輕而易舉

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	change; easy; simple	to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect
trad. (輕而易舉)		輕	而	易	舉
simp. (轻而易举)		轻	而	易	举

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīng'éryìjǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄦˊ ㄧˋ ㄐㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ ji⁴ jik⁶ geoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheng-lî-ī-kú / khin-jî-ī-kí / khin-jî-ī-kú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīng'éryìjǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄦˊ ㄧˋ ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cing-éryìjyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-êrh²-i⁴-chü³
    • Yale: chīng-ér-yì-jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingerlyihjeu
    • Palladius: цинъэрицзюй (cinʺericzjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ i⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ ji⁴ jik⁶ geoi²
    • Yale: hīng yìh yihk géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ ji⁴ jik⁹ goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ yi⁴ yig⁶ gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ jɪk̚² kɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-lî-ī-kú
    • Tâi-lô: khing-lî-ī-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qengli'ixkuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² li²⁴⁻²² i²²⁻²¹ ku⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-jî-ī-kí
    • Tâi-lô: khin-jî-ī-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qinji'ixkie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ zi²³⁻³³ i³³⁻²¹ ki⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-jî-ī-kú
    • Tâi-lô: khin-jî-ī-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qinji'ixkuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ zi²³⁻³³ i³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khjieng nyi yeH kjoX

Rime
Character	輕	而	易	舉
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	日 (38)	以 (36)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	之 (19)	支 (11)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	去盈切	如之切	以豉切	居許切
Baxter	khjieng	nyi	yeH	kjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiᴇŋ/	/ȵɨ/	/jiᴇH/	/kɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɛŋ/	/ȵɨ/	/jiɛH/	/kiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiæŋ/	/ȵʑie/	/jɛH/	/kiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiajŋ/	/ȵɨ/	/jiə̆H/	/kɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/kʰiɛŋ/	/ȵiə/	/ieH/	/kiɔX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɛŋ/	/ȵʑĭə/	/jǐeH/	/kĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɛŋ/	/ȵʑi/	/ie̯H/	/ki̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	ér	yì	jǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing1	ji4	ji6	geoi2

Idiom

輕而易舉

1. (of doing something) easy; without much effort