THIN    薄

SMALL in the MOST SMALL DIMENSION.
NARROWFINEATTENUATED
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current standard word for thinness of any kind is is báo 薄. 2. Zhěn 袗 refers to thin cloth that is not lined or double. 3. Xiān 纖 refers to anything that is slender and thin, or slim. See SLIM.
Modern Chinese Criteria
細 纖細 尖細 細小 纖小 細長 纖纖 細條 細挑 苗條 削蔥 細弱 薄 細 單薄 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • SLIM　THIN AND NOT FAT, of HUMANS AND ANIMALS. (anc: 9/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • FATABUNDANT in GREASE AND BIG AND HEAVY TYPICALLY BECAUSE of EXCESSIVE EATING. See also GREASE.
  • THICKBIG in the MOST SMALL DIMENSION.
Hypernym
  • SMALL　LACK BIGNESS IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN. (anc: 7/0, child: 8)
  • LACK　SITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE. (anc: 6/0, child: 48)
  • SITUATION　RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
Other Hypernyms
  • TENUOUS　UNIMPORTANT BECAUSE LACKING BIGNESS, REALITY, OR HIGH DEGREE. (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
  • UNIMPORTANT　LACK IMPORTANCE. (anc: 7/0, child: 2)
  • LACK　SITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE. (anc: 6/0, child: 48)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.65

    • Words (9 items)

    薄  báo OC: baaɡ MC: bɑk 4 Attributions

    The current standard word for thinness of any kind is is báo 薄.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 厚/THICK The current general word for thickness of any kind is hòu 厚 (ant. báo 薄 "thin").
    • Synon: 微/TENUOUS Wēi 微 refers to subtlety predominantly in transferred figurative senses.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNthin
    • vibe thin
    細  xì OC: snɯɯs MC: sei 3 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • nsubjectwhat is thin and delicate (in sliced meat etc)
    • vadNslim
    袗  zhěn OC: kljɯnʔ MC: tɕin 1 Attribution

    Zhěn 袗 refers to thin cloth that is not lined or double.

      Syntactic words
    • nadN(of clothes) thin, not double
    么  mó MC: -- OC: -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vibe thinCH
    磷  lìn OC: rins MC: lin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vichangeget worn thin, become thin
    無厚  wú hòu OC: ma ɡooʔ MC: mi̯o ɦu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP[adN]something thin
    扁  biǎn OC: peenʔ MC: pen 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vithin, flat
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vibe thinCH
    纖  xiān OC: sem MC: siɛm 0 Attributions

    Xiān 纖 refers to anything that is slender and thin, or slim. See SLIM.

      Syntactic words
    • vibe thin and slender