EXTREME  

INTENSE IN-RELATION-TO ALL.
MOSTEXTREMENEARLY ALLALMOST ALLTHE GREATEST PART/NUMBERTHE MAJORITYTHE BULKTHE PREPONDERANCE
Hypernym
  • INTENSELYTo a HIGH DEGREE.
    • DEGREEFEATURE of MORE or LESS.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
  • SPECIALDIFFERENT from TYPICAL EXAMPLES.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The general word for something having the highest degree in a set of comparables is zuì 最.

    2. Zhì 至 refers to something being of the highest degree in any set of comparables. See PERFECT.

    3. Jìn 盡 refers to something being consummately possessed of a quality.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    了不得 refers to something being extreme in a positive sense, i.e. extraordinary.　

    不得了 refers generally to something being extreme.

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    聳人聽聞

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

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 13.16

    • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 42

    • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 529

    • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 190B

    Words

    最  zuì OC: skoods MC: tsɑi 33 AttributionsWD

    The general word for something having the highest degree in a set of comparables is zuì 最.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNthe greatest
    • vadVto the highest degree of all cases, most 自以為最賢
    • vadV.adNmost 最小鬼
    • vadVV=copulabe to the highest degree, be most (preceding a copula)
    極  jí OC: ɡɯɡ MC: gɨk 30 AttributionsWD

    Zhì 至and jí 極 refers to the ultimate or extreme high degree of something, but the meaning of jí 極 was weakened by Han times times to something like the general meaning of shèn 甚.

      Syntactic words
    • nabmetaphysicalthe ultimate; ultimate point
    • nabpost-Nactan extreme manifestation of NLZ
    • vad.VadNextremely, consummately
    • vadNextreme
    • vadVextremely; to a high degree (adverb-raising in phrases like 極成親愛"get to be on extremely close terms".
    • vadV.adNextremely
    • vadV.postadNextremely
    • vadV1.postadV2extremely
    • vibe intense
    • viprocessreach an extreme point
    • vpostadVin the extreme
    • vtoNreach an extreme point of NCH
    至  zhì OC: kljiɡs MC: tɕi 28 AttributionsWD

    Zhì 至 refers to something being of the highest degree in any set of comparables. See PERFECT.

      Syntactic words
    • v[adNab]ultimate point, extreme stage
    • vadNextreme
    • vadVultimately; extremely; to the highest degree; be the most (marker of superlative)
    • viactbe extreme; go to extremes
    致  zhì OC: k-liɡs MC: ʈi 19 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nabextreme pointCH
    • vadVextremely
    • vtoNcausativeextend to the utmostCH
    盡  jìn OC: dzinʔ MC: dzin 9 AttributionsWD

    Jìn 盡 refers to something being consummately possessed of a quality.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNextremeCH
    • vadVconsumately, completely, ultimately, utterly [MOVE TO COMPLETE]
    多  duō OC: k-laal MC: tɑ 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVat most
    窮  qióng OC: ɡʷɯŋ MC: guŋ 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nextreme point
    • v[adN]nonreferentialthose who are in an extreme situationDS
    六極  liù jí MC: ljuwk gik OC: ɡ-ruɡ ɡɯɡCW 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPab.adNsix extremes, six calamitiesCW
    綦  qí MC: gi OC: ɡɯLZ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • nadV(= jí 極, common in XUN) extremelyLZ
    期  qī MC: gi OC: ɡɯLZ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN(= qí 綦) to exert N to the extreme, to be fully comitted to NLZ

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