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輕聲

輕聲

See also: 轻声

Chinese

 
light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
 
sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (輕聲)
simp. (轻声)

Adverb

輕聲

  1. quietly; softly
    圖書館輕聲說話 [MSC, trad.]
    图书馆轻声说话 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài túshūguǎn lǐ yào qīngshēng shuōhuà. [Pinyin]
    You have to speak softly in the library.

Noun

輕聲

  1. (linguistics) neutral tone
    蘿蔔輕聲 [MSC, trad.]
    萝卜轻声 [MSC, simp.]
    "Luóbo" de "bo" yào niàn qīngshēng. [Pinyin]
    The "" in "蘿蔔" (radish) needs to be read with a neutral tone.