Rethinking On Sound Symbolism With Trans-Disciplinary Perspective And Multi-Lingual Texts
Table 1:
| Chinese Characters | Phonemic Transcriptions | Meanings | Jespersen’s Types |
| 細 — 大 | /se/ – /tua/ | small – big | /i/ (or /e/) for smallness |
| 囝仔 — 大人 | /gina/ – /tualaŋ/ | child – adult | /i/ for child |
| 一枝草 — 一叢樹仔 | /tsit ki tshau/ – /tsit tsaŋ tshiu a/ | a grass – a tree | /i/ for the noun classifier of smaller things |
| 緊 — 慢 | /kin/ – /ban/ | quick – slow | /i/ for swiftness |
| 金 — 黯 | /kim/ – /am/ | bright – dark | /i/ for other extended meanings |
| 水 — 稗 | /sui/ – /bai/ | pretty – ugly | |
| 冷 — 燒 | /liŋ/ – /siɔ/ | cold – hot | |
| 清氣 – 垃圾 | /tshiŋkhi/ – /lasa/ | clean – dirty |