ORPHAN   

BEREAVED CHILD whose FATHER AND MOTHER are DEAD.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for an orphan is gū 孤.
Modern Chinese Criteria
孤 孤兒 孤子 遺子 孤女 遺女 遺孤 孤遺 孤生 孤幼 孤弱 孤露 孤孩 孤童 孤稚 孤嗣 孤星 棄兒 曙後孤星 六尺之孤 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • CHILD　YOUNG DESCENDENT. (anc: 8/0, child: 5)
  • DESCENDANT　HUMAN HAVING a DEFINED OTHER HUMAN as FATHER, MOTHER, OR ANCESTOR. (anc: 7/0, child: 2)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 2.75

  • Han China - a Proto 'Welfare State'? T'oung Pao ( HULSEWE 1987) p.

    On the possible existence of orphanages.

    • Words (5 items)

    孤  gū OC: kʷaa MC: kuo̝ 15 Attributions

    The standard word for an orphan is gū 孤.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 寡/BEREAVED Guǎ 寡 is the general word referring to a person whose close relatives, typically parents at an advanced age, but also spouses, have died. [SPECIFIC]

      Syntactic words
    • nplurorphans, half-orphans
    • nsubject=nonrefa half-orphan; an orphan
    • v[adN]nonreferentialorphan
    • vadNhalf-orphaned; fatherless; orphaned
    • vifatherless; be orphaned
    幼孤  yòu gū OC: qriws kʷaa MC: ʔi̯u kuo̝ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPsubject=nonrefyoung orphans; a young orphan
    偏孤  piān gū MC: phjien ku OC: phen kʷaa 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe one-sided orphanDS
    孤遺  gū yí OC: kʷaa k-lul MC: kuo̝ ji 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP(I) an orphan without male support
    孺子  rú zǐ MC: nyuH tsiX OC: njos sklɯʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPorphanCH