SLIGHTLY    稍微

To a SMALL DEGREE.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most common word for something happening on a very small scale is shǎo 少 (ant. duō 多 "a great deal"). 2. Guǎ 寡 tends to focus on the excessive nuance, on something happening to a lesser degree than needed. 3. Báo 薄 (ant. hòu 厚 "intensely") focusses on something happening to a lesser degree than a conventional standard would indicate or prescribe.
Modern Chinese Criteria
稍微 稍為 稍許 稍稍 約略 略略 約約 微微 略微 些微 些須 些許 有點 有些 多少 稍 略 微 粗 小 聊 不怎麼 略加 略略 少微 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
Hypernym
  • DEGREE　FEATURE of MORE or LESS. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)

Words (4 items)

少  shǎo OC: hmljewʔ MC: ɕiɛu 5 Attributions

The most common word for something happening on a very small scale is shǎo 少(ant. duō 多 "a great deal").

    Syntactic words
  • vadVon a small scale; a little; a little distance; for a short while
薄  báo OC: baaɡ MC: bɑk 2 Attributions

Báo 薄 (ant. hòu 厚 "intensely") focusses on something happening to a lesser degree than a conventional standard would indicate or prescribe.

    Word relations
  • Ant: 厚/INTENSELY Hòu 厚 typically refers to a high degree or high intensity of something positive.
  • Contrast: 省/FRUGAL The neutral terms for thrift are shěng 省 (ant. fèi 費 "spend freely"), jiǎn 簡, and yuē 約.

    Syntactic words
  • vadVslightly, only tenuously
  • vibe slightCH
寡  guǎ OC: kʷraaʔ MC: kɣɛ 2 Attributions

Guǎ 寡 tends to focus on the excessive nuance, on something happening to a lesser degree than needed.

    Syntactic words
  • vadVfigurativetoo little, not intensely enough; not enough
微  wēi OC: mɯl MC: mɨi 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vadVjust slightly