輕巧

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely
trad. (輕巧)		輕	巧
simp. (轻巧)		轻	巧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngqiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ haau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khin-khá / khin-khiáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngqiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingciǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chʻiao³
    • Yale: chīng-chyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingcheau
    • Palladius: цинцяо (cincjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ haau²
    • Yale: hīng háau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ haau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ hao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ haːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-khá
    • Tâi-lô: khin-khá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qinqar
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ kʰa⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-khiáu
    • Tâi-lô: khin-khiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qinqiao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ kʰiau⁵⁵⁴/

Adjective

輕巧

1. light and handy
2. dexterous; deft
3. simple; easy

Synonyms

• (simple):

• 不複雜／不复杂 (bù fùzá)
• 單純／单纯 (dānchún)
• 淺易／浅易 (qiǎnyì)
• 簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 簡單／简单 (jiǎndān)
• 簡易／简易 (jiǎnyì)

 

Related terms

• 輕便／轻便 (qīngbiàn)
• 輕盈／轻盈 (qīngyíng)