FULL  滿

LACK EMPTY PLACE INSIDE oneself.
FILLEDFILLED UPFILLED TO CAPACITYFILLED TO THE BRIMBRIMMINGBRIMFUL
Antonym
  • EMPTYLACK ALL POSSIBLE THINGS INSIDE.
    Hypernym
    • LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
      • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
        • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
          • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The ancient standard word for fullness of any kind is yíng 盈.

    2. Mǎn 滿 became current in late Warring States times only, and the word is semantically hard to distinguish from yíng 盈.

    3. Chōng 充 refers to complete fullness, fullness to the brim, typically as something desirable or satisfactory.

    4. Shí 實 can refer to something being full of solid substance, and thus by extension not tenuous or unimportant.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    滿

    滿登登

    滿滿當當

    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. 13.21

    • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 354

    Words

    實  shí OC: ɢljiɡ MC: ʑit 10 AttributionsWD

    Shí 實 can refer to something being full of solid substance, and thus by extension not tenuous or unimportant.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 虛/EMPTY The most geneal word is xū 虛 (ant. shí 實 "substantial and full") which can refer both to physical emptiness of a space and to abstract emptiness or tenuousness as a philosophical concept.
    • Ant: 空/EMPTY Kōng 空 (ant. mǎn 滿 "filled up") generally refers to literal emptiness of a container, but used adjectivally the word also has abstract uses as in kōng yán 空言 "empty words, abstract insubstantial discourse".
    • Assoc: 充/FULL Chōng 充 refers to complete fullness, fullness to the brim, typically as something desirable or satisfactory.
    • Synon: 充/FULL Chōng 充 refers to complete fullness, fullness to the brim, typically as something desirable or satisfactory.

      Syntactic words
    • vibe full; be full of substance; be filled (with people)
    滿  mǎn OC: mboonʔ MC: mʷɑn 10 AttributionsWD

    Mǎn 滿 became current in late Warring States times only, and the word is semantically hard to distinguish from yíng 盈.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 空/EMPTY Kōng 空 (ant. mǎn 滿 "filled up") generally refers to literal emptiness of a container, but used adjectivally the word also has abstract uses as in kōng yán 空言 "empty words, abstract insubstantial discourse".
    • Assoc: 豐 / 酆/ABUNDANT Fēng 豐 (ant.*qiàn 歉 "poor natural harvest") refers primarily to the natural abundance of some feature or resource, but in elevated archaic discourse the word may also refer to abundance of sacrifice and the like. The rare fēng 丰 was not homophonous in ancient times, and the meaning emphasises beauty as well as abundance. [NATURAL!]

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturea strong inner "plenitude", a state of being pervaded by vital essences
    • vibe full everywhere (typically a space)
    • vi0it is fill (with place topic which cannot perhaps be taken as a subject that is full)
    • vifigurativeof moon: be fullCH
    • vtoNpassivebe filled up
    盈  yíng OC: leŋ MC: jiɛŋ 5 AttributionsWD

    The ancient standard word for fullness of any kind is yíng 盈.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 沖/EMPTY
    • Ant: 闕/EMPTY
    • Ant: 竭/EXHAUST Jié 竭 (ant. yíng 盈 "leave plenty of something") typically refers to the using up of what one has in one, or what one owns.
    • Ant: 虛/EMPTY The most geneal word is xū 虛 (ant. shí 實 "substantial and full") which can refer both to physical emptiness of a space and to abstract emptiness or tenuousness as a philosophical concept.
    • Ant: 虧/LACK

      Syntactic words
    • nabderivedfeeling of being full of oneself; self-satisfactionCH
    • vibe full; (of moon) wax
    • vichangebecome full, fill up
    • vtoNthe condition of being filled
    充  chōng OC: thjuŋ MC: tɕhuŋ 4 AttributionsWD

    Chōng 充 refers to complete fullness, fullness to the brim, typically as something desirable or satisfactory.

      Word relations
    • Subject: 胃/STOMACH Wèi 胃refers specifically to the stomach as the main organ of digestion.
    • Assoc: 實/FULL Shí 實 can refer to something being full of solid substance, and thus by extension not tenuous or unimportant.
    • Synon: 實/FULL Shí 實 can refer to something being full of solid substance, and thus by extension not tenuous or unimportant.

      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]what is fullLZ
    • vichangebecome full NOTE: this could obviously also be read as "become filled up"
    • vtoNbe full of
    牣  rèn OC: njins MC: ȵin 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNto contain in abundance???
    饛  méng OC: mooŋ MC: muŋ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadNfull (food vessel)
    滿溢  mǎn yì OC: mboonʔ k-liɡ MC: mʷɑn jit 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe full to the point of overflowing
    盈溢  yíng yì OC: leŋ k-liɡ MC: jiɛŋ jit 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe full
    滿中  mǎn zhōng OC: mboonʔ krluŋ MC: mʷɑn ʈuŋ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt0oN{SUBJ}there is plenty of N inside cf. modern Chinese 滿地垃圾

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