BACHELOR    光棍曠夫

MALE ADULT who is NOT MARRIED. 
SINGLECELIBATE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. There are no competing terms for "bachelor" in classical Chinese. The current word is kuàng fū 曠夫 (opp. yuàn nu# 怨女 "unmarried woman of marrigeable age").
Modern Chinese Criteria
光棍 未娶 單身漢 打光棍兒 中饋猶虛 猶虛中饋 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
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Hypernym
  • ADULT　HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME. (anc: 7/0, child: 20)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    CELIBACY

    • Words (1 items)

    曠夫  kuàng fū OC: khʷaaŋs pa MC: khɑŋ pi̯o 3 Attributions

    There are no competing terms for "bachelor" in classical Chinese. The current word is kuàng fū 曠夫 (opp. yuàn nu# 怨女"unmarried woman of marrigeable age").

      Syntactic words
    • NP{vadN}bachelor of marriageable age