| → | logical implication (IF … THEN) |
| ↔ | logical equivalence (A→B AND B→A) |
| ⇔ | indicates a relation of family resemblance, “is similar to” |
| ∃ | existential quantifier (∃x, there is an x such that) |
| ∈ | is embedded in/among the cluster of |
| ¬ | logical negation (NOT) |
| ∧ | logical disjunction (OR) |
| ∨ | logical conjunction (AND) |
| BCT, BCTs | Basic Colour Term(s) |
| CTP | Chinese Text Project (http://ctext.org/) |
| CS, CS’s | conceptual scheme(s) |
| CS {Cn}, CS {En} | a meaningful collection of FR-concepts |
| FR-concept | family resemblance concept |
| FR-extension | extending FR-concepts across languages and traditions |
| FR(C), FR(E) | a particular Chinese/English FR-concept |
| FR(Cn), FR(En) | a number of Chinese/English FR-concepts |
| FR(ΣCn), FR(ΣEn) | a hybrid concept, the “sum” or “average” of a number of concepts |
| meta-CS | meta-conceptual-scheme |
| NNSSL | no need to speak the same language |
| PC | principle of charity |
| PH | principle of humanity |
| TLS | Thesaurus Linguae Sericae (http://tls.uni-hd.de/) |
| X, Y, Z | variables for a tradition, a text, or an individual |
| Zi, Zj, Zk | variables for a group of philosophers |
| XYZ-model | minimalistic model of the holism of interpretation |