INTENSELY  很甚

To a HIGH DEGREE.
VERYEXTREMEGREATACUTEFIERCESEVEREHIGHEXCEPTIONALEXTRAORDINARYHARSHSTRONGPOWERFULPOTENTOVERPOWERINGVIGOROUSEXTREMELYEXCEEDINGLYEXCEPTIONALLYEXTRAORDINARILYTREMENDOUSLYIMMENSELYHUGELYINTENSELYACUTELYABUNDANTLYSINGULARLYUNCOMMONLYDECIDEDLYPARTICULARLYSUPREMELYHIGHLYREMARKABLYREALLYTRULYMIGHTILYEVER SOINFORMAL TERRIFICALLYAWFULLYFEARFULLYTERRIBLYDEVILISHLYMAJORLYSERIOUSLYMEGAULTRADAMNDAMNEDDEADREALWAYMIGHTYAWFULDARNED
Antonym
Hypernym
  • DEGREEFEATURE of MORE or LESS.
    • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
See also
  • BIGOF INTENSE SIZE OR DEGREE IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN.
    Hyponym
    • MORE　BIG in QUANTITY OR INTENSE WHEN COMPARED to something.
      • INCREASE　CAUSE TO BECOME MORE IN QUANTITY.
      • SEVERAL　MORE IN-RELATION-TO ONE.
    • QUICK　Be INTENSE in MOVING OR CHANGING CAUSING the PERIOD of this MOVEMENT OR CHANGE to be INTENSELY SHORT.
      • SUDDENLY　QUICKLY AND in a way NOT EXPECTED.
    • EXCESSIVE　INTENSELY to a MORE than APPROPRIATELY BIG DEGREE.
      • VIOLENT　EXCESSIVE in the USE of STRONG:strength....
    • EXTREME　INTENSE IN-RELATION-TO ALL.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The current general word referring to high degree of something or intensity of the application of a predicate is shèn 甚 (ant.* post-Buddhist (NANBEICHAO) lŸè 略 "slightly").

      2. Yǐ 已 and dà 大 refer to an extreme degree. See also EXCESSIVE

      3. Zhì 至 and jí 極 refers to the ultimate or extreme high degree of something, but the meaning of jí 極 was weakened by Han times times to something like the general meaning of shèn 甚.

      4. Zuì 最 refers to the largest degree or highest intensity within a given set compared. See MOST.

      5. Jìng 勁 and jí 疾 add the notion of vigour to that of intensity of degree.

      6. Hòu 厚 typically refers to a high degree or high intensity of something positive.

      7. Zhòng 重 freely refers to an impressive intensity beyond expectation of both positive or negative qualities or actions.

      8. Tòng 痛 refers specifically to a high degree of feelings or emotions.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      很

      挺

      極其

      極度

      頗

      分外

      特別

      萬分

      真

      好

      特

      非常

      很是 as in 很是不對

      異常

      特別

      格外

      非凡

      分外

      十分

      十二分

      萬分

      十二萬分

      不勝

      無任

      百般

      百倍

      充分

      老大

      好生

      好不

      交關

      那個

      萬狀

      要命

      要死

      不行

      赫然

      夠勁兒

      夠受的

      夠嗆

      很

      甚

      頗

      挺

      好

      老

      生

      深

      良

      殊

      煞

      大

      雅 (lit,obs) is a highly literary way of expressing intensity of degree.

      綦 (obs) "extremely"

      酷

      怪

      精

      蠻

      殺

      死

      慌

      壞

      不可開交

      死去活來

      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. 12.44

      • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

        INTENSE

        valde simply means "very much".

        perquam means "to an extraordinary degree".

        admodum means "tolerably much".

        multum means "considerably".

        magnopere means "quite a lot"

      • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 449

        最，取with roof without dot

        1. The second graph too rare to be treated in SSC.

      • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 181

      • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 119

      • Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Second Edition ( BROWN 2005) p.

      • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.442.400

        TRES.FORT.BIEN

      • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no. 2

      • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 518/522/524

      Words

      甚  shèn OC: ɡljums MC: dʑim 173 AttributionsWD

      The current general word referring to high degree of something or intensity of the application of a predicate is shèn 甚 (ant.* post-Buddhist (NANBEICHAO) lyuè 略 "slightly").

        Syntactic words
      • nabintensityCH
      • v(adN)an extreme example of N
      • vad.Vt+prep+N甚大於 "be much greater than"
      • vad.VtoN甚愛之,甚禮之
      • vad.VtoVadverb-raisingvery 甚以為苦 "consider very hard to bear".
      • vadN必有甚惡"extreme wickedness"
      • vadVvery much, strongly; also: too much, excessively before VP: very; emphatic after VP: enormously, tremendously
      • vadV.adNvery 甚病之人
      • vadV.postadN置表甚長"put out a long advertisement"
      • vadV.postadVtoNintensely 待之甚敬
      • vadV1.adV2very 甚多入人田中
      • vadV1.postadV2very V-lyCH
      • vadVt(pass)甚重於王"was regarded as highly important by the king"
      • vi-P.+NPab{S}{SUBJ}甚矣天下之惑也"how extreme the confusion of the world is!"
      • vi-P.adS甚矣吾衰也"How I decline!"
      • vi.post-V1:postadV2intenselyDS
      • vi.red:adN甚甚之辭"aggravating formulation"???
      • viactcarry things far, go beyond the normal 已甚者"one who carries things too far"
      • vigradedbe intense; be excessive, be too much; often comparative: be more intense (than), more than 太甚
      • vpostadV怒甚 "get very angry", 醉甚"be very drunk"
      • vpostadVtoNintensely 愛宛甚 "love Wǎn intensely"
      • vt(oN)putativetake very seriously
      • vt+prep+N1.postVtoN2gradedmore than 悅愛之甚於王 "appreciated and loved here more than the king (did)"
      • vt+prep+Ngradedbe more intense than; be stronger than 甚於
      • vt[0]oN.postadVmore intensely than (something) 其勸甚此 "one will encourage them even more than this"
      • vtoNoverdo (something) 非甚之"critcise him for overdoing it"
      • vtoNgradedbe more intense than
      大  dà OC: daads MC: dɑi 86 AttributionsWD

      Yǐ 已 and dà 大 refer to an extreme degree. See also EXCESSIVE

        Word relations
      • Epithet: 喜/DELIGHT Xǐ 喜 (ant. yōu 憂 "worry") is openly manifested delight, manifested in an individual, visible to all, but not normally of any profound significance.
      • Synon: 全/PERFECT Quán 全 (ant. cán 殘 "seriously deficient") focusses on the complete presence of some conditions of excellence.
      • Synon: 厚/ABUNDANT Hòu 厚 (ant. báo 薄 "meagerly supplied with something") primarily refers to man-made or man-caused generous abundance, prototypically in contexts such as hospitality or exchange of presents. >>ARTIFICIAL
      • Synon: 甚/INTENSELY The current general word referring to high degree of something or intensity of the application of a predicate is shèn 甚 (ant.* post-Buddhist (NANBEICHAO) lyuè 略 "slightly").

        Syntactic words
      • nabfeatureintensityCH
      • v-E2R.adVgreatly
      • vadVvery much, mightily, highly, greatly; on a large scale
      • vadV.adNgreatly, on a large scale (modifying a verb, the phrase again modifying a noun)
      • vadVderivedstrictlyCH
      • vt+prep+Nabgradedbe greater that doing so and so, be more serious than doing so and so
      • vtoNgradedmore than N
      重  zhòng OC: doŋʔ MC: ɖi̯oŋ 31 AttributionsWD

      Zhòng 重 freely refers to an impressive intensity beyond expectation of both positive or negative qualities or actions.

        Word relations
      • Epithet: 刑/PUNISH Xíng 刑 refers specifically to physical punishment.
      • Epithet: 罰/PUNISH Fá 罰 refers to non-physical forms of punishment including typically fines. See FINE
      • Assoc: 大/GREAT Dà 大 (ant. xiǎo 小 "insignificant") is often used to refer to generally recognised awe-inspiring status (for example of a king etc) rather than mere size.

        Syntactic words
      • vadNsubstantial (rewards); serious (disease)
      • vadVintensely, very much; heavily; substantially
      • vifigurativebe intensive, be strong, be heavy; be grave
      • vpost-V.postadNserious (disease etc)
      • vpostadVintensely, powerfullyCH
      • vt+prep+Nabgradedbe more serious than doing so and so
      • vtoNcausativecause to become even more intense, aggravate, exacerbate
      深  shēn MC: syim OC: qhljum
      深  shēn MC: syim OC: qhljum 17 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadNprofound, intense
      • vadVdeeply, intensely
      • vadVV=passiveon a large scale
      • vibe intense (also of colour!)
      • vpostadVintensely; profoundly
      況  kuàng OC: qhʷaŋs MC: hi̯ɐŋ 16 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • p+N.postSgradedhow much more?
      • padS1.post-S2how much more when
      生  shēng OC: sraaŋ MC: ʂɣaŋ 14 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • ppostadV(colloquial) suffix after verbs expressing high degree or intensity (often appearing together with intensifying adverb tài 太)
      良  liáng OC: ɡ-raŋ MC: li̯ɐŋ 13 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • DELETEDvery (modifying an adverb)CH
      • vadSon an intense scale, to a pretty large extentCH
      • vadVvery 良久
      • vadV.postN{SUBJ}:adSa lot, to a fair degree
      • vadV1.adV2a lot, to a fair degree
      • vadV1.postadV2very
      已  yǐ OC: k-lɯʔ MC: jɨ 12 AttributionsWD

      Yǐ 已 and dà 大 refer to an extreme degree. See also EXCESSIVE

        Syntactic words
      • vadVvery intensely, exceedingly, very much
      特  tè OC: ɡ-lɯɯɡ MC: dək 11 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVespecially; very; singularily; for the sole purpose
      都  dū OC: k-laa MC: tuo̝ 10 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • padVcompletely, utterly
      • padV{NEG}completely (often with negatives: not at all)
      厚  hòu OC: ɡoos MC: ɦu 8 AttributionsWD

      Hòu 厚 typically refers to a high degree or high intensity of something positive.

        Word relations
      • Ant: 薄/SLIGHTLY Báo 薄 (ant. hòu 厚 "intensely") focusses on something happening to a lesser degree than a conventional standard would indicate or prescribe.

        Syntactic words
      • nabfeatureseriousness, serious commitmentCH
      • vadNsevere, substantial
      • vadVseverely, seriously; on a serious scale; wholeheartedly
      • vifigurative: serious; substantial; considerable in extent
      • vtoNintesify, increaseLZ
      切  qiè OC: snʰiids MC: tshei 7 AttributionsWD
      • 佛經詞語匯釋 Fójīng cíyǔ huìshì The Translation of the Vocabulary of Buddhist Sūtras ( LI WEIQI 2004) p. 237-242

        Syntactic words
      • vadVintensely, incisively, really, very
      • vpostadVpost-verbal intensifier: very, really, intensely (early examples in sūtra translations) (the V can be a complex verbal phrase) 苦痛酸切 suffering intensely (LONG AGAMA, T.1/1: 125c18) 苦切無量 suffer immeasurable (T.3/156: 152b7)
      急  jí OC: krɯb MC: kip 7 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vpostadVurgently and intensely
      死  sǐ OC: pliʔ MC: si 6 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vpostadVV to the degree of dying > post(ad)verbial intensifier (compare 殺／煞 in this function)
      並  bìng OC: beeŋʔ MC: beŋ 5 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadV{NEG}.adV(not) at all
      孔  kǒng OC: khooŋʔ MC: khuŋ 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVpoetic: extremely
      疾  jí OC: dzid MC: dzit 4 AttributionsWD

      Jìng 勁 and jí 疾 add the notion of vigour to that of intensity of degree.

        Word relations
      • Ant: 微/TENUOUS Wēi 微 refers to subtlety predominantly in transferred figurative senses.
      • Synon: 甚/INTENSELY The current general word referring to high degree of something or intensity of the application of a predicate is shèn 甚 (ant.* post-Buddhist (NANBEICHAO) lyuè 略 "slightly").

        Syntactic words
      • vadVintensely>loudly
      • vibe intense, be of high degree of intensity
      • viactuse great force
      大者  dà zhě OC: daads kljaʔ MC: dɑi tɕɣɛ 4 AttributionsWD

        Syntactic words
      • NPadSin the worst case
      無度  wú dù OC: ma ɡ-laaɡs MC: mi̯o duo̝ 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadVboundlessly, infinitely; very much
      多  duō OC: k-laal MC: tɑ 3 AttributionsWD

        Word relations
      • Synon: 彌/MORE Mí 彌 focusses a difference in degree or number rather than on a process of increase.

        Syntactic words
      • vadVintensely, very much
      • vibe intense; perhaps also postposed vpostadV: do this intensely
      • vpostadVmuch, intenselyCH
      殊  shū OC: djo MC: dʑi̯o 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVvery
      • vadV{NEG}intensifier preceding negated verbs: not at all, not in the least, not the slightest
      祇  qí OC: ɡe MC: giɛ 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • padV(be) only > (be) exactly
      篤  dǔ OC: tuuɡ MC: tuok 3 AttributionsWD

        Syntactic words
      • vadNintense, virulent
      • vadVferventlyCH
      • vpostadVintensely
      絕  jué OC: dzod MC: dziɛt 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVextraordinarily much, with inordinate intensity; with negations: (not) at all
      • vpostadVextremely, in an unparallelled way
      無厭  wú yàn OC: ma qems MC: mi̯o ʔiɛm 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadVwithout ever getting fed up with V-ing
      不自勝  bù zì shèng OC: pɯʔ sblids lʰɯŋs MC: pi̯ut dzi ɕɨŋ 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadVuncontrollably, very intensely
      為  wéi OC: ɢʷal MC: ɦiɛ 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt+V[0]count as especially V; be regarded as typically V
      一  yī MC: 'jit OC: qliɡCH 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVsingularly muchCH
      • vadVintensitivecompletely, totally (with negated V)
      何  hé OC: ɡlaal MC: ɦɑ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • npro.adNPab{S}rhetorical questionHow true it is that S!
      • vadVhow V!CH
      倍  bèi OC: bɯɯʔ MC: bəi 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVwith redoubled intensity > more intensely than ever
      勁  jìng OC: keŋs MC: kiɛŋ 2 AttributionsWD

      Jìng 勁 and jí 疾 add the notion of vigour to that of intensity of degree.

        Syntactic words
      • vadVviolently, strongly
      卻  què OC: khaɡ MC: khi̯ɐk 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVcertainly; by all means; cf. modern Chinese dǎo 倒 "really" [mod CH]
      徹  chè OC: thed MC: ʈhiɛt 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vpostadVcompletely, thoroughly
      洵  xún OC: sqʷlin MC: sʷin 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVreally; truly; very (SHI)
      直  zhí OC: dɯɡ MC: ɖɨk 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadV+Vintensitivedeverbal intensifier before modal verbs expressing obligation: really (should); really (must); sometimes also appearing with an emphatic copula or other verbs
      窮  qióng OC: ɡʷɯŋ MC: guŋ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVwith all one's might> powerfully, intensely
      頗  pò OC: phaals MC: phʷɑ
      頗  pō OC: phaal MC: phʷɑ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVintensely; very much
      何其  hé qí OC: ɡlaal ɡɯ MC: ɦɑ gɨ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • PPadVHow V!
      極為  jí wéi OC: ɡɯɡ ɢʷal MC: gɨk ɦiɛ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVextremely
      極理  jí lǐ OC: ɡɯɡ ɡ-rɯʔ MC: gɨk lɨ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadVprofoundly, intensely
      況復  kuàng fù OC: qhʷaŋs buɡs MC: hi̯ɐŋ bɨu 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • PPadN.postSgradedhow much more/less
      甚為  shèn wéi OC: ɡljumʔ ɢʷal MC: dʑim ɦiɛ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVintensely
      不能自勝  bù néng zì shèng OC: pɯʔ nɯɯŋ sblids lʰɯŋs MC: pi̯ut nəŋ dzi ɕɨŋ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadVuncontrollably
      遠  yuǎn MC: hjwonX OC: ɢʷanʔCH 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vpostadVby a long shot, very muchCH
      仡  yì OC: ŋɡɯd MC: ŋɨt 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVgreatly; powerfully
      最  zuì OC: skoods MC: tsɑi 1 AttributionWD

      Zuì 最 refers to the largest degree or highest intensity within a given set compared. See MOST.

        Syntactic words
      • vadVextremely
      及  jí OC: ɡrɯb MC: gip 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt+V[0]go so far as to V
      可  kě OC: khlaalʔ MC: khɑ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVreally; truely (usually with negated verb)
      實  shí OC: ɢljiɡ MC: ʑit 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVreally, definitely
      巨  jù OC: ɡaʔ MC: gi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVhugely???
      弘  hóng OC: ɡʷɯɯŋ MC: ɦəŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVOBI: greatly; very; to a high degree
      痛  tòng OC: kh-looŋs MC: thuŋ 1 AttributionWD

      Tòng 痛 refers specifically to a high degree of feelings or emotions.

        Syntactic words
      • vadVintensely
      益  yì OC: qleɡ MC: ʔiɛk 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVtoo much, excessively
      稍  shāo OC: smreewɡs MC: ʂɣɛu 1 AttributionWD
      • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 332, #1

        Syntactic words
      • vadVcolloquialcolloquial intensifier: very, to a high degree (also in BIANWEN and Tang poetry)
      積  jī OC: skleɡ MC: tsiɛk 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVcumulatively> very
      至  zhì OC: kljiɡs MC: tɕi 1 AttributionWD

      Zhì 至and jí 極 refers to the ultimate or extreme high degree of something, but the meaning of jí 極 was weakened by Han times times to something like the general meaning of shèn 甚.

        Syntactic words
      • vadVextremely
      過  guò OC: klools MC: kʷɑ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVexceedingly
      • vt+prep+Ngradedbe more intense than NDS
      酷  kù OC: khuuɡ MC: khuok 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVextremely strongly
      竟  jìng OC: kraŋs MC: kɣaŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadV{NEG}intensely (before negative verbs)
      頓  dùn OC: tuuns MC: tuo̝n 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVvery
      倍加  bèi jiā OC: bɯɯʔ kraal MC: bəi kɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVdoubly
      千萬  qiān wàn OC: snʰiin mblans MC: tshen mi̯ɐn 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadVby a huge margin; vastly, hugely;
      大煞  dà shā OC: daads sreed MC: dɑi ʂɣɛt
      大殺  dà shā OC: daads sreed MC: dɑi ʂɣɛt 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVvery
      尤甚  yóu shèn OC: ɢʷɯ ɡljums MC: ɦɨu dʑim 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVegregiously, outstandingly
      極大  jí dà OC: ɡɯɡ daads MC: gɨk dɑi 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVintensely
      殊死  shū sǐ OC: djo pliʔ MC: dʑi̯o si 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadVputting in the ultimate effort
      流血  liú xuè OC: ru qhʷiiɡ MC: lɨu het 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadVresultativeso as to cause blood flowing.
      深厚  shēn hòu OC: qhljum ɡooʔ MC: ɕim ɦu 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPibe profound and intense
      無地  wú dì OC: ma lils MC: mi̯o di 1 AttributionWD
      • 漢語大詞典 ( HYDCD) p. 4112c

        glossed as 至極，不盡 (early examples dating from the Southern Dynasties and the Tang)

        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadVextremely; without a limit (postposed to a V)
      無極  wú jí OC: ma ɡɯɡ MC: mi̯o gɨk 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadVvery intensely, infinitely much
      無疆  wú jiāng OC: ma kaŋ MC: mi̯o ki̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadVboundlessly
      甚大  shèn dà OC: ɡljumʔ daads MC: dʑim dɑi 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVintensely, to a high degree
      直是  zhí shì OC: dɯɡ ɡljeʔ MC: ɖɨk dʑiɛ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPadVsimply [GUOYU CIDIAN: 真是；竟是]
      逼切  bī qiē, qiè OC: pɯɡ snʰiid MC: pɨk tshet 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPpostadNurgently, pressingly
      隆猛  lóng měng OC: ɡ-rum mraaŋʔ MC: luŋ mɣaŋ 1 AttributionWD
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      • VPadVviolently, furiously
      世所未有  shì suǒ wèi yǒu OC: lʰebs sqraʔ mɯds ɢʷɯʔ MC: ɕiɛi ʂi̯ɤ mɨi ɦɨu 1 AttributionWD
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      • VPpostadVin an unheard-of way, to an unprecedented degree
      無以加焉  wú yǐ jiā yān OC: ma k-lɯʔ kraal qran MC: mi̯o jɨ kɣɛ ʔiɛn 1 AttributionWD
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      • VPpostadVin the extreme, to an "unsurpassable" degree
      至於此  zhì yú yū cǐ MC: tsyijH 'jo tshjeX OC: kljiɡs qa tsheʔCH 1 AttributionWD
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      • VPpostadVreaching to this point> to this degreeCH
      龐然  páng rán MC: baewng nyen OC: brooŋ njenCH 1 AttributionWD
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      • VPadN.adVwhacking (big etc)CH
      不勝  bù shēng MC: pjut sying OC: pɯʔ lʰɯŋCH 1 AttributionWD
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      • VPadVuncontrollably much, extremely muchCH
      況於  kuàng yú yū MC: xjwangH 'jo OC: qhʷaŋs qaCH 1 AttributionWD
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      • PPadN.postShow much more should is this true with regard to NCH
      又況  yòu kuàng MC: hjuwH xjwangH OC: ɢʷɯs qhʷaŋsCH 1 AttributionWD
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      • vtoN.post-Show much more N, by comparisonCH
      端  duān MC: twan OC: toonCH 1 AttributionWD
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      • vadVintensely; loudlyCH
      壹  yī MC: 'jit OC: qidCH 1 AttributionWD
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      • vadVsimply!CH
      僤  dàn OC: daans MC: dɑn 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vadNplenty of; much
      劇  jù OC: ɡlaɡ MC: gɣɛk 0 AttributionsWD

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      • vadNintense, virulent (of diseases etc)
      嚴  yán OC: ŋɡam MC: ŋi̯ɐm 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vadNintense and painful
      暴  bào OC: boowɡs MC: bɑu 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vadVone a furiously intense scale, on a reckless scale
      更  gèng OC: kraaŋs MC: kɣaŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vadV{NEG}(not) at all
      橫  hèng MC: hwaengH OC: ɡʷraaŋs 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vadVextensively
      殺  shā OC: sreed MC: ʂɣɛt 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vpostadVpostverbal intensifier
      泰  tài OC: thaads MC: thɑi 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vadNhigh (antiquity etc), extreme
      津  jīn OC: tsin MC: tsin 0 AttributionsWD
      • 佛經詞語匯釋 Fójīng cíyǔ huìshì The Translation of the Vocabulary of Buddhist Sūtras ( LI WEIQI 2004) p. 171

      • 大正新修大藏經 Taishō shinshū daizōkyō Revised Edition of the Buddhist Canon in the Taishō Era ( T.) p. 15/613: 245c7

      • 大正新修大藏經 Taishō shinshū daizōkyō Revised Edition of the Buddhist Canon in the Taishō Era ( T.) p. 15/613: 245c7

      • 大正新修大藏經 Taishō shinshū daizōkyō Revised Edition of the Buddhist Canon in the Taishō Era ( T.) p. 15/643: 652c21

        顏色津黑

      • 大正新修大藏經 Taishō shinshū daizōkyō Revised Edition of the Buddhist Canon in the Taishō Era ( T.) p. 24/1482: 970c19

        淫欲津染

      • 大正新修大藏經 Taishō shinshū daizōkyō Revised Edition of the Buddhist Canon in the Taishō Era ( T.) p. 4/201: 260c18

      • 大正新修大藏經 Taishō shinshū daizōkyō Revised Edition of the Buddhist Canon in the Taishō Era ( T.) p. 53/2122:459a16

        津悟福賞 deeply enlightened about merits and rewards

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      • vadVBUDDH. translations: very, utterly
      異  yì OC: p-lɯɡs MC: jɨ 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vadVvery much
      荒  huāng OC: hmaaŋ MC: hɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vadVextensively; excessivley
      革  gé OC: krɯɯɡ MC: kɣɛk 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vichange to the bad> extreme (of illness)
      增上  zēng shàng OC: tsɯɯŋ ɡljaŋʔ MC: tsəŋ dʑi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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      好個  hǎo gè OC: qhuuʔ kaals MC: hɑu kɑ 0 AttributionsWD
      • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 155

        很，甚。感嘆之辭。個，詞綴。(There are also examples in Tang poetry)

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      • VPadVvery, utterly, really (vernacular intensifier, since Tang period)
      非凡  fēi fán OC: pɯl blom MC: pɨi bi̯ɐm 0 AttributionsWD
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      • VPpostadVuncommonly; beyond the ordinary
      非常  fēi cháng OC: pɯl djaŋ MC: pɨi dʑi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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      • VPadVinordinately; extraordinarily
      • VPpostadVin the extreme, very much, inordinately
      萬  wàn OC: mblans MC: mi̯ɐn 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vadVvery much
      惡  è OC: qaaɡ MC: ʔɑk 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vadVbadly, extremely, intensely
      勝  shèng OC: lʰɯŋs MC: ɕɨŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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      • vadVlargely, greatly
        Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
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      • VPpostadVto this degreeCH
        Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
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      • VPadVuncontrollably much, extremely muchCH

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