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| Processed by: | richwarm (2012-11-20 19:48:45 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 43452 - submitted by 'xiaoxiong' >> 促织 is onomatopoeia? I don't think so 【现代汉语词典】蟋蟀。 【新时代汉英大词典】（蟋蟀） cricket 【漢語大詞典】蟋蟀的別名。 in addition see MoE, ABC and WP also adding (insect) for clarity, just like in the entry for 蛐蛐儿 Editor: "I don't think so" We appreciate that you expressed yourself tentatively on this occasion :-) I think it *is* quite likely be at least partly onomatopoeic in origin. N says so, anyway ~ 蟋蟀。因叫声似"织织"，秋寒时叫声最欢，古人认为是在催促妇女纺织，故称。 Pleco GF says 因叫声似 “织织"，秋寒时叫声最欢，故称。 Similarly, another word for cricket -- 蛐蛐兒 -- seems likely to be derived from the perceived sound of crickets. And in the song 一只蛐蛐 by 雪村, in the written lyrics, the sound of the cricket is represented as [zhī] -- "它说知啊知" As a matter of fact, "cricket" itself is onomatopoeic in origin: "< Anglo-Norman criket and Old French criquet, crequet cricket, cicada (12th cent.; French criquet , now denoting the locust), of imitative origin, reflecting the sounds made by the insects. " [OED] |
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- 促織 促织 [cu4 zhi1] /old term onomat. for cricket/ + 促織 促织 [cu4 zhi1] /cricket (insect)/ - 蟋蟀 蟋蟀 [xi1 shuai4] /cricket/ + 蟋蟀 蟋蟀 [xi1 shuai4] /cricket (insect)/ |