refers to a strong, brave, and honest knight-errant.

4. Since many knights-errant were from the states of >Zhào and Yàn, these were later called Zhào kè 趙客.

5. As many knight-errants were strong, they were polite designation was háo kè 豪客.

6. As knight-errants were respected for helping the poor they were politely referred to as zhǎng zhě 長者. DATE?

    Words

    俠  xiá OC: ɡeeb MC: ɦep 4 Attributions
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    • nabsocialthe Robin Hood knightly spirit
    • nagenta brave; knight
    劍  jiàn OC: kloms MC: ki̯ɐm 3 Attributions
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    • nagentswordsman
    任俠  rén xiá MC: nyim hep OC: njɯm ɡeebCH 1 Attribution
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    • VPiact as a roving knight, act as a Chinese Robin HoodCH
    俠者  xiá zhě MC: hep tsyaeX OC: ɡeeb kljaʔCH 1 Attribution
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    • NPknightCH
    游俠  yóu xiá OC: lu ɡeeb MC: jɨu ɦep 0 Attributions

    Yóu xiá 游俠refers to a strong, brave, and honest knight-errant.

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    豪客  háo kè OC: ɡoow khraaɡ MC: ɦɑu khɣɛk 0 Attributions

    As many knight-errants were strong, they were polite designation was háo kè 豪客.

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    趙客  zhào kè OC: rlewʔ khraaɡ MC: ɖiɛu khɣɛk 0 Attributions

    Since many knight-errants were from the states of >Zhào and Yān, these were later called Zhào kè 趙客 or Yān kè 燕客.

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    長者  zhǎng zhě OC: krlaŋʔ kljaʔ MC: ʈi̯ɐŋ tɕɣɛ 0 Attributions

    As knight-errants ussually helped people in troubles, they were politely called zhǎng zhě 長者.

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    鬥士  dòu shì OC: toos dzrɯʔ MC: tu ɖʐɨ 0 Attributions
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    • NPdefinitethe knights

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