nhẹ

• (North Central Vietnam) nhẹn (in dialects with *-l > /n/)

From Proto-Vietic *-ɲɛːlʔ (“light in weight”). Compare Muong Bi nhẽl, Proto-Bahnaric *-hjəːl, Proto-Katuic *ʔŋhaal ~ *ʔŋhɨal (whence Pacoh nghial), Nyah Kur [Central] khəja̱al and Mon သာ.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲɛ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲɛ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɲɛ˨˩˨]

nhẹ • (弭, 珥, 耳, 二) (diminutive reduplication nhè nhẹ)

1. (in weight) light
2. (of wind) gentle
3. (of illness or injury) mild; not severe
4. (computing, of a file) small

• nặng

• hẹn