SURPLUS  多餘餘

MORE ABUNDANT than is NEEDED.
SUPERFLUOUSEXCESSSURFEITSUPERABUNDANCESUPERFLUITYOVERSUPPLYGLUTPROFUSIONPLETHORAREMAINDERRESIDUEREMAINSLEFTOVERS
Hypernym
  • ABUNDANTHAVE OR BE INTENSELY MANY, TYPICALLY DESIRED, THINGS. 
    • MANYBIG in QUANTITY.
      • BIGOF INTENSE SIZE OR DEGREE IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN.
        • SIZEQUANTITY of a DIMENSION....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for left-overs or surplus is yú 餘 (ant. quē 缺 "in insufficient supply").

2. Duō 多 (ant. shǎo 少 "in poor supply") emphasises sheer quantity.

3. Bǔ 補 (ant. quē 闕 "causing shortage") focusses on something being extra and fulfilling a supplementary function.

4. Xiàn 羨 is occasionally used to refer to agricultural or other surplus.

Modern Chinese Criteria
多餘

富餘

餘

蛇足

畫蛇添足

多此一舉

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. 12.17

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 359

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p.

  • Quiddities. An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary ( QUINE 1987) p. 177

Words

餘  yú OC: la MC: ji̯ɤ 54 AttributionsWD

The current general word for left-overs or surplus is yú 餘 (ant. quē 缺 "in insufficient supply").

    Syntactic words
  • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
  • nmthe rest, the remainder; surplus
  • vadNremaining; left over, superfluous; more than; surplus, extra
  • vadNpositivemore than hoped for
  • vpost-V{NUM}(.adN)more than NCH
  • vpost-V{NUM}.adNexceeding/more than so-and-so many
  • vpostadV.adN-odd (with numbers)
  • vtoNhave a surplus of
羨  xiàn MC: -- OC: ljans 12 AttributionsWD

Xiàn 羨 is occasionally used to refer to agricultural or other surplus.

    Syntactic words
  • nabstativesurplus 羨不足
  • nmsurplus supplies
  • vadNexcessive
  • viactachieve rich harvest
有餘  yǒu yú OC: ɢʷɯʔ la MC: ɦɨu ji̯ɤ 10 AttributionsWD

    Syntactic words
  • NPabstativeabundance
  • VPadVhaving more than enough resources, without difficultiesLZ
  • VPihave surplus> have more than enough; be more than enoughCH
  • VPpostadVwith surplus> easily, without difficultyCH
  • VPpostadV.adNV=numberthe amound of N exceeds the number V, more than.... N
  • VPpostadVV=numbermore than the number V, exceeding V
  • VPt+prep+Nhave more than NCH
多  duō OC: k-laal MC: tɑ 4 AttributionsWD

Duō 多 (ant. shǎo 少 "in poor supply") emphasises sheer quantity.

    Syntactic words
  • nabstativeabundance, affluence
  • v[adN]N=humone abundantly supplied with things
  • vibe too long and detailed
數  shù OC: sqros MC: ʂi̯o 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vpostadV.adN(e.g. ten-)odd
遺餘  yí yú OC: k-lul la MC: ji ji̯ɤ 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPremaining and be left over > surplus > (anything) remaining > (anything) left out, anything still to be added, remainder
副  fù OC: phɯɡs MC: phɨu 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nadNsupplementary
殘  cán OC: dzaan MC: dzɑn 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadNleft-over, remaining
補  bǔ OC: paaʔ MC: puo̝ 1 AttributionWD

Bǔ 補 (ant. quē 闕 "causing shortage") focusses on something being extra and fulfilling a supplementary function.

    Syntactic words
  • nmsupplement
緒餘  xù yú OC: sɢlaʔ la MC: zi̯ɤ ji̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPwhat is left on the coccoon after one has removed the silk> leftovers
奇  jī OC: kral MC: kiɛ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadNsupernumerary
盈  yíng OC: leŋ MC: jiɛŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: excessJZ 7.4, Liu Hui's comm: 不盈不朒之正數 "the exact quantity, without excess and without shortfall"
緒  xù OC: sɢlaʔ MC: zi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nremains; left-overs
餘分  yú fēn OC: la pɯn MC: ji̯ɤ pi̯un 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:

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