When her friend was sad, she comforted him.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
轻声
in a quiet voice; softly
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
in a quiet voice; softly
02
(linguistics) neutral tone
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 轻声 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 轻声 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Hope is a little voice whispering "maybe" when it seems the entire world is shouting "no"!
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 轻声.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 轻声.
Directly before
- 男孩轻声1
- 时候轻声1
- 便轻声1
- 女孩轻声1
- 她轻声1
Directly after
- 轻声地2
- 轻声地说1
- 轻声说1
- 轻声安慰1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 轻声
What does 轻声 mean in Chinese?
轻声 (qīngshēng) means in a quiet voice; softly.
How do you pronounce 轻声?
轻声 is pronounced qīngshēng.
Is 轻声 an HSK word?
轻声 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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