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轻

qīng

Light bag, light touch, light voice

The picture Put it on one pan of a balance and that pan drifts upward instead. 轻 lets its side float up; 重 drags its side down.

Describing words

Where the picture shows up in 轻

  1. light to carry

    这个包很轻,我自己拿。

    zhège bāo hěn qīng, wǒ zìjǐ ná

    This bag is light, I'll take it myself.

    Lifted with one hand and the arm keeps rising, finding no resistance

  2. gentle touch

    请轻一点,会疼。

    qǐng qīng yìdiǎn, huì téng

    Please go gently, it hurts.

    Pressure eased out of the hand until only the fingertips touch

    After a verb it becomes 'gently, lightly'

  3. minor injury

    只是轻伤,放心吧。

    zhǐshì qīng shāng, fàngxīn ba

    It's only a minor injury, don't worry.

    A wound covered by a single plaster and that's the end of it

    轻伤 means 'minor injury'

  4. quiet voice

    说话轻一点,孩子在睡觉。

    shuōhuà qīng yìdiǎn, háizi zài shuìjiào

    Speak more quietly, the child is asleep.

    A hand held in front of the mouth, letting only half the sound out

  5. to belittle

    别看轻自己。

    bié kàn qīng zìjǐ

    Don't sell yourself short.

    Stepping on your own scale and deliberately reading the number low

    看轻 has set into 'to look down on'

All of it in one picture

轻 is the state of having almost no downward pull. None in the hand and the bag is light; none in the pressing hand and the touch is gentle; none on the body and the wound needs only a plaster; none in the voice and you speak quietly; none on the scale you weigh yourself on and you sell yourself short.

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