口輕

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
trad. (口輕)		口	輕
simp. (口轻)		口	轻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² heng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒucing
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chʻing¹
    • Yale: kǒu-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouching
    • Palladius: коуцин (koucin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² heng¹
    • Yale: háu hēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² heng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² héng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ hɛːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

口輕

1. (of food) bland; not salty
2. (of a person) enjoying mild-tasting food
3. (of a horse, donkey, etc.) young
4. (literary) saying things casually
5. (Cantonese) making promises casually

   Synonym: 口輕輕 / 口轻轻

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 淡 (“bland; tasteless; not salty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		淡
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	淡, 口輕
	Taiwan	淡
	Harbin	淡
	Singapore	淡
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	淡, 甜, 口輕
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	善
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	甜
	Wanrong	甜
	Xi'an	甜, 淡
	Xining	甜, 淡
	Xuzhou	淡
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	淡
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	淡
	Wuhan	淡
	Guiyang	淡
	Guilin	淡
	Liuzhou	淡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	淡
	Yangzhou	淡
	Hefei	淡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	淡
	Hong Kong	淡
	Dongguan	淡
	Yangjiang	淡
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	淡
Gan	Nanchang	淡
	Lichuan	淡
	Pingxiang	淡
Hakka	Meixian	淡
	Yudu	淡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	淡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	淡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	淡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	淡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	淡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	淡
	Senai (Huiyang)	淡
Jin	Taiyuan	淡, 甜
	Xinzhou	甜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	䭕
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	䭕
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	䭕
	Jianyang	䭕
	Wuyishan	䭕
	Pucheng (Shibei)	䭕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	䭕
	Fuzhou (Changle)	䭕
	Fuqing	䭕
	Yongtai	䭕
	Gutian	䭕
	Fu'an	䭕
	Ningde	䭕
	Shouning	䭕
	Zhouning	䭕
	Fuding	䭕
Southern Min	Xiamen	䭕
	Quanzhou	䭕
	Yongchun	䭕
	Zhangzhou	䭕
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	䭕
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	䭕
	Zhangpu	䭕
	Zhao'an	䭕
	Penang (Hokkien)	䭕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	䭕
	Chaozhou	䭕
	Shantou	䭕
	Shantou (Chenghai)	䭕
	Jieyang	䭕
	Haifeng	䭕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	䭕
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	䭕
	Leizhou	䭕
	Haikou	䭕
Puxian Min	Putian	䭕
Central Min	Yong'an	䭕
	Sanming (Shaxian)	䭕
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	淡
Wu	Shanghai	淡
	Shanghai (Chongming)	淡
	Suzhou	淡
	Danyang	淡
	Hangzhou	淡
	Ningbo	淡
	Wenzhou	淡
	Jinhua	淡
Xiang	Changsha	淡
	Loudi	淡
	Shuangfeng	淡