輕敲

See also: 轻敲

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	extort; knock; to strike extort; knock; to strike; to knock (at a door); to hit
trad. (輕敲)		輕	敲
simp. (轻敲)		轻	敲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngqiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄑㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ haau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngqiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄑㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingciao
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chʻiao¹
  - Yale: chīng-chyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingchiau
  - Palladius: цинцяо (cincjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹ haau¹
  - Yale: hīng hāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ haau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ hao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ haːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

輕敲

to lightly strike; to lightly rap on; to patter on
- 1989, “千千闕歌”, 林振強 (lyrics), performed by 陳慧嫻:
  
  當某天雨點輕敲你窗 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  当某天雨点轻敲你窗 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  dong¹ mau⁵ tin¹ jyu⁵ dim² hing¹ haau¹ nei⁵ coeng¹ [Jyutping]
  on some day, raindrops lightly strike your window