LITTLE  少量

SMALL in QUANTITY of a SUBSTANCE.
Antonym
  • GREATBIG in IMPORTANCE OR REPUTATION.
    Hypernym
    • SMALLLACK BIGNESS IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN.
      • LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
        • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
          • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER....
    See also
    • FEWSMALL in QUANTITY.
      Hyponym
      • INSUFFICIENT　FEW OR LITTLE IN-RELATION-TO what is NEEDED.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The standard word for a small quantity of some stuff is guǎ 寡.

        2. Shǎo 少 can also be used to a small quantity of stuff.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        少

        頗有點

        有些兒

        半點

        所餘無幾

        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

          Words

          少  shǎo OC: hmljewʔ MC: ɕiɛu 31 AttributionsWD

          Shǎo 少 can also be used to a small quantity of stuff.

            Word relations
          • Contrast: 薄/TENUOUS Báo 薄 (ant. hòu 厚 "substantial") refers to anything thin or slight.

            Syntactic words
          • vad.Vt(oN)reference=objectV little of the contextually determinate stuff N
          • vad.VtoNreference=objecton a small scale, (to VERB) little, a small amount of the object kind; VERB on a small scale
          • vadNslight; of small amount; after negatives: the slightest amount
          • vadVfor a short while; a little
          • vibe slight in quantity (by comparison), be small in quantity (by comparison
          • vichangebecome less in quantity
          • vigradedbe comparatively less in quantity; be comparatively little 甚少
          寡  guǎ OC: kʷraaʔ MC: kɣɛ 25 AttributionsWD

          The standard word for a small quantity of some stuff is guǎ 寡.

            Word relations
          • Contrast: 薄/TENUOUS Báo 薄 (ant. hòu 厚 "substantial") refers to anything thin or slight.

            Syntactic words
          • vad.VtoNon a small scale; too little, little (of objects) 寡聞 "hear about few things, hear about little"
          • vadVon a small scale; too little, littleLZ
          • vi0there is little, there is only a little of
          • vimassbe small in quantity; be small in range; be slight
          • vt[oN]have little e.g. salaryLZ
          • vtoNhave only a little of or few of
          薄  báo OC: baaɡ MC: bɑk 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vibe insubstantial, be slight
          一點  yī diǎn OC: qliɡ k-leemʔ MC: ʔit tem 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPadNone dot of > a little bit of, some
          • NPadV1.postadV2intensitiveone spot > in the least, a little bit
          小許  xiǎo xǔ OC: smewʔ hŋaʔ MC: siɛu hi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPpostadVobjecta little bit, some, a small amount (frequently quantifying an object which is topicalized at the beginning of the sentence)
          可  kě OC: khlaalʔ MC: khɑ 0 AttributionsWD
          • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 206b, #1

            Syntactic words
          • vi.red:adVTang colloquial, expressing small degree: a little bit, slightly, triffle
          毫毛  háo máo OC: ɡoow moow MC: ɦɑu mɑu 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPpostadVthe slightest bit

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