SUFFICIENT 足夠足
ABUNDANT so as to PROVIDE what is NEEDED.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
SUFFICIENT
satis refers to a sufficient measure of something without any additional nuance.
abunde refers objectively and non-relatively to superabundance of something.
affatim refers to superabundance as perceived subjectively. A person may have worked affatim subjectively, but still not objectively satis.
ASSEZ.SUFFISAMENT
Words (12 items)
足 zú OC: tsoɡs MC: tsi̯o 78 Attributions
The current general word for sufficiency is zú 足 (ant. fá 乏 "be short of something").
- Word relations
- Contrast: 多/ABUNDANT
Duō 多 is the general word for a large number or a large amount of things. See MANY. - Assoc: 備/SUFFICIENT
- Assoc: 給/SUFFICIENT
Jǐ 給 (ant.* quē 缺 "be short of") refers specifically to the supply of necessities for the sustenance of life. - Synon: 具/SUFFICIENT
- Synon: 給/SUFFICIENT
Jǐ 給 (ant.* quē 缺 "be short of") refers specifically to the supply of necessities for the sustenance of life.
- Syntactic words
- nabfeaturesufficiency; the state when things are sufficient
- v[adN]what is sufficient for the purpose in handCH
- vi-.vt0+V[0]V=active(often followed by yǐ 以) be sufficient (in order to actively V)
- vigraded甚足be sufficient; be well supplied; (e.g. of words:) be sufficient for the occasion; be sufficiently qualified
- vt+prep+Nhave a sufficient amount or quantity of NCH
- vt+prep+Nstativebe sufficient for (something) 足於
- vt+prep{WEI4}.+V[0]{PASS}be worth to be Ved for; deserve to be Ved forDS
- vt+V[0]be sufficient to V (often followed by 以 when it must be read is "be sufficient to V with (on the basis of) it"
- vt+V[0]{PASS}be worth VERBing (with passivised complement); be enough to
- vt+V[0]{PASS}.adNsufficient or qualified to be V-ed, deserving to be V-ed
- vtoNbe sufficient in
- vtoNcausativecause to be sufficiently supplied; cause there to be a sufficiency of
- vtoNcausativecause (oneself) to be sufficiently supplied
- vtoNcausative, passivebe caused to become sufficientDS
- vtoNhavehave sufficient supplies of NCH
足以 zú yǐ MC: tsjowk yiX OC: tsoɡ k-lɯʔ 49 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPt+V[0]be sufficient to VCH
- VPtoV(0)be sufficient for the contextually determinate subject to VTWH
贍 shàn MC: dzyemH OC: ɡljams 11 Attributions
Shàn 贍 refers to an abundant sufficiency of what is needed for a contextually determined purpose.
- Syntactic words
- vibe abundantly supplied
- vt(oN)causativesatisfy the contextually determinate N, ensure sufficiant supplies for the contextually determinate NLZ
- vtoNsupply abundantly; supply sufficiently; provide for
- vtoNcausativeensure sufficient supplies for
- vtoNcausativehave sufficient things supplied to one
- vtoNreflexive.自supply abundantly for (oneself)
具足 jù zú OC: ɡos tsoɡs MC: gi̯o tsi̯o 10 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPadNBUDDH: sufficient (> complete)
- VPibe completely present; be completely taken care of/respected; be amply present, be sufficiently provided; be completely present (typically of good qualities; often referring to inherently existing features) > be perfect; be in perfectly good shape[CA]
給 jǐ OC: krub MC: kip 6 Attributions
Jǐ 給 (ant.* quē 缺 "be short of") refers specifically to the supply of necessities for the sustenance of life.
- Word relations
- Assoc: 足/SUFFICIENT
The current general word for sufficiency is zú 足 (ant. fá 乏 "be short of something"). - Synon: 足/SUFFICIENT
The current general word for sufficiency is zú 足 (ant. fá 乏 "be short of something").
- Syntactic words
- nabstativestate of sufficient supplies
- vibe in sufficient supply; have sufficient supplies
- vtoNhave sufficient supplies of
- vttoN1.+N2reflexive.自supply (oneself) with a sufficiency of N2
自足 zì zú MC: dzijH tsjowk OC: sblids tsoɡ 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPibe self-satisfiedCH
- VPireflexive.自be self-sufficientCH
具 jù OC: ɡos MC: gi̯o 3 Attributions
- Word relations
- Synon: 足/SUFFICIENT
The current general word for sufficiency is zú 足 (ant. fá 乏 "be short of something").
- Syntactic words
- vibe in sufficient supply
- vtoNhave a sufficient supply ofCH
- vtoNstativehave in sufficient supply > be endowed with
充 chōng OC: thjuŋ MC: tɕhuŋ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vibe sufficient
- vt+V[0]be sufficient to VDS
備足 bèi zú OC: brɯɡs tsoɡ MC: bi tsi̯ok 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPibe fully qualified
備 bèi OC: brɯɡs MC: bi 0 Attributions
- Word relations
- Assoc: 足/SUFFICIENT
The current general word for sufficiency is zú 足 (ant. fá 乏 "be short of something").
- Syntactic words
- vibe in sufficient supply
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- Syntactic words
- VPireflexive.自be self-sufficientCH
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- Syntactic words
- VPtoV[0]be sufficient to VCH