She spoke in soft tones.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
轻柔
soft; gentle; pliable
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
soft; gentle; pliable
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 轻柔 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 轻柔 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The nurse gently put a bandage around my head.
In the distance I hear the sound of softly murmuring roads.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 轻柔.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 轻柔.
Directly before
- 以轻柔1
- 听到轻柔1
- 护士轻柔1
Directly after
- 轻柔的2
- 轻柔地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 轻柔
What does 轻柔 mean in Chinese?
轻柔 (qīngróu) means soft; gentle; pliable.
How do you pronounce 轻柔?
轻柔 is pronounced qīngróu.
Is 轻柔 an HSK word?
轻柔 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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