LOW 卑
SMALL VERTICALLY.
Old Chinese Criteria
NB: For spatial position below something else see BELOW.
Modern Chinese Criteria
低
矮
There must be many more, but I am not finding them.
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
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LOW
imus refers to that part of a whole which is lowest in position.
infimus refers to what is the very lowest thing or indeed underneath something else.
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Words
卑 bēi OC: pe MC: piɛ 4 AttributionsWD
The standard word for something small in extension upwards is bēi 卑. NB: For spatial position below something else see BELOW.
- Word relations
- Ant: 高/HIGH
The manifestly dominant general word is gāo 高(ant. bēi 卑 "low" and xià 下 "low") which refers to concrete as well as abstract elevation.
- Syntactic words
- nmlow terrain
- v[adN]N=placewhat is low, the low thing, a low place
- vibe low
- vichangebecome lower (in the air, as of flying)CH
短 duǎn OC: toonʔ MC: tʷɑn 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vadNlow
下 xià MC: haeX OC: ɢraaʔCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- v[adN]what is low, the low partsCH
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