輕鐵

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Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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輕鐵

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

Synonyms

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(aluminium):

(handcar):

(light rail):