LOW    卑

SMALL VERTICALLY.
SMALLLITTLESQUATSTUBBYSTUNTEDDWARFSHALLOW
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for something small in extension upwards is bēi 卑. NB: For spatial position below something else see BELOW.
Modern Chinese Criteria
卑 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 ／
Hyponym
  • INFERIOR　MORE LOW IN RANK, REPUTATION OR TALENT. (anc: 9/0, child: 1)
Antonym
  • HIGHBIG VERTICALLY.
See also
  • BELOWPLACE that is LOW IN-RELATION-TO something OTHER.
  • VULGARORDINARY AND NOT ELEGANT BECAUSE COMMON to EXCESSIVELY MANY.
Hypernym
  • SMALL　LACK BIGNESS IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN. (anc: 7/0, child: 8)
  • LACK　SITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE. (anc: 6/0, child: 48)
  • SITUATION　RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 635

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.32

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    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.

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 87

    • Words (3 items)

    卑  bēi OC: pe MC: piɛ 4 Attributions

    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
    下  xià MC: haeX OC: ɢraaʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]what is low, the low partsCH
    短  duǎn OC: toonʔ MC: tʷɑn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadNlow