牲
Meanings
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- 1.domestic animal
- 2.sacrificial animal
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Wiktionary
- 1.sacrificial animal (especially a cow, sheep, or pig)
- 2.domestic animal; livestock
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sreŋ): semantic 牛 (“cow”) + phonetic 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs). From 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs, “alive”) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Derived terms
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Related words
牺牲 to sacrifice one's life牲畜 farm animal; livestock三牲 the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)牲口 animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc)祭牲 sacrificial animal牲礼 (religion) to sacrifice畜牲 variant of 畜生[chù sheng]牲体 body of an animal (or human) killed sacrificially牺牲品 sacrificial victim牺牲打 sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)牺牲者 sb who sacrifices himself宰牲节 see 古尔邦节[Gǔ ěr bāng jié]