DOMESTIC ANIMAL  畜生

ANIMAL REARED IN OR NEAR HOMES.
Antonym
  • BEASTBIG WILD VERTEBRATE.
    Hypernym
    • ANIMALCREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE.
      • CREATURELIVING THING.
        • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
          • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
    Hyponym
    • BOVINE　BIG BEAST or DOMESTIC ANIMAL which has HORNS, AND that SOMETIMES CAN be CAUSED TO PULL PLOUGHS... [BIOLOGY]
    • DOG　COMMON DOMESTIC OR WILD ANIMAL which HAS FOUR LEGS. [BIOLOGY; CANIS]
    • OVINE　SMALL FURRY DOMESTIC ANIMAL USED FOR PRODUCING WOOL OR MILK. []
      • EWE　FEMALE OVINE.
      • LAMB　YOUNG OVINE.
      • RAM　MALE OVINE.
    • HORSE　COMMON BIG DOMESTIC ANIMAL WHICH HAS HOOFS AND a MANE, AND is ABLE TO PULL VEHICLES OR PLOUGHS.
      • CARRIAGE HORSE　A HORSE USED to PULL a CARRIAGE.
      • COLT　YOUNG HORSE.
      • MARE　FEMALE HORSE.
      • STALLION　MALE HORSE REARED FOR CAUSING OTHER HORSES TO BECOME PREGNANT.
    • SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL　DOMESTIC ANIMAL USED in SACRIFICE.
      • DONKEY　DOMESTICAL ANIMAL [ASINUS]
        • CHICKEN　COMMON KIND of BIRD REARED as DOMESTIC ANIMAL.
          • COCK　MALE CHICKEN
          • HEN　FEMALE CHICKEN.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The current general word for domestic animals is shēng 牲.

        2. Chú huàn 芻豢 refers to grain and hay-eating domestic animals, particularly sheep, bovines, pigs.

        3. Chù 畜 refers to domestic animals under the aspect that they are being reared.

        4. Chú 芻 refers to domestic animals fed on hey.

        5. Huàn 豢 refers to domestic animals fed on grain.

        6. Wù 鶩 refers to the domestic duck but can also come to refer to the wild duck.

        NB Yā 鴨 is post-Buddhist and refers to the domestic duck.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        牲畜

        畜

        家畜

        六畜

        畜生

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

        Old Chinese Contrasts
        Note the extensive work by Eduard Erkes on domestic animals convenintly listed in Martin Gimm's contribution to Stumpfeldt 2002: 1.93ff

        • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.15

        • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

          DOMESTIC ANIMAL

          pecus is the most general expression for domestic animals, but the word may also refer specifically to smaller domesti animals like swine, goats and especially sheep.

          iumenta domestic animals of the larger sorts, bullocks, ases, horses, and the word may refer specifically to beasts used for drawing carriages.

          armenta refers to animals used in ploughing, oxen and horses, with the exclusion of cows, pack-asses, ridfing-horses and the like.

        • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 755

          Haustiere:

        • Und folge dem, was mein Herz begehrt Hamburger Sinologische Schriften ( STUMPFELDT 2002) p. 1.93-136

        • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

          TIER

        • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 173

        • Histoire des moeurs ( POIRIER 1991) p. 1.1307

        • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 89B

        Words

        畜  chù OC: khrluɡs MC: ʈhɨu 9 AttributionsWD

        Chù 畜 refers to domestic animals under the aspect that they are being reared.

          Syntactic words
        • nmcollectivewhat is reared: domestic animal
        • npost-Nderivedfigurative: N's creature, creature domesticated by NCH
        六畜  liù chù OC: ɡ-ruɡ khrluɡs MC: luk ʈhɨu 9 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPthe six kinds of domestic animals
        • NPadVreference=objectlike one of the domestic animals
        芻豢  chú huàn OC: tshro ɡroons MC: ʈʂhi̯o ɦɣan 8 AttributionsWD

        Chú huàn 芻豢 refers to grain and hay-eating domestic animals, particularly sheep, bovines, pigs.

          Syntactic words
        • NP{N1&N2}pluralhey and grain-eating domestic animals, particularly goats, cows; pigs and dogs
        牛羊  niú yáng OC: ŋɯ k-laŋ MC: ŋɨu ji̯ɐŋ 5 AttributionsWD

        Bovine and/or ovive domestic animals in general [DS]

          Syntactic words
        • NPnonreferentialbovines and ovines
        畜生  chù shēng OC: khrluɡs sraaŋ MC: ʈhɨu ʂɣaŋ 4 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPdomestic animals
        牲  shēng OC: sraaŋ MC: ʂɣaŋ 1 AttributionWD

        The current general word for domestic animals is shēng 牲.

          Syntactic words
        • nmcollectivedomestic animal
        豢  huàn OC: ɡroons MC: ɦɣan 1 AttributionWD

        Huàn 豢 refers to domestic animals fed on grain.

          Syntactic words
        • ndomestic animals fed with grain (normally for slaughtering)
        牢  láo OC: ruu MC: lɑu 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nLIJI: domestic animal
        芻  chú OC: tshro MC: ʈʂhi̯o 0 AttributionsWD

        Chú 芻 refers to domestic animals fed on hey.

          Syntactic words
        • ndomestic animal (not necessarily for slaughtering), fed on hey, particularly goat and water buffalo;
        鴨  yā OC: qraab MC: ʔɣap 0 AttributionsWD

        NB Yā 鴨 is post-Buddhist and refers to the domestic duck.

          Syntactic words
        鶩  wù OC: mos MC: mi̯o 0 AttributionsWD

        Wù 鶩 refers to the domestic duck but can also come to refer to the wild duck.

          Syntactic words
        犬羊  quǎn yáng OC: khʷeenʔ k-laŋ MC: khen ji̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPa dog or a goat

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