輕易

See also: 轻易

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	change; easy; simple
trad. (輕易)		輕	易
simp. (轻易)		轻	易

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ ji⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khin-ī / kheng-ī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): king¹ goi⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingyì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-i⁴
    • Yale: chīng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingyih
    • Palladius: цинъи (cinʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ ji⁶
    • Yale: hīng yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-ī
    • Tâi-lô: khin-ī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qin'i
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² i²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ i³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-ī
    • Tâi-lô: khing-ī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qeng'i
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³ i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: king¹ goi⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khing kōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ³³⁻²³ koi¹¹/

Adverb

輕易

1. easily
2. lightly; rashly; carelessly; hastily

   輕易下結論／轻易下结论  ―  qīngyì xià jiélùn  ―  to jump to conclusions

Adjective

輕易

1. simple; easy
2. (literary) flippant; frivolous

Synonyms

• (easy): 容易 (róngyì)
• (flippant):

• 容易 (literary)
• 急躁 (jízào)
• 操切 (cāoqiè) (formal)
• 苟且 (gǒuqiě)
• 草率 (cǎoshuài)
• 衝動／冲动 (chōngdòng)
• 輕率／轻率 (qīngshuài)

 

Derived terms

• 輕輕易易／轻轻易易 (qīngqīngyìyì)

 

Verb

輕易

1. (literary) to not attach importance to; to look down on; to think little of; to despise

Synonyms

• 下視／下视 (xiàshì) (literary)
• 不屑 (bùxiè)
• 不齒／不齿 (bùchǐ) (formal)
• 侮蔑 (wǔmiè)
• 傲睨 (àonì) (archaic)
• 卑視／卑视 (bēishì) (archaic)
• 厭薄／厌薄 (yànbó) (literary)
• 嗤鄙 (chībǐ) (archaic)
• 嫌鄙 (xiánbǐ) (literary)
• 小看 (xiǎokàn)
• 小瞧 (xiǎoqiáo) (colloquial)
• 小視／小视 (xiǎoshì) (literary)
• 小覷／小觑 (xiǎoqù) (literary)
• 恝視／恝视 (jiáshì) (literary)
• 打落 (Hakka)
• 渺視／渺视 (miǎoshì)
• 漠視／漠视 (mòshì)
• 無視／无视 (wúshì)
• 看不來／看不来 (kan⁴ bu lai²) (Xiang)
• 看不起 (kànbuqǐ)
• 看扁 (kànbiǎn) (colloquial)
• 看毋起 (Hakka)
• 看衰 (Hakka)
• 看輕／看轻 (kànqīng)
• 睇唔起 (tai² m⁴ hei²) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 睇小 (tai² siu²) (Cantonese)
• 睇衰 (tai² seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 睇輕／睇轻 (Teochew)
• 瞧不來／瞧不来 (ziau² bu lai²) (Xiang)
• 瞧不起 (qiáobuqǐ)
• 蔑視／蔑视 (mièshì)
• 藐視／藐视 (miǎoshì)
• 譬相 (Hokkien)
• 輕視／轻视 (qīngshì)
• 輕蔑／轻蔑 (qīngmiè)
• 輕賤／轻贱 (qīngjiàn)
• 鄙夷 (bǐyí) (literary)
• 鄙視／鄙视 (bǐshì)
• 鄙薄 (bǐbó)
• 鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn) (literary)