Table 3 Frequency of 愉快 yúkuài 'pleasant' and 高興 gaoxìng 'happy' in different sets of CSL textbooks
From: Word sketch lexicography: new perspectives on lexicographic studies of Chinese near synonyms
Textbooks | 愉快 yúkuài 'pleasant' | 高興 gāoxìng 'happy' | Ratio of 高興 gāoxìng 'happy' over 愉快 yúkuài 'pleasant' |
|---|---|---|---|
The Chinese Course 汉语教程 (Yang and Ma 杨寄洲, 马树德 1999-2003) | 15 | 70 | 4.7 |
The Chinese Course 汉语教程 (Deng et al. 邓懿等 1992-1993) | 11 | 53 | 4.8 |
Chinese 中文 (Chinese College of Jinan University 暨南大学华文学院 1997) | 5 | 40 | 8.0 |
Boya Chinese 博雅汉语 (Li 李晓琪 2004-2008) | 5 | 26 | 5.2 |
Communicative Chinese 交际汉语 (English Channel of CCTV英文央视频道 2003) | 2 | 3 | 1.5 |
Average | 7.6 | 38.4 | 4.8 |