The willow branches swayed gently in the breeze.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
轻轻
lightly; softly
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
lightly; softly
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 轻轻 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 轻轻 appears in 9 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Gently layer gold eyeshadow on the eyelids.
He gave her a peck on the cheek.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 轻轻.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 轻轻.
Directly before
- 上轻轻2
- 有人轻轻1
- 脸上轻轻1
- 你轻轻1
- 风中轻轻1
Directly after
- 轻轻扣1
- 轻轻的1
- 轻轻说1
- 轻轻摇曳1
- 轻轻荡悠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 轻轻
What does 轻轻 mean in Chinese?
轻轻 (qīngqīng) means lightly; softly.
How do you pronounce 轻轻?
轻轻 is pronounced qīngqīng.
Is 轻轻 an HSK word?
轻轻 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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