INFERIOR
MORE LOW IN RANK, REPUTATION OR TALENT.
Antonym
- SUPERIORMORE EXCELLENT OR MORE NOBLE than ANOTHER BY NATURE.
Hypernym
- LOWSMALL VERTICALLY.
Hyponym
- HUMBLE INFERIOR OR MORE HUMBLE IN-RELATION-TO OTHERS.
- DEFERENTIAL SHOWINGLY>DEMONSTRATIVELY HUMBLE
Words
不若 bù ruò OC: pɯʔ njaɡ MC: pi̯ut ȵi̯ɐk 20 Attributions
- Word relations
- Ant: 過/EXCESSIVE
Guò 過 often, but not always, focusses on the aspect of transgression in excessiveness.
- Syntactic words
- VP[adN]be not so good as the other partyDS
- VPtoNnot be up to the standard of, be unable to equal, not be as good as
- VPtoS1.postS2S2 is not as good as S1LZ
- VPtoV(0)not be as good as V-ingLZ
下 xià OC: ɢraaʔ MC: ɦɣɛ 13 Attributions
- Word relations
- Object: 問/ASK
The general word is wèn 問 "open a dialogue by consulting someone with a question" (ant. duì 對 "reply to a superior") which typically refers to the consultation of a person who is supposed to know something, and typically the person to whom a question is addressed is regarded in the context as an authority though not necessarily a person of superior status. Thus the word, while extremely common, is not really a general word for "to ask". [SPECIFIC]; [[COMMOM+]]
- Syntactic words
- n[adN](.post-N)inferiorsCH
- nadNjunior; inferior
- vadVat least, in the least elevated level; towards the inferior levels of the societyCH
未若 wèi ruò MC: mj+jH nyae OC: mɯds njaɡDS 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNnot be up to the standard of N; be unable to equal NDS
疏 shū OC: sqra MC: ʂi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vt(oN)stativebe inferior to the contextually determinate
Existing SW for
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