輕佻

See also: 轻佻

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	frivolous; unsteady; delay
trad. (輕佻)		輕	佻
simp. (轻佻)		轻	佻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngtiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ tiu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khin-thiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngtiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingtiao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-tʻiao¹
    • Yale: chīng-tyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingtiau
    • Palladius: цинтяо (cintjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ tiu¹
    • Yale: hīng tīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ tiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ tiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-thiau
    • Tâi-lô: khin-thiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qintiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ tʰiau³³/

Adjective

輕佻

1. frivolous; flippant; unserious
2. flirtatious; flirty; coquettish

Synonyms

• (frivolous):

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• 浮蕩 / 浮荡 (fúdàng)
• 澆 / 浇 (literary, or in compounds)
• 癲狂 / 癫狂 (diānkuáng)
• 蹀躞 (diéxiè) (literary, dialectal)
• 輕浮 / 轻浮 (qīngfú)
• 輕狂 / 轻狂 (qīngkuáng)
• 輕薄 / 轻薄 (qīngbó)

 

• (flirtatious): (figuratively) 風騷／风骚 (fēngsāo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (輕佻):

• → Japanese: 軽佻(けいちょう) (keichō)