輕於鴻毛

See also: 轻于鸿毛

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	a wild goose feather; something very light or insignificant
trad. (輕於鴻毛)		輕	於	鴻毛
simp. (轻于鸿毛)		轻	于	鸿毛
alternative forms		輕如鴻毛／轻如鸿毛
Literally: “lighter (and less significant) than a wild goose feather”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngyúhóngmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄩˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngyúhóngmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄩˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingyúhóngmáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-yü²-hung²-mao²
    • Yale: chīng-yú-húng-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingyuhorngmau
    • Palladius: цинъюйхунмао (cinʺjujxunmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjieng|khjiengH 'jo|'u huwng|huwngX maw|mawH

Rime
Character	輕	輕	於	於	鴻	鴻	毛	毛
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)	影 (34)	影 (34)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	清 (121)	魚 (22)	模 (23)	東 (1)	東 (1)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	I	I	I	I	I
Fanqie	去盈切	墟正切	央居切	哀都切	戸公切	胡孔切	莫袍切	莫報切
Baxter	khjieng	khjiengH	'jo	'u	huwng	huwngX	maw	mawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiᴇŋ/	/kʰiᴇŋH/	/ʔɨʌ/	/ʔuo/	/ɦuŋ/	/ɦuŋX/	/mɑu/	/mɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɛŋ/	/kʰiɛŋH/	/ʔiɔ/	/ʔuo/	/ɦuŋ/	/ɦuŋX/	/mɑu/	/mɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiæŋ/	/kʰiæŋH/	/ʔiɔ/	/ʔo/	/ɣuŋ/	/ɣuŋX/	/mɑu/	/mɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiajŋ/	/kʰiajŋH/	/ʔɨə̆/	/ʔɔ/	/ɦəwŋ/	/ɦəwŋX/	/maw/	/mawH/
Li Rong	/kʰiɛŋ/	/kʰiɛŋH/	/ʔiɔ/	/ʔo/	/ɣuŋ/	/ɣuŋX/	/mɑu/	/mɑuH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɛŋ/	/kʰĭɛŋH/	/ĭo/	/u/	/ɣuŋ/	/ɣuŋX/	/mɑu/	/mɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɛŋ/	/kʰi̯ɛŋH/	/ʔi̯wo/	/ʔuo/	/ɣuŋ/	/ɣuŋX/	/mɑu/	/mɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	qìng	yū	wū	hóng	hòng	máo	mào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing1	hing3	jyu1	wu1	hung4	hung6	mou4	mou6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]eŋ  [ʔ]ˤa|[ʔ]a  [ɡ]ˤoŋ  C.mˤaw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeŋ|kʰeŋs  qaː|qa  ɡoːŋ|ɡoːŋʔ  maːw|maːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	輕	於	於	鴻	毛
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qīng	wū	yú	hóng	máo
Middle Chinese	‹ khjieng ›	‹ ʔu ›	‹ ʔjo ›	‹ huwng ›	‹ maw ›
Old Chinese	/*[kʰ]eŋ/ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?)	/*[ʔ]ˁa/	/*[ʔ]a/	/*[ɡ]ˁoŋ/	/*C.mˁaw/
English	light (≠ heavy)	oh!	at (locative preposition)	kind of wild goose	hair
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	輕	輕	於	於	鴻	鴻	毛	毛
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
No.	6792	6793	15810	15812	4061	4062	8780	8791
Phonetic component	巠	巠	於	於	工	工	毛	毛
Rime group	耕	耕	魚	魚	東	東	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	輕	輕	烏	於	洪	澒	毛	冃
Old Chinese	/*kʰeŋ/	/*kʰeŋs/	/*qaː/	/*qa/	/*ɡoːŋ/	/*ɡoːŋʔ/	/*maːw/	/*maːws/

Idiom

輕於鴻毛

1. (derogatory, figuratively) to be worthless (or trashy, valueless, not worth a brass farthing, good for nothing, of no worth)

Synonyms

• 微不足道 (wēibùzúdào)
• 無足輕重／无足轻重 (wúzúqīngzhòng)
• 無關緊要／无关紧要 (wúguānjǐnyào)
• 不值一文 (bùzhíyīwén)
• 不值一提 (bùzhíyītí)
• 不足掛齒／不足挂齿 (bùzúguàchǐ)

Antonyms

• 重於泰山／重于泰山 (zhòng yú Tàishān)
• 舉足輕重／举足轻重 (jǔzúqīngzhòng)
• 彪炳千古 (biāobǐngqiāngǔ)
• 彪炳日月