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轻浮
qīngfú
Main
English Definitionfrivolous; careless; giddy
Simplified Script轻浮
Traditional Script輕浮
Pinyinqīngfú
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄑㄧㄥ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)hing1fau4
Word Decomposition
轻qīnglight; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
浮fúto float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus

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Words With Same Head Word    
轻松qīngsōnglight; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously
轻视qīngshìcontempt; contemptuous; to despise; to scorn; scornful
轻伤qīngshānglightly wounded; minor injuries
轻易qīngyìeasily; lightly; rashly
轻薄qīngbólight (weight); frivolous; a philanderer; to scorn; disrespectful
Words With Same Tail Word    
漂浮piāofúto float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life); to rove; showy; superficial
悬浮xuánfúto float (in the air etc); suspension
磁悬浮cí xuánfúmagnetic levitation (train); maglev
沉浮chénfúlit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes
飘浮piāofúto float; to hover; also written 漂浮
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