輕鐵

Chinese

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

Etymology

“light rail”

Short for 輕便鐵路／轻便铁路 (qīngbiàn tiělù).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngtiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ tit³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kheng-thih / khin-thih

  (Teochew, Peng'im): king¹ tih⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngtiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingtiě
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-tʻieh³
    • Yale: chīng-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingtiee
    • Palladius: цинте (cinte)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ tit³
    • Yale: hīng tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-thih
    • Tâi-lô: khing-thih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qengtiq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-thih
    • Tâi-lô: khin-thih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qintiq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: king¹ tih⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khing thih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ³³⁻²³ tʰiʔ²/

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):

• 鋁／铝 (lǚ)
• 礬素／矾素
• (Hokkien) a-lú-mih, 輕銀／轻银 (khin-gîn, khin-gûn), 輕銀仔／轻银仔 (khin-gîn-á, khin-gûn-á)
• (Xiang) 輕飄／轻飘, 鑌鐵／镔铁

(handcar):

• 臺車／台车 (táichē)

(light rail):

• 輕軌／轻轨 (qīngguǐ)