Table 2 Frequency of 愉快 yúkuài 'pleasant' and 高興 gaoxìng 'happy' in three corpora
From: Word sketch lexicography: new perspectives on lexicographic studies of Chinese near synonyms
Corpora | 愉快 yúkuài 'pleasant' | 高興 gaoxìng 'happy' | Ratio of 高興 gaoxìng 'happy' over 愉快 yúkuài 'pleasant' |
|---|---|---|---|
BCC | 41,499 | 126,261 | 3.0 |
CCL | 10,646 | 38,678 | 3.6 |
Sinica | 460 | 1044 | 2.3 |
Average | 17,535 | 55,327.7 | 3.0 |