輕薄

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (輕薄)		輕	薄
simp. (轻薄)		轻	薄

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngbó

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ bok⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khîn-pho̍k
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheng-po̍k / khin-po̍h / khin-po̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngbó
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingbó
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-po²
  - Yale: chīng-bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingbor
  - Palladius: цинбо (cinbo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹ bok⁶
  - Yale: hīng bohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ bok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ bog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ pɔːk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khîn-pho̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: kin^ˊ pog
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kin¹ pog⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰin²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰok̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-po̍k
  - Tâi-lô: khing-po̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qengpok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³ pɔk̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-po̍h
  - Tâi-lô: khin-po̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qinpoih
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ poʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² poʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ poʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-po̍k
  - Tâi-lô: khin-po̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qinpok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚¹²¹/

Adjective

輕薄

frivolous; flirtatious; careless; disrespectful; discourteous
lightweight
- 騎車專用運動衫既輕薄，又透氣 [MSC, trad.]
  骑车专用运动衫既轻薄，又透气 [MSC, simp.]
  From: “Road Cycling for Beginners”, in sikana.tv‎^[1], 2016
  qíchē zhuānyòng yùndòng shān jì qīngbó, yòu tòuqì [Pinyin]
  Bike jerseys are lightweight and breathable.

Synonyms

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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)
輕佻 / 轻佻 (qīngtiāo)
輕浮 / 轻浮 (qīngfú)
輕狂 / 轻狂 (qīngkuáng)

Derived terms

Verb

輕薄

to behave in a disrespectful manner (especially of men to women)
(literary, of currency) to depreciate

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiaⁿ-po̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiaⁿ-po̍h
  - Tâi-lô: khiann-po̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvia'poih
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² poʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiã³³ poʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² poʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ poʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤʔ⁴/

Adjective

輕薄

(Hokkien) physically weak; in poor health

Derived terms

輕薄娘 / 轻薄娘