轻风 (qīng fēng) — light breeze, gentle wind

Definition

noun
light breezegentle wind
Measure word · 阵
Easily confused

Examples

  • 轻风，。
    Yí zhèn qīng fēng chuī guò lái, hěn shū fu.
    A light breeze blew over, very comfortable.
  • 轻风，。
    qīng fēng Fú guò hú miàn, dàng qǐ céng céng lián yī.
    A gentle wind brushed the lake's surface, stirring up ripples.
  • 轻风。
    Chūn tiān de qīng fēng ràng rén xīn qíng yú kuài.
    The spring breeze makes people feel happy.

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
风fēngwind

轻 (light) describes 风 (wind), meaning a gentle breeze.

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.

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 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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