THIN  薄

SMALL in the MOST SMALL DIMENSION.
NARROWFINEATTENUATED
Antonym
  • FATABUNDANT in GREASE AND BIG AND HEAVY TYPICALLY BECAUSE of EXCESSIVE EATING. See also GREASE.
    • THICKBIG in the MOST SMALL DIMENSION.
      Hypernym
      • TENUOUSUNIMPORTANT BECAUSE LACKING BIGNESS, REALITY, OR HIGH DEGREE.
        • UNIMPORTANTLACK IMPORTANCE.
          • LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
            • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT....
      Hyponym
      • SLIM　THIN AND NOT FAT, of HUMANS AND ANIMALS.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The current standard word for thinness of any kind is is báo 薄.

        2. Zhěn 袗 refers to thin cloth that is not lined or double.

        3. Xiān 纖 refers to anything that is slender and thin, or slim. See SLIM.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        細

        纖細

        尖細

        細小

        纖小

        細長

        纖纖

        細條

        細挑

        苗條

        削蔥

        細弱

        薄

        細

        單薄

        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. 12.65

        Attributions by syntactic funtion

        • vadN : 5
        • vi : 2
        • nadN : 1
        • n : 1

        Attributions by text

        • 論語 : 4
        • 毛詩 : 2
        • 陸機集十一卷 : 1
        • 孝經 : 1
        • 韓非子 : 1

        Words

        薄  báo OC: baaɡ MC: bɑk 4 AttributionsWD

        The current standard word for thinness of any kind is is báo 薄.

          Word relations
        • Ant: 厚/THICK The current general word for thickness of any kind is hòu 厚 (ant. báo 薄 "thin").
        • Synon: 微/TENUOUS Wēi 微 refers to subtlety predominantly in transferred figurative senses.

          Syntactic words
        • vadNthin
        • vibe thin
        細  xì OC: snɯɯs MC: sei 2 AttributionsWD

          Syntactic words
        • nsubjectwhat is thin and delicate (in sliced meat etc)
        • vadNslim
        磷  lìn OC: rins MC: lin 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • vichangeget worn thin, become thin
        袗  zhěn OC: kljɯnʔ MC: tɕin 1 AttributionWD

        Zhěn 袗 refers to thin cloth that is not lined or double.

          Syntactic words
        • nadN(of clothes) thin, not double
        么  mó MC: -- OC: --CH 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • vibe thinCH
        扁  biǎn OC: peenʔ MC: pen 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vithin, flat
        纖  xiān OC: sem MC: siɛm 0 AttributionsWD

        Xiān 纖 refers to anything that is slender and thin, or slim. See SLIM.

          Syntactic words
        • vibe thin and slender
        無厚  wú hòu OC: ma ɡooʔ MC: mi̯o ɦu 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NP[adN]something thin
          Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vibe thinCH

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