LONG  長長

BIG in ONE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION. See also ENDURING.
EXTENDED
Antonym
  • SHORTSMALL in THE MOST LONG HORIZONTAL DIMENSION.
    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....
    See also
    • ENDURINGBIG in respect of the PERIOD something EXISTS, HAPPENS, OR is being ACTED:done.
      • ENDURINGBIG in respect of the PERIOD something EXISTS, HAPPENS, OR is being ACTED:done.
        • BROADBIG in the MORE SMALL HORIZONTAL DIRECTION:dimension.
          Hyponym
          Old Chinese Criteria
          1. The dominant general term for length is cháng 長 (ant. duǎn 短 "short").

          2. Xiū 修 / 脩 is Chu dialect for "long". The word is often used as a taboo equivalent for cháng 長 when the latter has to be avoided because it is the name of an emperor.

          3. Zhāng 張 (ant. suō 縮 "shortened") refers to something that is longer than expected or longer than it was before.

          4. Yōu 悠 can occasionally refer to something being long so as to take a long time to pass through. See ENDURING

          5. Màn màn 漫漫 refers to something having a long horizontal extension. See ENDURING

          Modern Chinese Criteria
          長

          修

          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. 12.57

          • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 262

          Words

          長  cháng OC: ɡrlaŋ MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ 18 Attributions

          The dominant general term for length is cháng 長 (ant. duǎn 短 "short").

            Word relations
          • Ant: 短/SHORT The current general term for shortness is duǎn 短 (ant. cháng 長 "long").
          • Contrast: 大/BIG The general word is dà 大 (ant. xiǎo 小 "small").

            Syntactic words
          • nabdimensionCHEMLA 2003: the dimension corresponding to the length rather than the width of an object (which might be less than the height!)
          • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: quantified linear extension
          • nabstativeheight (of the body)
          • nsubjectthat which is (too) long
          • vadNlong
          • vibe (relatively) long
          • vigradedbe long(er)
          • vt+Ngradedhave N longer than normalLZ
          • vt+Nstativebe long to the extent of, be as long asLZ
          • vtoNcausativecause to be longer> extend
          短長  duǎn cháng OC: toonʔ ɡrlaŋ MC: tʷɑn ɖi̯ɐŋ 7 Attributions
            Syntactic words
          • NPabfeaturerelative length
          • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}conceptlength
          • VPadNshort or long
          脩  xiū OC: sqlɯw MC: sɨu 6 Attributions

            Word relations
          • Ant: 短/SHORT The current general term for shortness is duǎn 短 (ant. cháng 長 "long").

            Syntactic words
          • nabfeaturelength
          • vadNespecially in excavated literature standard substitution for tabooed 長: long
          • vi
          從  zòng OC: dzoŋs MC: dzi̯oŋ 5 Attributions
            Syntactic words
          • n(post-N)mathematical termthe length (of a contextually determinate N)VK
          • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: length in the east-west direction
          長短  cháng duǎn OC: ɡrlaŋ toonʔ MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ tʷɑn 4 Attributions
            Syntactic words
          • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}conceptlength
          • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}featurelength
          永  yǒng OC: ɢʷaŋʔ MC: ɦɣaŋ 2 Attributions
            Syntactic words
          • vibe physically long
          尋常  xún cháng MC: zim dzyang OC: ljum djaŋCH 2 Attributions
            Syntactic words
          • nabany significant distance in spaceCH
          修  xiū OC: sqlɯw MC: sɨu 1 Attribution

          Xiū 修/脩 is Chu dialect for "long". The word is often used as a taboo equivalent for cháng 長 when the latter has to be avoided because it is the name of an emperor.

            Syntactic words
          • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
          • vadNlong (bamboo etc.)DS
          • vibe long (and large/big); ZGC: (of persons) be (so and so many feet) tall
          遙  yáo OC: k-lew MC: jiɛu 1 Attribution
            Syntactic words
          • vadNtimedistant in time CC 遙夜 "long nights"
          豐約  fēng yuē MC: phjuwng 'jak OC: phuŋ qplewɡCH 1 Attribution
            Syntactic words
          • NPabderivedprofuseness or brevity> relative stylistic elaborationCH
          距  jù MC: gjoX OC: ɡaʔCH 1 Attribution
            Syntactic words
          • vi= 巨 be large/longCH
          脩短  xiū duǎn MC: sjuw twanX OC: sqlɯw toonʔCH 1 Attribution
            Syntactic words
          • NPabfeaturelengthCH
          張  zhāng OC: krlaŋ MC: ʈi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions

          Zhāng 張 (ant. suō 縮"shortened") refers to something that is longer than expected or longer than it was before.

            Word relations
          • Ant: 約/RESTRAIN The current general word for restraining something or someone is yuē 約 (ant. zòng 縱 "give free rein to").

            Syntactic words
          • vadNtightened??
          • viextended; broad
          • vtoNpull (bow), tighten see STRETCH
          曼  màn OC: mons MC: mi̯ɐn 0 Attributions

          Màn màn 漫漫 refers to something having a long horizontal extension. See ENDURING

            Syntactic words
          • vadNrare, poetic shi, CC: long (and thin, winding), elongated
          梴  chān OC: lʰan MC: ʈhiɛn 0 Attributions
            Syntactic words
          • nlong timber
          羕  yàng OC: k-laŋs MC: ji̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
            Syntactic words
          • vilong (river)
          袤  mào OC: moos MC: mu 0 Attributions
            Syntactic words
          • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: the longest side of a polyhedric solid, and in JZ 9 it also refers to the longest side of a rectangle.The word is glossed by Zhào Shuǎng's 趙爽　commentary to ZB as 長也.
            Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 Attributions
            Syntactic words
          • NPabderivedprofuseness or brevity> relative stylistic elaborationCH

          Existing SW for

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