Trying to find an article

I read a while ago this one article talking about how people perceive certain vowels as 'bigger' or 'stronger' sounding than others. This is super vague but it used examples of the Chinese (I think) words for small and large(or some binary opposite like that), stating that despite being one syllable words in a language that the reader is assumed to not know, the one that means 'large' will be obvious because it uses an O instead of an I. It's relevant to something right now but I can't find it anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.

Sorry for the hasty phone typing