ENVOY    使者

OFFICIAL who is SENT by the GOVERNMENT to ACT:perform a TASK.
AMBASSADOREMISSARYDIPLOMATCONSULATTACHéCHARGé D'AFFAIRESPLENIPOTENTIARYNUNCIOREPRESENTATIVEDELEGATEPROXYSURROGATELIAISONSPOKESPERSONAGENTINTERMEDIARYMEDIATORINFORMAL GO-BETWEENHISTORICAL LEGATE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current formal word for an envoy is shǐ zhě 使者. 2. Shǐ/shì 使 can refer to an envoy.
Modern Chinese Criteria
使者 使節 使君 使命 使人 使 星使 行使 大使 行李 refers to an ordinary messenger of less than diplomatic status. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • OFFICIAL　ADULT who WORKS IN a PUBLIC OFFICE OR IN A PUBLIC FUNCTION. (anc: 8/0, child: 12)
  • 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)
  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    LEGATIO/LEGATI

    NUNCIUS

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no. 4,5,6

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. no. 5/6

    • Words (9 items)

    使  shǐ OC: srɯʔ MC: ʂɨ 27 Attributions

    Shǐ/shì 使 can refer to an envoy.

      Syntactic words
    • nenvoy
    • nabactdiplomatic official missionCH
    • vi+prep+Nact as an envoy in/to N
    • viactbe on an official mission
    • vtoNact as an envoy to (a place); go on an official mission to
    行人  xíng rén OC: ɢraaŋ njin MC: ɦɣaŋ ȵin 17 Attributions

    Xíng rén refers to an envoy.

      Syntactic words
    • NP=Nprenvoy Npr
    • NP{vadN}Diplomatic Secretary; master of etiquette; official emissary of lower status than the formal envoy 使
    使者  shǐ zhě OC: srɯʔ kljaʔ MC: ʂɨ tɕɣɛ 13 Attributions

    The current formal word for an envoy is shǐ zhě 使者.

      Syntactic words
    • NPemissary, envoy
    • NP=Nprthe emissary Npr
    • NPpost-NN's envoyDS
    使人  shǐ rén OC: srɯʔ njin MC: ʂɨ ȵin 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPreferentialemissary; messenger
    王人  wáng rén OC: ɢʷaŋ njin MC: ɦi̯ɐŋ ȵin 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NProyal envoy
    傳  chuán OC: don MC: ɖiɛn 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]messenger; courrier
    行李  xíng lǐ OC: ɢraaŋ ɡ-rɯʔ MC: ɦɣaŋ lɨ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmessenger; envoy
    • NPpluralenvoys
    候人  hòu rén OC: ɡoos njin MC: ɦu ȵin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPenvoy
    馹  rì OC: mljiɡ MC: ȵit 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nenvoy travelling in his own fast vehicle