輕 (hing1 heng1 | qing1) : light (in weight); slight; relaxed

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輕

hing1 heng1

qing1

[1] [adj] light; of little weight | [antonym] 重
[2] [adj] slight; small in number, degree, etc
[3] [adj] relaxed; unburdened; unimportant
[4] [adj] frivolous; rash; imprudent
[5] [v] belittle; slight; make light of
[6] [adv] gently; softly; carefully

Jyutping hing1 is literary reading; heng1 is colloquial.

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: (#159)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

輕 / 轻

This word has been viewed 9661 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Dec 2013 14:31

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輕鬆 hing1 sung1 qing1 song1 = relax; relaxing

輕輕 heng1*6 heng1 qing1 qing1 = softly; lightly

年輕人 nin4 hing1 jan4 nian2 qing1 ren2 = young people, youngster 國

年輕力壯 nin4 hing1 lik6 zong3 nian2 qing1 li4 zhuang4 = young and vigorous

輕易 hing1 ji6 qing1 yi4 = easily, readily

減輕 gaam2 heng1 jian3 qing1 = to lighten (a load); to ease (a burden); to alleviate

輕便 hing1 bin6 qing1 bian4 = lightweight and portable

輕工業 heng1 gung1 jip6 qing1 gong1 ye4 = light manufacturing; light industry

輕微 hing1 mei4 qing1 wei2 = slight

輕快 hing1 faai3 qing1 kuai4 = agile; light and quick; spry; lively; blithe
See all 64 compounds (CantoDict reports 63 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 4 examples containing 輕

希望大家有個輕鬆悠閑嘅聖誕節粵
I hope we have a relaxing Christmas.

希望大家過個輕鬆悠閒的聖誕節國
I hope we have a relaxing Christmas.

咪下扒輕輕，講過就要做到粵
Don't just say it, you must do it.

女仔小心啲唔好輕信男人講嘢就OK嘞粵
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+8f15 (off-site link)

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