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Table 7 高興 gāoxìng 'happy' only patterns

From: Word sketch lexicography: new perspectives on lexicographic studies of Chinese near synonyms

Subject (first 15 words)

Frequency

Salience

Modifies

Frequency

Salience

I

133

38.8

樣子

yàngzi

appearance

14

29.3

我們

wǒmen

we

92

32.2

眼淚

yǎnlèi

tear

13

28.9

中方

zhōngfāng

China

27

29.5

時候

shíhou

time

29

26.3

she

64

26.9

表情

biǎoqíng

expression

11

26.2

成就

chéngjiù

achievement

16

17.8

同時

tóngshí

at the same time

40

24.1

內心

nèixīn

heart

7

17.4

大事

dàshì

event

9

17.2

進展

jìnzhǎn

progress

12

14.1

理由

lǐyóu

reason

10

16.3

小朋友

xiǎopéngyǒu

child

6

11.9

huà

words

9

13.4

江澤民

jiāng zémín

Jiang Zemin

9

10.2

成果

chéngguǒ

achievement

11

12.3

呂秀蓮

lǚ xiùlián

Lu Hsiu-lien

5

10.1

消息

xiāoxi

news

10

11

老人

lǎorén

old people

7

9.8

原因

yuányīn

reason

7

9.5

夫婦

fūfù

husband and wife

5

9.1

進展

jìnzhǎn

progress

5

8.8

結果

jiēguǒ

result

8

7.9

rén

people

19

8.4

決定

juédìng

decision

6

7.5

信息

xìnxī

information

5

7.7