LIMIT    界限極

MOMENT OR PLACE which DEFINES what is INSIDE AND what is OUTSIDE something.
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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 ／
Hyponym
  • BOUNDARY　LIMIT which DIVIDES something into the INSIDE and OUTSIDE. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • END　LATE LIMIT of a PERIOD OR REACH the LATE LIMIT of a PERIOD. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • BORDER　LIMIT of a TERRITORY (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • DELIMIT　CAUSE TO HAVE LIMITS. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
See also
  • HOLEEMPTY SPACE in a SURFACE.
Hypernym
  • MOMENT　POINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)
  • TIME　ABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN. (anc: 3/0, child: 11)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • 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 (20 items)

    際  jì OC: skeds MC: tsiɛi 14 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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) ??
    八極  bā jí MC: peat gik OC: preed ɡɯɡ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPeight utmost polesCH
    疆  jiāng OC: kaŋ MC: ki̯ɐŋ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nablimit, bounds 無疆 "without bounds"
    量  liàng OC: ɡ-raŋs MC: li̯ɐŋ 4 Attributions

    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
    涯  yá OC: ŋɡree MC: ŋɣɛ
    涯  yí OC: ŋɡre MC: ŋiɛ 4 Attributions

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

      Syntactic words
    • nabnatural limit; given limitation
    限  xiàn OC: ɡrɯɯnʔ MC: ɦɣɛn 3 Attributions
      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 ɢʷraʔ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabcertain limitsLZ
    防表  fáng biǎo MC: bjang pjewX OC: baŋ prawʔ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPablimitsLZ
    垠  yín OC: ŋɡɯn MC: ŋɨn 2 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNset a limit to
    端  duān OC: toon MC: tʷɑn 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nlimit
    窮極  qióng jí MC: gjuwng gik OC: ɡʷɯŋ ɡɯɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nablimitCH
    埒  liè OC: rod MC: liɛt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nlimit or boundary
    崖  yá OC: ŋɡree MC: ŋɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabfigurativeouter limit; boundary
    樊  fán OC: ban MC: bi̯ɐn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabmetaphysicalabstract: the limits HNZ: 天地之樊 "the limits of Heaven and Earth"
    有限  yǒu xiàn OC: ɢʷɯʔ ɡrɯɯnʔ MC: ɦɨu ɦɣɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNfigurativehave limits > limited, confined to restraints
    垓  gāi OC: kɯɯ MC: kəi 0 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactdraw the line??, set one's own limits??
    盡  jìn OC: dzinʔ MC: dzin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabconcept