ROAR  吼

SHOUT so as to PRODUCE an INTENSELY LOUD ANIMAL NOISE.
Hypernym
  • SHOUTSPEAK INTENSELY LOUDLY OR PRODUCE INTENSELY LOUD SOUNDS.
    • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....
Modern Chinese Criteria
咆哮 is the general word for the roar of an animal.

怒吼 focusses on the roar as a sign of anger.

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

Words

嗥  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactroar; howl; cry
咆  páo OC: bruu MC: bɣɛu 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • viactroar
呦  yōu OC: qriw MC: ʔi̯u 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • viactbleating of the deer
虓  xiāo OC: qhruu MC: hɣɛu
唬  xià OC: qhraas MC: hɣɛ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vadNroaring
  • viactroar, howl
闞  hǎn OC: qhreemʔ MC: hɣɛm 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • viactroar (like a tiger)
呴  hǒu OC: qhooʔ MC: hu 0 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 吁/SHOUT
  • Assoc: 呼/SHOUT The dominant current word for shouting (and thus using a large amount of breath) is hū 呼 (ant.* niè rú 囁嚅 "whisper").

    Syntactic words
  • viactcry out; roar (like bears and tigers)
哮  xiāo OC: qhruu MC: hɣɛu 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vadNroaring (tiger) FENGSUTONGYI 哮虎
  • viactcry of a frightened pig; then more generally: roar of wild animals
嚄  huò OC: ɢʷraaɡ MC: ɦɣɛk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNshout; roar
嘷  háo MC: haw OC: ɡuuCH 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vi(of leopards, lions etc:) roarCH

Existing SW for

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