NEVER  永不

ENDURINGLY:always NOT.
NOT EVERAT NO TIMENOT AT ANY TIMENOT ONCELITERARY NE'ER
Hypernym
  • ENDURINGBIG in respect of the PERIOD something EXISTS, HAPPENS, OR is being ACTED:done.
    • BIGOF INTENSE SIZE OR DEGREE IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN.
      • SIZEQUANTITY of a DIMENSION.
        • QUANTITYDEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED....
Modern Chinese Criteria
永不 never in the future.

從不 never in the past.

從未 (lit) never at any time.

絕不 never at all, absolutely not.

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／ LU JIANMING

  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 673

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.34

Words

無  wú OC: ma MC: mi̯o 73 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadVlogicalin no caseCH
  • vadVtemporalat no time; will never (in generalisations); never (無有 there never are any)
  • vt+V(0)imperativenever!; one should never!CH
未  wèi OC: mɯds MC: mɨi 63 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • padVnegativenever 未之V也 as a pattern tends to mean "have never Ved it"
  • padVstill notstill not, never so far; at no point so far
  • vi(0)Never.
  • VPadVnever; (henceforward/thenceforward) never
未之有  wèi zhī yǒu OC: mɯds kljɯ ɢʷɯʔ MC: mɨi tɕɨ ɦɨu 19 AttributionsWD

    Word relations
  • Oppos: 鮮/FEW Xī 希/稀 and the more archaic xiǎn 鮮 refers to sparsity of distribution.

    Syntactic words
  • VP.postNPab{S}there has never been such a person/course of events S者未之有也
  • VPt+V[0]has never been V-ed ??
未始  wèi shǐ MC: mj+jH syiX OC: mɯds lʰɯʔCH 16 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadVnot ever; never so farCH
未嘗  wèi cháng MC: mj+jH dzyang OC: mɯds djaŋCH 15 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadVnever at any timeCH
未曾  wèi céng OC: mɯds dzɯɯŋ MC: mɨi dzəŋ 12 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadVnever
曾不  céng bù OC: dzɯɯŋ pɯʔ MC: dzəŋ pi̯ut 11 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadVnever ever; never 曾不知 "I never knew, they never understood"
終不  zhōng bù OC: tjuŋ pɯʔ MC: tɕuŋ pi̯ut 7 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadVintensitivefinally not > never (ever), really not
固不  gù bù MC: kuH pjut OC: kaas pɯʔLZ 7 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadVinherently not, certainly not, principially neverLZ
不曾  bù céng OC: pɯʔ dzɯɯŋ MC: pi̯ut dzəŋ 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadVnever (in the past), sometimes also: not any more
罔或  wǎng huò OC: maŋʔ ɡʷɯɯɡ MC: mi̯ɐŋ ɦək 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadVimperativenever; don't ever (cf. 莫)
无  wú MC: mju OC: maCH 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • padV=無 neverCH
不一  bù yī OC: pɯʔ qliɡ MC: pi̯ut ʔit 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadNnot even once [NOTE THE SCOPE OF THE NEGATGION, WHICH WOULD APPEAR TO NEGATE AN ADVERBIAL. DISCUSS!]
未有  wèi yǒu OC: mɯds ɢʷɯʔ MC: mɨi ɦɨu 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNthere has never been a case of N
無日  wú rì OC: ma mljiɡ MC: mi̯o ȵit 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadVnever
並不曾  bìng bù céng OC: beeŋʔ pɯʔ dzɯɯŋ MC: beŋ pi̯ut dzəŋ 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadVemphatic: never ever (in the past)
无所  wú suǒ MC: mju srjoX OC: ma sqraʔCH 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadVin no way; under no aspect everCH
再不  zài bù OC: tsɯɯs pɯʔ MC: tsəi pi̯ut 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadVnever again
曾莫  céng mò OC: dzɯɯŋ maaɡ MC: dzəŋ mɑk 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadVnobody has ever
驢年  lǘ nián OC: ɡ-ra niin MC: li̯ɤ nen 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPadVemphaticin the year of the donkey (which does not exist) > never (ever)
无須臾  wú xū yú MC: mju sju yu OC: ma so loCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadVnever for a single momentCH
都無  dū wú OC: k-laa ma MC: tuo̝ mi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadVforever not > never

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