輕聲細語

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (輕聲細語)		輕	聲	細	語
simp. (轻声细语)		轻	声	细	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngshēngxìyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ sing¹ sai³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngshēngxìyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingshengsìyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-shêng¹-hsi⁴-yü³
    • Yale: chīng-shēng-syì-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshengshihyeu
    • Palladius: циншэнсиюй (cinšɛnsijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ sing¹ sai³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: hīng sīng sai yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ sing¹ sai³ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ xing¹ sei³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³ jyː¹³/

Idiom

輕聲細語

1. to speak softly; to whisper

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 低言細語／低言细语