ROAR    吼

SHOUT so as to PRODUCE an INTENSELY LOUD ANIMAL NOISE.
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. 吼 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • SHOUT　SPEAK INTENSELY LOUDLY OR PRODUCE INTENSELY LOUD SOUNDS. (anc: 13/0, child: 2)
  • SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1131

    哮，虓

    • Words (9 items)

    嗥  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactroar; howl; cry
    闞  hǎn OC: qhreemʔ MC: hɣɛm 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactroar (like a tiger)
    虓  xiāo OC: qhruu MC: hɣɛu
    唬  xià OC: qhraas MC: hɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadNroaring
    • viactroar, howl
    呦  yōu OC: qriw MC: ʔi̯u 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactbleating of the deer
    咆  páo OC: bruu MC: bɣɛu 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactroar
    嚄  huò OC: ɢʷraaɡ MC: ɦɣɛk 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNshout; roar
    哮  xiāo OC: qhruu MC: hɣɛu 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadNroaring (tiger) FENGSUTONGYI 哮虎
    • viactcry of a frightened pig; then more generally: roar of wild animals
    嘷  háo MC: haw OC: ɡuu 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vi(of leopards, lions etc:) roarCH
    呴  hǒu OC: qhooʔ MC: hu 0 AttributionsWD

      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)