輕重

See also: 轻重

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
trad. (輕重)		輕	重
simp. (轻重)		轻	重

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heng¹ cung⁵ / hing¹ cung⁵ / hing¹ zung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiâng-chhûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khin-tǎng / khin-tāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chung⁴
    • Yale: chīng-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingjonq
    • Palladius: цинчжун (cinčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: heng¹ cung⁵ / hing¹ cung⁵ / hing¹ zung⁶
    • Yale: hēng chúhng / hīng chúhng / hīng juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: heng¹ tsung⁵ / hing¹ tsung⁵ / hing¹ dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: héng¹ cung⁵ / hing¹ cung⁵ / hing¹ zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ¹³/, /hɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ¹³/, /hɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ²²/

Note:

• heng1 cung5, hing1 cung5 - vernacular;
• hing1 zung6 - literary.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiâng-chhûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiang^ˊ cung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiang¹ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-tǎng
    • Tâi-lô: khin-tǎng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ taŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-tāng
    • Tâi-lô: khin-tāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qindang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ³³/

Noun

輕重

1. lightness and heaviness
2. weight
3. force; intensity
4. volume (of a sound)
5. importance
6. seriousness; severity
7. propriety

Derived terms

• 不足輕重／不足轻重 (bùzúqīngzhòng)
• 舉足輕重／举足轻重 (jǔzúqīngzhòng)
• 輕重倒置／轻重倒置
• 輕重緩急／轻重缓急 (qīngzhònghuǎnjí)