만큼 is annotated with ComparisonRef, much like the postposition 보다. In a comparison the postposition marks the reference object that stands as the upper/lower extent met by the compared object. In English, this is expressed via the as-as construction.
| description | like, as much as  | 
|---|---|
| lang | Korean | 
| transliteration | mankhum | 
| other_forms | None | 
| morphtype | suffix | 
| transitivity | always transitive | 
| obj_cases | |
| is_pp_idiom | False |