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轻易

qīng yì

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 輕易

轻易 (qīng yì) means "easily; lightly; rashly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 轻易 means

1. easy; simple
2. rashly; offhandedly

The characters in 轻易

• 轻qīnglight; easy; gentle
• 易yìeasy; amiable; to change

Example sentences

• 我不轻易放弃。
  I'm no quitter.
• 我不是轻易吓得住的。
  Wǒ bù shì qīngyì xià de zhù de.
  I'm not that easily intimidated.
• 别跟轻易放弃的人交往。
  Don't associate yourself with people that give up easily.
• 不轻易发怒的，大有聪明。
  Bù qīngyì fānù de, dà yǒu cōngming.
  He who is slow to anger has great understanding.
• 我不能让汤姆这么轻易杀了我。
  Wǒ bù néng ràng Tāngmǔ zhème qīngyì shā le wǒ.
  I can't just let Tom kill me.
• 我不能让汤姆这幺轻易杀了我。
  I can't just let Tom kill me.

Sounds the same

Read qīng yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 清议fair criticism; just comment
• 清逸fresh and elegant

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qīng yì correctly.
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