WEIGHT    重量

DEGREE of FORCE by which a THING is being NATURALLY PULLED TOWARDS the EARTH.
Old Chinese Criteria
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Modern Chinese Criteria
重量 分量 重 輕重 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • HEAVY　BIG WEIGHT. (anc: 7/0, child: 1)
  • LIGHTWEIGHT　Of SMALL WEIGHT, OR EASY TO LIFT. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
See also
  • SCALESTOOL USED FOR WEIGHING THINGS.
Hypernym
  • FORCE　TENDENCY TO MOVE OR CHANGE something. (anc: 5/0, child: 4)
  • TENDENCY　FEATURE CAUSING a HUMAN, ANIMAL OR THING to ACT in a DEFINED way IN-SO-FAR-AS it is NOT PREVENTED by MORE STRONG CAUSES than this FEATURE. (anc: 4/0, child: 6)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    WEIGHT

    moles refers to the heaviness of an object in its disadvantageous sense, as unwieldiness and inconvience to move.

    onus refers to heaviness in its disadvantageous sense insofar as the object exert s unpleasant pressure and is irksome to a person carrying it.

    pondus refers to heaviness in its positive sense as force, strength and sound weight.

    gravitas can refer to onerous weight as well as to effective and desirable weightiness.

    • Words (4 items)

    輕重  qīng zhòng OC: kheŋ doŋʔ MC: khiɛŋ ɖi̯oŋ 12 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}conceptweight
    • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}figurativerelative seriousness (of an offence)
    • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}relativerelative weight
    衡石  héng shí OC: ɢraaŋ djaɡ MC: ɦɣaŋ dʑiɛk 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabmethodweights
    任  rén OC: njɯm MC: ȵim 2 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 重/HEAVY The dominant term is zhòng 重 (ant. qīng 輕 "light").

      Syntactic words
    • nload, burden
    重輕  zhòng qīng OC: doŋʔ kheŋ MC: ɖi̯oŋ khiɛŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}featureweight