INFINITE  無限

BIG OR MANY so as to LACK a LIMIT.
BOUNDLESSUNBOUNDEDUNLIMITEDLIMITLESSNEVER-ENDINGINTERMINABLEIMMEASURABLEFATHOMLESSIMPONDERABLEEXTENSIVEVASTIMMENSEGREATHUGEENORMOUS. ANTONYM LIMITEDSMALL
Hypernym
  • BIGOF INTENSE SIZE OR DEGREE IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN.
    • SIZEQUANTITY of a DIMENSION.
      • QUANTITYDEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED.
        • DEGREEFEATURE of MORE or LESS....
Modern Chinese Criteria
無限

無窮

無央

無極

無藝

無期

無疆

無邊

無際

無邊無際

無窮無盡

海闊天空

漫無邊際

汗漫無邊

茫無涯際

窈然無際

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

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    INFINITE

    innumerabilis is a prosaic general word meaning "innumerable".

    innumerus is a poetic choice word referring to something being beyond counting.

  • Table de definitions, pp. 437- ( LEIBNIZ 1704) p. 523ff

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 11.140

    UNENDLICHKEIT

  • Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy ( ZHANG DAINIAN 2002) p. 71

Words

無量  wú liàng OC: ma ɡ-raŋs MC: mi̯o li̯ɐŋ 27 AttributionsWD

Skt. aparamita, apramAna refers to an excessively large or uncountable number

    Syntactic words
  • VPadNwithout measure > very many, countless
  • VPibe without measure > be limitless/excessively large in number [SK]
  • VPpostadNlimitless, countless, excessively large (postposed to and modifying a noun)
  • VPpostadVendlessly, boundlessly, unendingly
無窮  wú qióng OC: ma ɡʷɯŋ MC: mi̯o guŋ 9 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabmetaphysicalinfinitude
  • NPabplaceinfinite expanses of spaceLZ
  • VPadNinfinite
  • VPibe infiniteDS
  • VPpostadVinexhaustibly, boundlesslyCH
無極  wú jí OC: ma ɡɯɡ MC: mi̯o gɨk 4 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NP[adN]N=spaceboundless expanses of spaceLZ
  • VPadNinfinite
  • VPibe infinite
  • VPpostadNinfinite, boundless
無邊  wú biān OC: ma peen MC: mi̯o pen 3 AttributionsWD
  • 佛光大辭典 Fóguāng dàcídiǎn The Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism ( FOGUANG) p. 2480a

  • 佛光大辭典 Fóguāng dàcídiǎn The Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism ( FOGUANG) p. 3707c

  • 佛光大辭典 Fóguāng dàcídiǎn The Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism ( FOGUANG) p. 5143

    Syntactic words
  • VPadNbuddhistBUDDH: ?? without borders > boundless, infinite; SANSKRIT aparyanta (an attribute of the dharma-dhātu 法界 ) 無邊法界 ananta-dhātu (AVATAMSAKA(A), fasc. 3, 11)
  • VPibuddhistBUDDH: ?? without borders > be boundless, infinite; SANSKRIT aparyanta
不可勝數  bù kě shēng shǔ OC: pɯʔ khlaalʔ lʰɯŋ sqroʔ MC: pi̯ut khɑ ɕɨŋ ʂi̯o 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPpostadNinfinitely many N
無外  wú wài MC: mju ngwajH OC: ma ŋoodsCH 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VP[adNab]metaphysicalthat which has no outside> the unlimited, the infiniteCH
  • VPibe infiniteCH
萬端  wàn duān OC: mblans toon MC: mi̯ɐn tʷɑn 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPpostadNinfinitely many kinds of
  • NPpostadVin infinitely many ways
不窮  bù qióng MC: pjut gjuwng  OC: pɯʔ ɡʷɯŋ CH 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe inexhaustibleCH
萬  wàn OC: mblans MC: mi̯ɐn 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadVin infinite ways
無盡  wú jìn OC: ma dzinʔ MC: mi̯o dzin 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadNwithout ending > infinite, unexhaustible, countless, eternal
  • VPiintensitivebe without end to it; be infinite
無竭  wú jié OC: ma ɡad MC: mi̯o gi̯ɐt 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPpostadVinexhaustibly> infinitely, incessantly
無限  wú xiàn OC: ma ɡrɯɯnʔ MC: mi̯o ɦɣɛn 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe boundless in quantity
無有限量  wú yǒu xiàn liàng OC: ma ɢʷɯʔ ɡrɯɯnʔ ɡ-raŋs MC: mi̯o ɦɨu ɦɣɛn li̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPpostadNinnumerable
百千萬億  bǎi qiān wàn yì OC: praaɡ snʰiin mblans qɯɡ MC: pɣɛk tshen mi̯ɐn ʔɨk 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadNfigurativeinfinite; boundless number of N (100x1,000x10,000x100,000,000=100,000,000,000,000,000)
无崖  wú yá MC: mju ngea OC: ma ŋɡreeCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPpostadV=無崖　endlesslyCH
無筭  wú suàn MC: mju swanH OC: ma sqloonsCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPpostadVinfinitelyCH
不極  bù jí OC: pɯʔ ɡɯɡ MC: pi̯ut gɨk 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPibe boundless
無強  wú qiáng OC: ma ɡaŋ MC: mi̯o gi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabTEST ONLY
無以竭  wú yǐ jié OC: ma k-lɯʔ ɡad MC: mi̯o jɨ gi̯ɐt 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadNinexhaustible
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    Syntactic words
  • VP[adNab]metaphysicalthat which has no outside> the unlimited, the infiniteCH
不可勝  bù kě shēng MC: pjut khaX sying OC: pɯʔ khlaalʔ lʰɯŋCH 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadVinfinitelyCH

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