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): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄅㄛˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄅㄛˊ
    • 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khîn-pho̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: kin´ 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

1. frivolous; flirtatious; careless; disrespectful; discourteous
2. 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

• 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

• 輕薄無知／轻薄无知
• 輕薄無禮／轻薄无礼
• 輕薄無行／轻薄无行

 

Verb

輕薄

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

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiaⁿ-po̍h

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• 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

1. (Southern Min) physically weak; in poor health

Derived terms

• 輕薄娘／轻薄娘