轻装 (qīng zhuāng) — light luggage; light pack

Definition

noun

light luggagelight pack

Measure word · 个

Examples

轻装。
Zhè cì lǚ xíng wǒ jué dìng qīng zhuāng chū xíng.
I decided to travel light on this trip.
轻装，。
Tā bēi zhe qīng zhuāng, hěn kuài jiù pá dào le shān dǐng.
Carrying a light pack, he quickly reached the mountaintop.
，轻装。
Wèi le jié shěng shí jiān, wǒ men zhī dài le qīng zhuāng.
To save time, we only brought light luggage.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

轻qīnglight

装zhuāngpack

轻 means light, and 装 means pack; together they describe light luggage or a light pack.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 輕; 轻 is its simplified writing.

車巠輕

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jūcarriage

Sound part声符shēngfú

巠

巠jīng輕qīng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 輕 pairs 車, a carriage, with 巠 to give the sound; it originally named a light carriage. The simplified 轻 is only a later shorthand.

Open 轻 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

壯衣裝

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衣衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

壯

壯zhuàng裝zhuāng

Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

Open 装 →