輕易

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See also: 轻易

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	change; easy; simple
trad. (輕易)		輕	易
simp. (轻易)		轻	易

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngyì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ ji⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khin-ī / kheng-ī

(Teochew, Peng'im): king¹ goi⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingyì
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-i⁴
  - Yale: chīng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingyih
  - Palladius: цинъи (cinʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    清議 / 清议
    清逸
    輕易 / 轻易
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹ ji⁶
  - Yale: hīng yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-ī
  - Tâi-lô: khin-ī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qin'i
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² i²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ i³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-ī
  - Tâi-lô: khing-ī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qeng'i
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² i²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɪŋ³³ i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ i³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: king¹ goi⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khing kōi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ³³⁻²³ koi¹¹/

Adverb

輕易

easily
lightly; rashly; carelessly; hastily
輕易下結論／轻易下结论 ― qīngyì xià jiélùn ― to jump to conclusions

Adjective

輕易

simple; easy
(literary) flippant; frivolous

Synonyms

(easy): 容易 (róngyì)
(flippant):

容易 (literary)
急躁 (jízào)
操切 (cāoqiè) (formal)
苟且 (gǒuqiě)
草率 (cǎoshuài)
衝動 / 冲动 (chōngdòng)
輕率 / 轻率 (qīngshuài)

Derived terms

輕輕易易 / 轻轻易易 (qīngqīngyìyì)

Verb

輕易

(literary) to not attach importance to; to look down on; to think little of; to despise

Synonyms

下視 / 下视 (xiàshì) (literary)
不屑 (bùxiè)
不齒 / 不齿 (bùchǐ) (formal)
侮蔑 (wǔmiè)
傲睨 (àonì) (archaic)
卑視 / 卑视 (bēishì) (archaic)
厭薄 / 厌薄 (yànbó) (literary)
嗤鄙 (chībǐ) (archaic)
嫌鄙 (xiánbǐ) (literary)
小看 (xiǎokàn)
小瞧 (xiǎoqiáo) (colloquial)
小視 / 小视 (xiǎoshì) (literary)
小覷 / 小觑 (xiǎoqù) (literary)
恝視 / 恝视 (jiáshì) (literary)
打落 (Hakka)
渺視 / 渺视 (miǎoshì)
漠視 / 漠视 (mòshì)
無視 / 无视 (wúshì)
看不來 / 看不来 (kan⁴ bu lai²) (Xiang)
看不起 (kànbuqǐ)
看扁 (kànbiǎn) (colloquial)
看毋起 (Hakka)
看衰 (Hakka)
看輕 / 看轻 (kànqīng)
睇唔起 (tai² m⁴ hei²) (Cantonese, Teochew)
睇小 (tai² siu²) (Cantonese)
睇衰 (tai² seoi¹) (Cantonese)
睇輕 / 睇轻 (toin² kêng¹) (Teochew)
瞧不來 / 瞧不来 (ziau² bu lai²) (Xiang)
瞧不起 (qiáobuqǐ)
蔑視 / 蔑视 (mièshì)
藐視 / 藐视 (miǎoshì)
譬相 (Hokkien)
輕視 / 轻视 (qīngshì)
輕蔑 / 轻蔑 (qīngmiè)
輕賤 / 轻贱 (qīngjiàn)
鄙夷 (bǐyí) (literary)
鄙視 / 鄙视 (bǐshì)
鄙薄 (bǐbó)
鄙賤 / 鄙贱 (bǐjiàn) (literary)

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