INFINITE    無限

BIG OR MANY so as to LACK a LIMIT.
BOUNDLESSUNBOUNDEDUNLIMITEDLIMITLESSNEVER-ENDINGINTERMINABLEIMMEASURABLEFATHOMLESSIMPONDERABLEEXTENSIVEVASTIMMENSEGREATHUGEENORMOUS. ANTONYM LIMITEDSMALL
Modern Chinese Criteria
無限 無窮 無央 無極 無藝 無期 無疆 無邊 無際 無邊無際 無窮無盡 海闊天空 漫無邊際 汗漫無邊 茫無涯際 窈然無際 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • BIG　OF INTENSE SIZE OR DEGREE IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN. (anc: 7/0, child: 15)
  • SIZE　QUANTITY of a DIMENSION. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • QUANTITY　DEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    INFINITE

    innumerabilis is a prosaic general word meaning "innumerable".

    innumerus is a poetic choice word referring to something being beyond counting.

  • Table de definitions, pp. 437- ( LEIBNIZ 1704) p. 523ff

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 11.140

    UNENDLICHKEIT

  • Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy ( ZHANG DAINIAN 2002) p. 71

    • Words (21 items)

    無量  wú liàng OC: ma ɡ-raŋs MC: mi̯o li̯ɐŋ 27 Attributions

    Skt. aparamita, apramAna refers to an excessively large or uncountable number

      Syntactic words
    • VPadNwithout measure > very many, countless
    • VPibe without measure > be limitless/excessively large in number [SK]
    • VPpostadNlimitless, countless, excessively large (postposed to and modifying a noun)
    • VPpostadVendlessly, boundlessly, unendingly
    無窮  wú qióng OC: ma ɡʷɯŋ MC: mi̯o guŋ 9 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabmetaphysicalinfinitude
    • NPabplaceinfinite expanses of spaceLZ
    • VPadNinfinite
    • VPibe infiniteDS
    • VPpostadVinexhaustibly, boundlesslyCH
    無極  wú jí OC: ma ɡɯɡ MC: mi̯o gɨk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP[adN]N=spaceboundless expanses of spaceLZ
    • VPadNinfinite
    • VPibe infinite
    • VPpostadNinfinite, boundless
    無外  wú wài MC: mju ngwajH OC: ma ŋoods 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VP[adNab]metaphysicalthat which has no outside> the unlimited, the infiniteCH
    • VPibe infiniteCH
    無邊  wú biān OC: ma peen MC: mi̯o pen 3 Attributions
    • 佛光大辭典 Fóguāng dàcídiǎn The Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism ( FOGUANG) p. 2480a

    • 佛光大辭典 Fóguāng dàcídiǎn The Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism ( FOGUANG) p. 3707c

    • 佛光大辭典 Fóguāng dàcídiǎn The Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism ( FOGUANG) p. 5143

      Syntactic words
    • VPadNbuddhistBUDDH: ?? without borders > boundless, infinite; SANSKRIT aparyanta (an attribute of the dharma-dhātu 法界 ) 無邊法界 ananta-dhātu (AVATAMSAKA(A), fasc. 3, 11)
    • VPibuddhistBUDDH: ?? without borders > be boundless, infinite; SANSKRIT aparyanta
    不可勝數  bù kě shēng shǔ OC: pɯʔ khlaalʔ lʰɯŋ sqroʔ MC: pi̯ut khɑ ɕɨŋ ʂi̯o 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPpostadNinfinitely many N
    不窮  bù qióng MC: pjut gjuwng  OC: pɯʔ ɡʷɯŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe inexhaustibleCH
    萬端  wàn duān OC: mblans toon MC: mi̯ɐn tʷɑn 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPpostadNinfinitely many kinds of
    • NPpostadVin infinitely many ways
    萬  wàn OC: mblans MC: mi̯ɐn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadVin infinite ways
    無盡  wú jìn OC: ma dzinʔ MC: mi̯o dzin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNwithout ending > infinite, unexhaustible, countless, eternal
    • VPiintensitivebe without end to it; be infinite
    無竭  wú jié OC: ma ɡad MC: mi̯o gi̯ɐt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPpostadVinexhaustibly> infinitely, incessantly
    無筭  wú suàn MC: mju swanH OC: ma sqloons 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPpostadVinfinitelyCH
    无崖  wú yá MC: mju ngea OC: ma ŋɡree 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPpostadV=無崖　endlesslyCH
    百千萬億  bǎi qiān wàn yì OC: praaɡ snʰiin mblans qɯɡ MC: pɣɛk tshen mi̯ɐn ʔɨk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNfigurativeinfinite; boundless number of N (100x1,000x10,000x100,000,000=100,000,000,000,000,000)
    無有限量  wú yǒu xiàn liàng OC: ma ɢʷɯʔ ɡrɯɯnʔ ɡ-raŋs MC: mi̯o ɦɨu ɦɣɛn li̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPpostadNinnumerable
    無限  wú xiàn OC: ma ɡrɯɯnʔ MC: mi̯o ɦɣɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe boundless in quantity
    無強  wú qiáng OC: ma ɡaŋ MC: mi̯o gi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabTEST ONLY
    無以竭  wú yǐ jié OC: ma k-lɯʔ ɡad MC: mi̯o jɨ gi̯ɐt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNinexhaustible
    不極  bù jí OC: pɯʔ ɡɯɡ MC: pi̯ut gɨk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe boundless
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VP[adNab]metaphysicalthat which has no outside> the unlimited, the infiniteCH
    不可勝  bù kě shēng MC: pjut khaX sying OC: pɯʔ khlaalʔ lʰɯŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVinfinitelyCH