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qīng

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qīng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qīng | qing1
English translation
light
easy
gentle
soft
reckless
unimportant
frivolous
small in number
unstressed
neutral
to disparage
light, gentle; simple, easy

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About qīng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

qīng

Contains the radical

Chē

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

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Etymology of qīng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

Chē 又工

Semantic compound

Chē

Phonetic compound

gōng

Explanation

Simplified form of qīng . Phonosemantic compound. chē represents the meaning and jīng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using qīng

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眼睛 yǎnjing 眯成一条 féng ,嘴巴 zuǐ ba 微微 wēi wēi 咧开,不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán de 轻轻 qīng qīng hēng le 一声 yī shēng .

His eyes narrowed and his mouth widened slightly with the ghost of a superior " Hm! "

de hòu 减轻 jiǎn qīng le 打击 dǎjī de 力量 lìliang .

My thick clothing deadened the blow.

教起 Shū lái xiàng 鸭子 yā zi 下水 xià shuǐ bān de 轻而易举 qīng ér yì jǔ .

She's taken to teaching like a duck to water.

失败者 shī bài zhě duì 奖品 jiǎng pǐn de 轻视 qīngshì 纯粹 chúncuì shì chī 不到 bù dào 葡萄 pútao shuì 葡萄 pútao suān .

The loser's scorn for the award is pure sour grape.

诺尔 kān zhāo 包裹 bāoguǒ ,轻柔 qīng róu de hēng le 口哨 kǒu shào .

Norma looked at the parcel and whistled softly through her teeth.

Words with qīng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
年轻 niánqīng young年輕
轻松 qīngsōng light輕鬆
qīng light qīng
年轻人 nián qīng rén young people年輕人
轻易 qīngyì easily輕易
轻轻 qīng qīng lightly輕輕
减轻 jiǎn qīng to lighten減輕
轻微 qīng wēi slight輕微
轻度 qīng dù mild (symptoms etc)輕度
轻而易举 qīng ér yì jǔ easy輕而易舉
轻声 qīng shēng quietly輕聲
轻视 qīngshì contempt輕視
轻柔 qīng róu soft輕柔
轻盈 qīng yíng graceful輕盈
轻薄 qīng bó frivolous輕薄
轻伤 qīng shāng lightly wounded輕傷
举足轻重 jǔzúqīngzhòng influential舉足輕重
轻巧 qīng qiǎo deft輕巧
轻型 qīng xíng light (machinery, aircraft etc)輕型
轻率 qīng shuài cavalier輕率
轻举妄动 qīng jǔ wàng dòng to act blindly without thinking (idiom)輕舉妄動
轻重 qīng zhòng severity (of the case)輕重
无足轻重 wú zú qīng zhòng insignificant無足輕重
轻蔑 qīng miè to contempt輕蔑
轻信 qīng xìn gullible輕信

qīng Decomposition & Compounds

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qīng Decomposition

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