WEIGHT  重量

DEGREE of FORCE by which a THING is being NATURALLY PULLED TOWARDS the EARTH.
Hypernym
  • FORCETENDENCY TO MOVE OR CHANGE something.
    • TENDENCYFEATURE 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.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
  • SCALESTOOL USED FOR WEIGHING THINGS.
    Hyponym
    • HEAVY　BIG WEIGHT.
      • BURDEN　What is HEAVY AND SHOULD:must be ENDURINGLY CARRIED.
    • LIGHTWEIGHT　Of SMALL WEIGHT, OR EASY TO LIFT.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      huang

      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 ／

      • 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

      輕重  qīng zhòng OC: kheŋ doŋʔ MC: khiɛŋ ɖi̯oŋ 11 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}conceptweight
      • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}figurativerelative seriousness (of an offence)
      • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}relativerelative weight
      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
      衡石  héng shí OC: ɢraaŋ djaɡ MC: ɦɣaŋ dʑiɛk 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPabmethodweights
      重輕  zhòng qīng OC: doŋʔ kheŋ MC: ɖi̯oŋ khiɛŋ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}featureweight

      Existing SW for

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