輕薄

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (輕薄)		輕	薄
simp. (轻薄)		轻	薄

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngbó

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ bok⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khîn-pho̍k
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheng-po̍k / khin-po̍h / khin-po̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngbó
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingbó
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-po²
  - Yale: chīng-bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingbor
  - Palladius: цинбо (cinbo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹ bok⁶
  - Yale: hīng bohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ bok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ bog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ pɔːk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khîn-pho̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: kin´ pog
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kin¹ pog⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰin²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰok̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-po̍k
  - Tâi-lô: khing-po̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qengpok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³ pɔk̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-po̍h
  - Tâi-lô: khin-po̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qinpoih
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ poʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² poʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ poʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-po̍k
  - Tâi-lô: khin-po̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qinpok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚¹²¹/

Adjective

輕薄

frivolous; flirtatious; careless; disrespectful; discourteous
lightweight
- 騎車專用運動衫既輕薄，又透氣 [MSC, trad.]
  骑车专用运动衫既轻薄，又透气 [MSC, simp.]
  From: “Road Cycling for Beginners”, in sikana.tv‎^[1], 2016
  qíchē zhuānyòng yùndòng shān jì qīngbó, yòu tòuqì [Pinyin]
  Bike jerseys are lightweight and breathable.

Synonyms

浮蕩／浮荡 (fúdàng)
澆／浇 (literary, or in compounds)
癲狂／癫狂 (diānkuáng)
蹀躞 (diéxiè) (literary, dialectal)
輕佻／轻佻 (qīngtiāo)
輕浮／轻浮 (qīngfú)
輕狂／轻狂 (qīngkuáng)

Derived terms

Verb

輕薄

to behave in a disrespectful manner (especially of men to women)
(literary, of currency) to depreciate

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiaⁿ-po̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiaⁿ-po̍h
  - Tâi-lô: khiann-po̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvia'poih
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² poʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiã³³ poʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² poʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ poʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤʔ⁴/

Adjective

輕薄

(Southern Min) physically weak; in poor health

Derived terms

輕薄娘／轻薄娘