轻 (輕) qīng
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qīng
adjective
light; not heavy
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: The opposite of 重 (Guoyu '輕' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '輕' 1; NCCED '轻' 1; Unihan '輕') -
qīng
adjective
easy; relaxed; carefree
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '輕' adj 7; Kroll 2015 '輕' 1c; NCCED '轻' 3; Unihan '輕') -
qīng
adjective
simple; convenient
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 方便 or 簡單 (Guoyu '輕' adj 5; Unihan '輕') -
qīng
adjective
small in number or degree
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '輕' adj 2; NCCED '轻' 8) -
qīng
adjective
gentle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '輕' adj 8; NCCED '轻' 9; Unihan '輕') -
qīng
verb
to belittle; to make light of
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 不在乎 (Guoyu '輕' v 1; Kroll 2015 '輕' 2; NCCED '轻' 5) -
qīng
adjective
nimble; agile; portable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 灵巧 (Guoyu '輕' adj 6; Kroll 2015 '輕' 1a; NCCED '轻' 2) -
qīng
adjective
unimportant
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '輕' 2a; NCCED '轻' 4) -
qīng
adjective
frivolous
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '輕' adj 10; Kroll 2015 '輕' 1b; NCCED '轻' 6) -
qīng
adjective
imprudent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '轻' 7) -
qīng
verb
to smooth
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '輕' 3) -
qīng
verb
to soothe
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '輕' 3a) -
qīng
adjective
lowly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The opposite of 卑贱 (Guoyu '輕' adj 4)
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- 轻机枪(輕機槍) light machine gun
- 轻车(輕車) a light carriage
- 无足轻重(無足輕重) insignificant
- 轻描淡写(輕描淡寫) to sketch in light shades; to play down; to deemphasize
- 轻巧(輕巧) dexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful
- 避重就轻(避重就輕) to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial
- 轻柔(輕柔) soft; gentle; pliable
- 重文轻武(重文輕武) to value letters and belittle arms; to stress civil matters and neglect the military
- 轻伤(輕傷) lightly wounded; minor injuries
- 年轻化(年輕化) to make more youthful; to promote younger staff
- 轻音乐(輕音樂) light music
- 轻工(輕工) light engineering
- 轻而易举(輕而易舉) simple and easy to move; with little effort
- 轻率(輕率) hasty
- 轻浮(輕浮) frivolous; careless; giddy
- 自轻自贱(自輕自賤) to belittle oneself; self-contempt
- 礼轻人意重(禮輕人意重) slight present but weighty meaning; It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
- 轻手轻脚(輕手輕腳) (to move or do sth) softly and quietly
- 千里送鹅毛,礼轻情意重(千里送鵝毛,禮輕情意重) goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- 轻声细语(輕聲細語) to speak softly; to whisper
- 轻工业(輕工業) light industry
- 轻裘(輕裘) a light fur coat
- 掉以轻心(掉以輕心) to treat with little regard; to be complacent
- 轻看(輕看) to look down upon
- 轻子(輕子) lepton
- 身轻言微(身輕言微) a person of low status and triffling talk
- 轻舟(輕舟) a small and fast boat
- 材轻德薄(材輕德薄) lacking ability and scant virtue
- 轻蔑(輕蔑) to contempt; to disdain; pejorative
- 从轻(從輕) to be lenient (in sentencing)
- 风轻日暖(風輕日暖) a light breeze and warm sun
- 轻咬(輕咬) to nibble
- 举足轻重(舉足輕重) play a key role; influential
- 轻口薄舌(輕口薄舌) light mouth, thin tongue; hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
- 重义轻利(重義輕利) to value righteousness rather than material gain
- 屁轻(屁輕) very light
- 轻捷(輕捷) nimble; agile
- 轻轻(輕輕) lightly; softly
- 即轻(即輕) going forward; after this
- 轻水(輕水) light water
- 重男轻女(重男輕女) to value males and attach less importance to females
- 轻轨(輕軌) light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro
- 缓急轻重(緩急輕重) slight or important, urgent or non-urgent; to deal with important matters first; sense of priority
- 重量轻质(重量輕質) to value quantity over quality
- 轻举妄动(輕舉妄動) to act blindly without thinking
- 见轻(見輕) to feel better
- 轻快(輕快) carefree and happy
- 轻饶素放(輕饒素放) easily forgive, simply release; to let somebody off scot free
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- 卷二百〇一 志第一百五十四 刑法三 Volume 201 Treatises 154: Punishment and Law 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 31
- 卷三十 志第二十 刑法 Volume 30 Treatises 20: Punishment and Law Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 26
- 卷四十八 志第二十九: 食貨三 錢幣 Volume 48 Treatises 29: Finance and Economics 3 - Money History of Jin 金史 — count: 21
- 卷一百八十 志第一百三十三 食貨下二 Volume 180 Treatises 133: Finance and Economics 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
- 卷九十三 志第六十九 刑法一 Volume 93 Treatises 69: Punishment and Law 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 19
- 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
- 山至數第七十六 Chapter 76: Travelling to the Mountains Guanzi 管子 — count: 17
- 卷二十八 韓三 Chapter 28: Han III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 16
- 卷一百五十七 列傳第八十二 陸贄 Volume 157 Biographies 82: Lu Zhi New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 16
- 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
Collocations
- 民轻 (民輕) 信慶賞則民輕難 — Guanzi 管子, 牧民第一 Chapter 1: Shepherding the People — count: 7
- 轻财 (輕財) 此輕財而重禮之義也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《聘義》 The Meaning of the Interchange of Missions Beteween Different Courts — count: 5
- 轻诛 (輕誅) 猛毅之君者輕誅 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 3
- 轻死 (輕死) 近刑人則輕死之道也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 令轻 (令輕) 則上令輕 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 3
- 轻服 (輕服) 輕服 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
- 不可以轻 (不可以輕) 國君不可以輕 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
- 轻税 (輕稅) 輕稅租 — Guanzi 管子, 立政第四 Chapter 4: Establishing Governance — count: 2
- 轻患 (輕患) 則卒輕患而傲敵 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 2
- 举轻 (舉輕) 舉輕也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2