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轻

qīng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character Traditional 輕

轻 (qīng) means "light". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 轻 means

1. light
2. easy
3. gentle
4. soft
5. reckless
6. unimportant
7. frivolous
8. small in number
9. unstressed
10. neutral
11. to disparage

Example sentences

• 放轻松。
  Take it easy.
• 你还年轻。
  You're still green.
• 您还年轻。
  You're still young.
• 他很年轻。
  He is very young.
• 我还年轻。
  I'm young.
• 你们还年轻。
  You're still young.

Words starting with 轻

• 轻松qīng sōnglight; gentle; relaxed
• 轻视qīng shìcontempt; contemptuous; to despise
• 轻轻qīng qīnglightly; softly
• 轻而易举qīng ér yì jǔeasy; with no difficulty
• 轻易qīng yìeasy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
• 轻声qīng shēngin a quiet voice; softly; (linguistics) neutral tone
• 轻微qīng wēislight; light; trivial
• 轻柔qīng róusoft; gentle; pliable
• 轻盈qīng yínggraceful; lithe; light and graceful
• 轻快qīng kuàilight and quick; brisk; spry
• 轻蔑qīng mièscornful; disdainful; contemptuous; pejorative; disdain; contempt
• 轻重qīng zhòngseverity (of the case); degree of seriousness; whether sth is slight or serious
• 轻描淡写qīng miáo dàn xiě(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay; to understate
• 轻巧qīng qiǎodexterous; deft; easy
• 轻轨qīng guǐlight rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar…
• 轻便qīng biànlightweight and portable; light and convenient
• 轻薄qīng bólight (weight); frivolous; a philanderer
• 轻飘飘qīng piāo piāolight as a feather
• 轻信qīng xìnto easily trust; gullible; naïve
• 轻度qīng dùmild (symptoms etc)
• 轻浮qīng fúfrivolous; careless; giddy
• 轻抚qīng fǔto stroke lightly; to caress
• 轻率qīng shuàicavalier; offhand; reckless
• 轻狂qīng kuángfrivolous

Words containing 轻

• 年轻nián qīngyoung
• 举足轻重jǔ zú qīng zhòngto play a critical role (idiom); influential
• 年轻人nián qīng rényoung people; youngster
• 减轻jiǎn qīngto lighten; to ease; to alleviate
• 掉以轻心diào yǐ qīng xīnto treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
• 无足轻重wú zú qīng zhònginsignificant
• 从轻cóng qīngto be lenient (in sentencing)
• 重男轻女zhòng nán qīng nǚto value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
• 驾轻就熟jià qīng jiù shúlit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy…
• 年轻有为nián qīng yǒu wéiyoung and promising
• 头重脚轻tóu zhòng jiǎo qīngtop-heavy; fig. unbalance in organization or political structure
• 年轻力壮nián qīng lì zhuàngyoung and vigorous (idiom)
• 年轻化nián qīng huàto make more youthful; to promote younger staff
• 年轻气盛nián qīng qì shèngfull of youthful vigor (idiom); in the prime of youth
• 看轻kàn qīngto belittle; to scorn; to take sth lightly
• 相轻xiāng qīngto hold each other in low regard
• 小年轻xiǎo nián qīng(colloquial) young person; youngster
• 不知轻重bù zhī qīng zhònglit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things…
• 文人相轻wén rén xiāng qīngscholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
• 重利轻义zhòng lì qīng yìto value material gain over righteousness
• 重文轻武zhòng wén qīng wǔto value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the…
• 重义轻利zhòng yì qīng lìto value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
• 重色轻友zhòng sè qīng yǒupaying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom); to value sex over friendship
• 重量轻质zhòng liàng qīng zhìto value quantity over quality

Characters built on 工

These share the phonetic component 工 (gōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 径jìngfootpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 颈jǐngneck
• 氢qīnghydrogen (chemistry)
• 茎jīngstalk; stem
• 烃tīnghydrocarbon
• 痉jìngspasm
• 泾JīngJing River

Characters that look like 轻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 轮lúnwheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate
• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 驶shǐ(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…
• 轭èyoke
• 胫jìnglower part of leg

Sounds the same

Read qīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 清(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 青green; blue; black
• 倾to overturn; to collapse; to lean
• 氢hydrogen (chemistry)
• 卿high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old)…
• 鲭mackerel
• 圊restroom; latrine
• 顷variant of 倾
• 蜻see 蜻蜓
• 淸variant of 清
• 靑variant of 青

Where 轻 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Appearance & physical state (HSK 4), HSK 3 Characters · Set 18 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qīng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.