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qīng

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qīng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qīng | qing1
English translation
light, gentle; simple, easy

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About qīng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

qīng

Contains the radical

chē

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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Etymology of qīng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

車巠

Semantic compound

chē

Phonetic compound

jīng

Explanation

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

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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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