LIMIT  界限極

MOMENT OR PLACE which DEFINES what is INSIDE AND what is OUTSIDE something.
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Hypernym
  • MOMENTPOINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME.
    • TIMEABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
See also
  • HOLEEMPTY SPACE in a SURFACE.
    Hyponym
    • BOUNDARY　LIMIT which DIVIDES something into the INSIDE and OUTSIDE.
    • END　LATE LIMIT of a PERIOD OR REACH the LATE LIMIT of a PERIOD.
    • BORDER　LIMIT of a TERRITORY
      • DELIMIT　CAUSE TO HAVE LIMITS.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The most common word for the extreme limit of anything, especially of abstract things, is jí 極.

        2. Jì 際 commonly refers to the interface between two realms of things.

        3. Yín 垠 refers to a distant limit on earth.

        4. Gāi 垓 is a rare and rarified word referring to cosmological limits.

        5. Yá 涯 and the etymologically related yá 崖 refer poetically to the limitations of things in time.

        6. Liàng 量 can refer abstractly to the fixed limit to something, for example the use of wine at meals.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        限度

        限

        度

        止

        邊

        止境

        底止

        限止

        界限

        窮盡

        盡頭

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

        • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.35

        • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 24

        • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.116,83

          TERMES.LIITES.BORNES

        Words

        際  jì OC: skeds MC: tsiɛi 14 AttributionsWD

        Jì 際 commonly refers to the interface between two realms of things.

          Syntactic words
        • nouter edge, outer limit, extremity, border-line, limits (often between abstract things like periods of time)
        • vt+prep+Nborder on
        • vtoNpassivehave a limit set to, be limited by something/anything
        極  jí OC: ɡɯɡ MC: gɨk 12 AttributionsWD

        The most common word for the extreme limit of anything, especially of abstract things, is jí 極.

          Syntactic words
        • nutmost pole; extreme limit; ultimate point
        • nadNlimiting
        • vireach the limit > ripen (of grain) ??
        疆  jiāng OC: kaŋ MC: ki̯ɐŋ 5 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nablimit, bounds 無疆 "without bounds"
        八極  bā jí MC: peat gik OC: preed ɡɯɡCH 5 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPeight utmost polesCH
        涯  yá OC: ŋɡree MC: ŋɣɛ
        涯  yí OC: ŋɡre MC: ŋiɛ 4 AttributionsWD

        Yá 涯 and the etymologically related yá 崖 refer poetically to the limitations of things in time.

          Syntactic words
        • nabnatural limit; given limitation
        量  liàng OC: ɡ-raŋs MC: li̯ɐŋ 4 AttributionsWD

        Liàng 量 can refer abstractly to the fixed limit to something, for example the use of wine at meals.

          Syntactic words
        • nfixed limit
        • nfigurativedefinite limitations; fixed proper limits and standards
        • viactgage one's limitations
        限  xiàn OC: ɡrɯɯnʔ MC: ɦɣɛn 3 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nfigurativeborder or limit (of abstract things), limitation, constraining limit
        • vtoNimpose limits on N; reduce NDS
        壇宇  tán yǔ MC: dan hjuX OC: daan ɢʷraʔLZ 3 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPabcertain limitsLZ
        防表  fáng biǎo MC: bjang pjewX OC: baŋ prawʔLZ 3 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPablimitsLZ
        垠  yín OC: ŋɡɯn MC: ŋɨn 2 AttributionsWD

        Yín 垠 refers to a distant limit on earth.

          Syntactic words
        • ncosmic border; CC: 唼o small that there is nothing inside, so large that there are no outer bounds�; CC, jiutan: the mountains are so large, there is no end/boundary to them
        幅  fú OC: pɯɡ MC: puk 2 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNset a limit to
        端  duān OC: toon MC: tʷɑn 2 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nlimit
        埒  liè OC: rod MC: liɛt 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • nlimit or boundary
        崖  yá OC: ŋɡree MC: ŋɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • nabfigurativeouter limit; boundary
        樊  fán OC: ban MC: bi̯ɐn 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • nabmetaphysicalabstract: the limits HNZ: 天地之樊 "the limits of Heaven and Earth"
        窮極  qióng jí MC: gjuwng gik OC: ɡʷɯŋ ɡɯɡCH 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • nablimitCH
        垓  gāi OC: kɯɯ MC: kəi 0 AttributionsWD

        Gāi 垓 is a rare and rarified word referring to cosmological limits.

          Syntactic words
        • nSima Xiangru, fengshanwen: [(in expression jiǔ gāi 九垓)] border between regions in the Heavens
        畫  huà OC: ɢʷreeɡs MC: ɦɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • viactdraw the line??, set one's own limits??
        有限  yǒu xiàn OC: ɢʷɯʔ ɡrɯɯnʔ MC: ɦɨu ɦɣɛn 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPadNfigurativehave limits > limited, confined to restraints
        盡  jìn OC: dzinʔ MC: dzin 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nabconcept

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