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): ㄑㄧㄥㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ sing¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khin-siaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): kêng¹ sian¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄕㄥ
  - 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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    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

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

(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.