輕重緩急

Chinese

		lightness and heaviness; weight	pressing or otherwise; greater or lesser urgency; degree of urgency
trad. (輕重緩急)		輕重	緩急
simp. (轻重缓急)		轻重	缓急
Literally: “light and heavy, slow and fast”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngzhònghuǎnjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ cung⁵ wun⁶ gap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngzhònghuǎnjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingjhònghuǎnjí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chung⁴-huan³-chi²
    • Yale: chīng-jùng-hwǎn-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingjonqhoanjyi
    • Palladius: цинчжунхуаньцзи (cinčžunxuanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ cung⁵ wun⁶ gap¹
    • Yale: hīng chúhng wuhn gāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ tsung⁵ wun⁶ gap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ cung⁵ wun⁶ geb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ¹³ wuːn²² kɐp̚⁵/

Idiom

輕重緩急

1. relative importance and urgency (of matters)