輕鐵

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Chinese

light; easy; gentle
light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
 
iron
trad. (輕鐵)
simp. (轻铁)

Etymology

“light rail”
Short for 輕便鐵路轻便铁路 (qīngbiàn tiělù).

Pronunciation


Noun

輕鐵

  1. (Teochew, Taiwanese Hokkien) aluminium
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, historical) handcar, pump car
  3. (Hong Kong, Taiwanese Hokkien neologism) light rail

Synonyms

(aluminium):

(handcar):

(light rail):