HSK 4 · Verbs

轻 qīng “light” in Chinese

Traditional 輕

What 轻 means

  1. light
  2. easy
  3. gentle
  4. soft
  5. reckless
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • unimportant

How to say 轻

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale轻qīng1st tone, high and level

轻 in a sentence

  1. 今天我的包很轻。

    Jīntiān wǒ de bāo hěn qīng.

    My bag is light today.

    Sentence #3700307 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 轻一点儿放！

    Qīng yìdiǎnr fàng!

    Put it down gently!

    Sentence #420002 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她轻松地通过了考试。

    Tā qīngsōng de tōngguò le kǎoshì.

    She passed the exam easily.

    Sentence #5909512 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 轻 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 轻 (qīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
轻qīnglight
  • 车cart · chēMeaning part
  • 又again · yòu
  • 工work · gōngSound part

车 hints at the meaning (cart); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qīng.

How to write 轻

轻 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

轻 (qīng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 轻 (qīng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 轻

Words with 轻

年轻niánqīng · young轻松qīngsōng · relaxed轻视qīngshì · to look down on轻易qīngyì · easily举足轻重jǔzúqīngzhòng · to play a decisive role

More words: Common Verbs

陪péi · to accompany骗piàn · to cheat破pò · broken敲qiāo · to hit取qǔ · to take缺少quēshǎo · lack扔rēng · to throw散步sànbù · to take a walk

FAQs

轻 (qīng) means “light” or “easy”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it qīng: qīng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 轻 is written 輕. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 轻 from the suggestions. Typing qing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
轻 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.