輕快

See also: 轻快

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	fast; quick; swift
trad. (輕快)		輕	快
simp. (轻快)		轻	快

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngkuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ faai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khin-khoài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngkuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingkuài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: chīng-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingkuay
    • Palladius: цинкуай (cinkuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ faai³
    • Yale: hīng faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ faːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-khoài
    • Tâi-lô: khin-khuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qinqoaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² kʰuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ kʰuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² kʰuai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰuai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰuai²¹/

Adjective

輕快

1. nimble; agile; quick
2. relaxed; cheerful; pleasant

Synonyms

• (nimble):

• 便利 (biànlì) (literary)
• 便捷 (biànjié)
• 利索 (lìsuo) (colloquial)
• 利落 (lìluo)
• 快手 (faai³ sau²) (Cantonese)
• 手快 (shǒukuài)
• 敏捷 (mǐnjié)
• 機動／机动 (jīdòng)
• 緊手／紧手 (Hokkien)
• 緊跤捷手／紧跤捷手 (Hokkien)
• 靈便／灵便 (língbiàn)
• 靈利／灵利 (línglì) (literary)
• 靈巧／灵巧 (língqiǎo)
• 靈敏／灵敏 (língmǐn)
• 靈活／灵活 (línghuó)
• 麻利 (málì) (colloquial)

 

• (relaxed): 輕盈／轻盈 (qīngyíng)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "relaxed"): 沉重 (chénzhòng)

Further reading

• “Entry #51244”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.