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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- 轻贱(輕賤) petty and low ; to despise; to scorn; to look down on
- 礼轻情意重(禮輕情意重) goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- 轻子(輕子) lepton
- 重利轻义(重利輕義) to value material gain over righteousness
- 畸轻畸重(畸輕畸重) prejudiced; sometimes light, sometimes heavy
- 轻罪(輕罪) petty crime; misdemeanor
- 轻风(輕風) breeze; light wind
- 男儿有泪不轻弹(男兒有淚不輕彈) real men do not easily cry
- 轻重缓急(輕重緩急) slight or important, urgent or non-urgent; to deal with important matters first; sense of priority
- 轻型轨道交通(輕型軌道交通) light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro
- 轻击棒(輕擊棒) putter (golf)
- 云淡风轻(雲淡風輕) light clouds and a gentle breeze; beautiful conditions
- 轻饶(輕饒) to forgive easily; to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)
- 举足轻重(舉足輕重) play a key role; influential
- 轻击球(輕擊球) to hit the ball lightly ; putt (golf)
- 年轻力壮(年輕力壯) young and vigorous
- 轻侮(輕侮) to slight; to scorn
- 轻元素(輕元素) light element (such as hydrogen)
- 轻轻(輕輕) lightly; softly
- 轻型(輕型) light model (machinery, aircraft etc)
- 轻伤(輕傷) lightly wounded; minor injuries
- 轻视(輕視) to despise; to scorn; to look down on
- 人微言轻(人微言輕) a lowly person and triffling talk
- 千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重(千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重) goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning
- 轻水反应堆(輕水反應堆) light water reactor (LWR)
- 轻巧(輕巧) dexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful
- 轻车熟路(輕車熟路) to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road; to do something routinely and with ease
- 轻敌(輕敵) to underestimate the enemy
- 轻率(輕率) hasty
- 风轻日暖(風輕日暖) a light breeze and warm sun
- 轻蔑(輕蔑) to contempt; to disdain; pejorative
- 轻水反应炉(輕水反應爐) light water reactor (LWR)
- 轻嘴薄舌(輕嘴薄舌) light mouth, thin tongue; hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
- 无足轻重(無足輕重) insignificant
- 轻武器(輕武器) light weapon
- 从轻(從輕) to be lenient (in sentencing)
- 轻于鸿毛(輕於鴻毛) as light as a goose feather; unimportant
- 轻众而丧师(輕眾而喪師) to belittle the people and mourn the death of soldiers
- 头重脚轻(頭重腳輕) lightheadedness ; top-heavy; unbalance in organization or political structure
- 缓急轻重(緩急輕重) slight or important, urgent or non-urgent; to deal with important matters first; sense of priority
- 重形式轻内容(重形式輕內容) heavy on form, light on substance; to stress form at the expense of content
- 重男轻女(重男輕女) to value males and attach less importance to females
- 轻脆(輕脆) sharp and clear; crisp; melodious; ringing; tinkling; silvery (of sound); fragile; frail; also written 清脆
- 轻舟(輕舟) a small and fast boat
- 轻描淡写(輕描淡寫) to sketch in light shades; to play down; to deemphasize
- 轻浪浮薄(輕浪浮薄) frivolous
- 轻生(輕生) a suicide; to commit suicide
- 问鼎轻重(問鼎輕重) to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy; a laughable attempt to seize power
- 轻染(輕染) tinge
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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
- 卷四十八 志第二十八: 食貨上 Volume 48 Treatises 28: Finance and Economics 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — 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
- 令轻 (令輕) 則上令輕 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 3
- 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: 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
- 轻丧 (輕喪) 不以輕喪而重祭乎 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 2
- 轻用 (輕用) 輕用眾 — Guanzi 管子, 權修第三 Chapter 3: Cultivating Authority — count: 2
- 固轻 (固輕) 全固輕利 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 辭過 Book 1 - Indulgence in Excess — count: 2
- 志轻 (誌輕) 志輕則亦輕 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭統》 A Summary Account of Sacrifices — count: 2
- 轻一 (輕一) 一輕一重 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《大傳》 The Great Treatise — count: 2