PUPPET  傀儡

TOY in the form of a SMALL STATUE of a HUMAN.
MARIONETTEHAND PUPPETFINGER PUPPET
Hypernym
  • TOYARTEFACT USED FOR PLAYING with.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. O ㄆ偶 refers to a small statue, typically of a person, buried with the dead, and the emphasis is on the likeness with a living person.

2. Yǒng 俑 refers to the figurines put into tombs and buried with the dead, and the focus is on the fact that these figurines accompany a dead person into the ground.

NB: Kuǐ lěi 傀儡 is post-Han.

Modern Chinese Criteria
傀儡

木偶

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

Words

俑  yǒng OC: k-loŋʔ MC: ji̯oŋ 2 Attributions

Yǒng 俑 refers to the figurines put into tombs and buried with the dead, and the focus is on the fact that these figurines accompany a dead person into the ground.

    Syntactic words
  • nwooden figurine buried with the dead; wooden grave figures
傀儡  kuǐ lěi OC: khuulʔ ruulʔ MC: khuo̝i luo̝i 2 Attributions
  • () p. 657a

    Syntactic words
  • nnpuppet
芻靈  chú líng OC: tshro reeŋ MC: ʈʂhi̯o leŋ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPstraw puppet
偶  ǒu OC: ŋooʔ MC: ŋu 0 Attributions

Oㄆ 偶 refers to a small statue, typically of a person, buried with the dead, and the emphasis is on the likeness with a living person.

    Syntactic words
  • nHN: small statue
偶人  ǒu rén OC: ŋooʔ njin MC: ŋu ȵin 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPZGC wooden figurine buried with the dead

Existing SW for

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