SURPLUS    多餘餘

MORE ABUNDANT than is NEEDED.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for left-overs or surplus is yú 餘 (ant. quē 缺 "in insufficient supply"). 2. Duō 多 (ant. shǎo 少 "in poor supply") emphasises sheer quantity. 3. Bǔ 補 (ant. quē 闕 "causing shortage") focusses on something being extra and fulfilling a supplementary function. 4. Xiàn 羨 is occasionally used to refer to agricultural or other surplus.
Modern Chinese Criteria
多餘 富餘 餘 蛇足 畫蛇添足 多此一舉 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • ABUNDANT　HAVE OR BE INTENSELY MANY, TYPICALLY DESIRED, THINGS.  (anc: 9/0, child: 3)
  • MANY　BIG in QUANTITY. (anc: 8/0, child: 3)
  • 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)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.17

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 359

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p.

  • Quiddities. An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary ( QUINE 1987) p. 177

    • Words (14 items)

    餘  yú OC: la MC: ji̯ɤ 54 Attributions

    The current general word for left-overs or surplus is yú 餘 (ant. quē 缺 "in insufficient supply").

      Syntactic words
    • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    • nmthe rest, the remainder; surplus
    • vadNremaining; left over, superfluous; more than; surplus, extra
    • vadNpositivemore than hoped for
    • vpost-V{NUM}(.adN)more than NCH
    • vpost-V{NUM}.adNexceeding/more than so-and-so many
    • vpostadV.adN-odd (with numbers)
    • vtoNhave a surplus of
    羨  xiàn MC: -- OC: ljans 12 Attributions

    Xiàn 羨 is occasionally used to refer to agricultural or other surplus.

      Syntactic words
    • nabstativesurplus 羨不足
    • nmsurplus supplies
    • vadNexcessive
    • viactachieve rich harvest
    有餘  yǒu yú OC: ɢʷɯʔ la MC: ɦɨu ji̯ɤ 11 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • NPabstativeabundance
    • VPadVhaving more than enough resources, without difficultiesLZ
    • VPihave surplus> have more than enough; be more than enoughCH
    • VPpostadVwith surplus> easily, without difficultyCH
    • VPpostadV.adNV=numberthe amound of N exceeds the number V, more than.... N
    • VPpostadVV=numbermore than the number V, exceeding V
    • VPt+prep+Nhave more than NCH
    多  duō OC: k-laal MC: tɑ 4 Attributions

    Duō 多 (ant. shǎo 少 "in poor supply") emphasises sheer quantity.

      Syntactic words
    • nabstativeabundance, affluence
    • v[adN]N=humone abundantly supplied with things
    • vibe too long and detailed
    遺餘  yí yú OC: k-lul la MC: ji ji̯ɤ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPremaining and be left over > surplus > (anything) remaining > (anything) left out, anything still to be added, remainder
    數  shù OC: sqros MC: ʂi̯o 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vpostadV.adN(e.g. ten-)odd
    補  bǔ OC: paaʔ MC: puo̝ 1 Attribution

    Bǔ 補 (ant. quē 闕 "causing shortage") focusses on something being extra and fulfilling a supplementary function.

      Syntactic words
    • nmsupplement
    副  fù OC: phɯɡs MC: phɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nadNsupplementary
    緒餘  xù yú OC: sɢlaʔ la MC: zi̯ɤ ji̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPwhat is left on the coccoon after one has removed the silk> leftovers
    殘  cán OC: dzaan MC: dzɑn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadNleft-over, remaining
    奇  jī OC: kral MC: kiɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNsupernumerary
    餘分  yú fēn OC: la pɯn MC: ji̯ɤ pi̯un 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    盈  yíng OC: leŋ MC: jiɛŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: excessJZ 7.4, Liu Hui's comm: 不盈不朒之正數 "the exact quantity, without excess and without shortfall"
    緒  xù OC: sɢlaʔ MC: zi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nremains; left-overs