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輕易

简轻易 · 繁輕易

Mandarin · pinyin qīng yì

easy; simple
rashly; offhandedly

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輕: qīng · light; easy, simple; gentle
易: yì · change; easy
轻: qīng · light; easy, simple; gentle

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1–4 · qing1 yi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hing1 ji6

Cantonese word readings for 輕易. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adv

easily
lightly; rashly; carelessly; hastily

adj

simple; easy
(literary) flippant; frivolous

verb

(literary) to not attach importance to; to look down on; to think little of; to despise

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