轻

qīng

light

easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage

cart (车) + hand (又) + work (工) = light and easy

The 工 component mainly provides the sound qīng rather than semantic meaning. When you can easily grasp and move a cart with your hand, it suggests the load is light in weight.

车+又+工→轻
又Right handSemantic
工WorkPhonetic
车CartSemantic

这个箱子很轻,一只手就能拿起来。

zhè ge xiāng zi hěn qīng,yī zhī shǒu jiù néng ná qǐ lái。

This box is very light; one hand is enough to pick it up.

她说话声音很轻,坐在后排的人听不清楚。

tā shuō huà shēng yīn hěn qīng,zuò zài hòu pái de rén tīng bu qīng chǔ。

She speaks in a very soft voice, so people sitting in the back rows cannot hear her clearly.

Words with 轻

轻信

qīng xìn

to easily trust; gullible; naïve

年轻化

nián qīng huà

to make more youthful

轻量

qīng liàng

lightweight

轻音乐

qīng yīn yuè

light music

轻抚

qīng fǔ

to stroke lightly

从轻

cóng qīng

to be lenient (in sentencing)

轻视

qīng shì

contempt

轻快

qīng kuài

light and quick

轻食

qīng shí

light meal; snack

避重就轻

bì zhòng jiù qīng

to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial

重利轻义

zhòng lì qīng yì

to value material gain over righteousness

重形式轻内容

zhòng xíng shì qīng nèi róng

heavy on form, light on substance

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