SHORT    短短

SMALL in THE MOST LONG HORIZONTAL DIMENSION.
BREVITAS
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general term for shortness is duǎn 短 (ant. cháng 長 "long"). 2. Jìng 徑 refers specifically to the shortness of a walking distance or a travelling distance. NB: Cuó 矬 and ǎi 矮 "of short stature" are apparently post-Han (NANBEICHAO/SONG).
Modern Chinese Criteria
短 短小 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • LONGBIG in ONE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION. See also ENDURING.
Hypernym
  • SMALL　LACK BIGNESS IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN. (anc: 7/0, child: 8)
  • LACK　SITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE. (anc: 6/0, child: 48)
  • SITUATION　RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.59

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    SHORT

    brevis refers to something that is shor by nature.

    curtus refers to something that is shortened or shorter than it should be by nature.

  • "三國志"同義詞及其歷史演變 ( WANG TONGWEI 2010) p. 473-481

    • Words (6 items)

    短  duǎn OC: toonʔ MC: tʷɑn 15 Attributions

    The current general term for shortness is duǎn 短 (ant. cháng 長 "long").

      Word relations
    • Ant: 長/LONG The dominant general term for length is cháng 長 (ant. duǎn 短 "short").
    • Ant: 脩/LONG
    • Epithet: 命/LIVE Mìng 命 refers specifically to one's life-span and not to the content of one's life that might be described in a biography.
    • Contrast: 小/SMALL The dominant quite general word is xiǎo 小 (ant. dà 大 "big"), and this word refers to both physical size and abstract importance.

      Syntactic words
    • nabshortnessCH
    • nsubjectthat which is (too) short
    • vadNshortLZ
    • vibe (relatively) short
    • vihappen within a short timeCH
    • vimathematical termCHEMLA 2003: short
    • viverticalof size: be not tall, be short
    • vtoNcausativekeep (something, e.g. a sleeve) short
    徑省  jìng shěng OC: keeŋs sraaŋʔ MC: keŋ ʂɣaŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPifigurativebe concise
    • VPtoNcause to be short and concise
    徑  jìng OC: keeŋs MC: keŋ 2 Attributions

    Jìng 徑 refers specifically to the shortness of a walking distance or a travelling distance.

      Syntactic words
    • nadNdirect, quick; quick (of a way)
    • nadVby a shortcut> directly
    • vtoNcausativemake short and concise
    • vtoNfigurativebe shorter and more direct than N
    片  piàn OC: pheens MC: phen 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNconcise 
    矬  cuó OC: sɡool MC: dzʷɑ 0 Attributions

    NB: Cuó 矬 and ǎi 矮 "of short stature" are post-Han (NANBEICHAO/SONG).

      Syntactic words
    • vibe short (NANBEICHAO)
    矮  ǎi OC: qroolʔ MC: ʔɣɛ 0 Attributions

    NB: Cuó 矬 and ǎi 矮 "of short stature" are post-Han (NANBEICHAO/SONG).

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han?: dwarf
    • vipost-Han?: short