HUNCHBACK    駝背傴

A HUMAN who HAS the DEFECT of an INTENSELY CURVED BACK.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for a hunchback is yǔ 傴. 2. Lóu 僂 is a very dramatic rare word to use for an extremely deformed back. 3. Jū 痀 is a medical term describing someone as hunchbacked. 4. Wāng 尪 refers specifically to someone whose deformation consists in having a protruding chest and being bent backwards. 5. Lōng 癃 refers more generally to deformity. See ILLNESS
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 HUMAN BODY 24. 痀（佝），各種骨骼彎曲的通稱，即今佝僂病。 耇，特指老年人脊背彎曲。 傴，背脊骨往後往下的彎曲。 僂，頸彎或頸胸彎，彎曲度小於傴。 尪，胸背段脊柱向前向外突出，即今雞胸。 俯，可表低頭、彎頸、曲身、伏身等動作，但非疾病或癥狀名。 癃，泛指廢疾，不指腰曲而背隆高。
Modern Chinese Criteria
駝背 弓背 駝子 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • ILLNESSTYPICALLY TEMPORARY DEFECT of the BODY OR MIND of HUMANS OR of the BODY of ANIMALS.
Hypernym
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 545

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 140

    • Words (9 items)

    傴  yǔ OC: qoʔ MC: ʔi̯o 5 Attributions

    The general word for a hunchback is yǔ 傴.

      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]ZZ, LSCQ: hunchback
    • vadNbent, crippled
    尪  wāng OC: qʷaaŋ MC: ʔɑŋ 4 Attributions

    Wāng 尪 refers specifically to someone whose deformation consists in having a protruding chest and being bent backwards.

      Syntactic words
    • nLIJI: hunchback who is bent backwards
    • vicrippled; lame
    痀僂  jū lóu OC: ko ɡ-roo MC: ki̯o lu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPindefinitehunchbackCH
    • VPibe hunchbacked
    僂  lóu OC: ɡ-roo MC: lu
    僂  lǚ OC: ɡ-roʔ MC: li̯o 2 Attributions

    Lóu 僂 is a very dramatic rare word to use for an extremely deformed back.

      Word relations
    • Inconsist: 伸 / 伸信/STRETCH OUT The current general word for stretching things so as to make them reach out longer is shēn 伸 (ant. suō 縮 "pull in").

      Syntactic words
    • nprotrusion on the back
    • viZZ: be slightly hunched (from the waist up)
    傴僂  yǔ lǚ OC: qoʔ ɡ-roʔ MC: ʔi̯o li̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1=N2}hunchback
    傴身  yǔ shēn MC: 'juX syin OC: qoʔ qhjin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe hunchbackedLZ
    痀  jū OC: ko MC: ki̯o 1 Attribution

    Jū 痀is a medical term describing someone as hunchbacked.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNZZ: hunched
    脊僂  jǐ lǚ OC: tseɡ ɡ-roʔ MC: tsiɛk li̯o 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabstativehunchback disease
    癃  lóng OC: ɡ-ruum MC: luŋ 0 Attributions

    Lóng 癃refers more generally deformity. See ILLNESS

      Syntactic words