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How do you say "light" in Chinese?
轻
qīng
In Chinese, "light" is 轻.
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Pronunciation
Pronounced 'ching' with rising tone, pitch ascends, sounds almost bird-like and delicate.
Writing and usage
A single character with 12 strokes; contains a radical related to weight or gravity, but the character itself means light in weight.
Example sentence
这个包很轻。
This bag is very light.
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How to remember 轻
Despite the strokes involved, this character describes things that are easy to carry and not heavy.
Related words
- big 大 dà
- eighty-seven 八十七 bā shí qī
- happy 幸福 xìngfú
- hardworking 努力 nǔlì
- orange 橙 chéng
- seventeen 十七 shí qī
- thirty-six 三十六 sān shí liù
- thirty-two 三十二 sān shí èr
- white 白 bái
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Questions about 轻
How do you say "light" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "light" is 轻. It is a noun.
How is 轻 written in Chinese?
A single character with 12 strokes; contains a radical related to weight or gravity, but the character itself means light in weight.
How is 轻 used in a sentence?
Use 轻 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 这个包很轻。 (This bag is very light.).
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