SIZE    大小

QUANTITY of a DIMENSION.
DIMENSIONSMEASUREMENTSPROPORTIONSMAGNITUDELARGENESSBIGNESSAREAEXPANSEBREADTHWIDTHLENGTHHEIGHTDEPTHIMMENSITYHUGENESSVASTNESS
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The abstract notion of size is standardly expressed by dà xiǎo 大小. 2. Cháng duǎn 長短 refers to relative length.
Modern Chinese Criteria
大小 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • BIG　OF INTENSE SIZE OR DEGREE IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN. (anc: 7/0, child: 15)
  • DEEP　BIG SIZE DOWNWARD. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • QUANTITY　DEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • DEGREE　FEATURE of MORE or LESS. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.52

    • Words (4 items)

    大小  dà xiǎo OC: daads smewʔ MC: dɑi siɛu 14 Attributions

    The abstract notion of size is standardly expressed by dà xiǎo 大小.

      Syntactic words
    • NPab(.post-N)generalising abstractrelative size
    • NPabgeneralising abstractsize
    • NPab{nab1ant.nab2}generalising abstractrelative extent
    • VPpostadNof various sizes
    大  dà OC: daads MC: dɑi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturesizeLZ
    • vi-Vbig (i.e. small) (like X)大如毛髮
    廣大  guǎng dà MC: kwangX dajH OC: kʷaaŋʔ daads 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabimmense sizeCH
    長短  cháng duǎn OC: ɡrlaŋ toonʔ MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ tʷɑn 0 Attributions

    Cháng duǎn 長短 refers to relative length.

      Syntactic words