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輕生

輕生

See also: 轻生

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (輕生)		輕	生
simp. (轻生)		轻	生
Literally: “to take one's life lightly”.

Verb

輕生

to commit suicide

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qīngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ sang¹
Min Nan (POJ): khin-seng / khin-sng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: qīngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingsheng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    輕生／轻生
    輕聲／轻声
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹ sang¹
  - Yale: hīng sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ sang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-seng
  - Tâi-lô: khin-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qinsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-sng
  - Tâi-lô: khin-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qinsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ sŋ̍³³/