輕聲

See also: 轻声

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (輕聲)		輕	聲
simp. (轻声)		轻	声

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ sing¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khin-siaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kêng¹ sian¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingsheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: chīng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingsheng
    • Palladius: циншэн (cinšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 輕生／轻生 輕聲／轻声

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ sing¹
    • Yale: hīng sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khin-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qinsviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ siã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ siã⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kêng¹ sian¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kheng siaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeŋ³³⁻²³ sĩã³³/

Adverb

輕聲

1. quietly; softly

   在圖書館裡要輕聲說話。 [MSC, trad.]
   在图书馆里要轻声说话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài túshūguǎn lǐ yào qīngshēng shuōhuà. [Pinyin]

   You have to speak softly in the library.

Noun

輕聲

1. (phonology) neutral tone; in Hanyu Pinyin usually left unmarked (or optionally marked with ·) and in bopomofo marked with ˙

   「蘿蔔」的「蔔」要念輕聲。 [MSC, trad.]
   「萝卜」的「卜」要念轻声。 [MSC, simp.]

   “Luóbo” de “bo” yào niàn qīngshēng. [Pinyin]

   The bo (蔔) in luóbo (蘿蔔, radish) needs to be read with a neutral tone.