輕生
See also: 轻生
Chinese
light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral |
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (輕生) | 輕 | 生 | |
| simp. (轻生) | 轻 | 生 | |
| Literally: “to take one's life lightly”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cingsheng
- Wade–Giles: chʻing1-shêng1
- Yale: chīng-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingsheng
- Palladius: циншэн (cinšɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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輕聲／轻声
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hing1 sang1
- Yale: hīng sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hing1 sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: hing1 seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-seng
- Tâi-lô: khin-sing
- Phofsit Daibuun: qinsefng
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-sng
- Tâi-lô: khin-sng
- Phofsit Daibuun: qinsngf
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Verb
輕生
- (euphemistic) to commit suicide