輕鐵

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	iron
trad. (輕鐵)		輕	鐵
simp. (轻铁)		轻	铁

Etymology

“light rail”: Short for 輕便鐵路／轻便铁路 (qīngbiàn tiělù).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngtiě

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄊㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ tit³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kheng-thih / khin-thih

(Teochew, Peng'im): king¹ tih⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngtiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄊㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingtiě
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-tʻieh³
  - Yale: chīng-tyě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingtiee
  - Palladius: цинте (cinte)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹ tit³
  - Yale: hīng tit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ tit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ tid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-thih
  - Tâi-lô: khing-thih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qengtiq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-thih
  - Tâi-lô: khin-thih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qintiq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: king¹ tih⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khing thih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ³³⁻²³ tʰiʔ²/

Noun

輕鐵

(Teochew, Taiwanese Hokkien) aluminium
(Taiwanese Hokkien, historical) handcar, pump car
(Hong Kong, Taiwanese Hokkien neologism) light rail

Synonyms

(aluminium):

鋁／铝 (lǚ)
礬素／矾素
(Hokkien) a-lú-mih, 輕銀／轻银 (khin-gîn, khin-gûn), 輕銀仔／轻银仔 (khin-gîn-á, khin-gûn-á)
(Xiang) 輕飄／轻飘, 鑌鐵／镔铁

(handcar):

臺車／台车 (táichē)

(light rail):

輕軌／轻轨 (qīngguǐ)

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