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輕薄

简轻薄 · 繁輕薄

Mandarin · pinyin qīng bó

light (weight)
frivolous
a philanderer
to scorn
disrespectful

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輕: qīng · light; easy, simple; gentle
薄: báo · bó · thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy
轻: qīng · light; easy, simple; gentle

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1–2 · qing1 bo2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hing1 bok6

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

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adj

frivolous; flirtatious; careless; disrespectful; discourteous
lightweight

verb

to behave in a disrespectful manner (especially of men to women)
(literary, of currency) to depreciate

adj

(Hokkien) physically weak; in poor health

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