拈輕怕重

Chinese

			light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	to be afraid; to fear	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
trad. (拈輕怕重)		拈	輕	怕	重
simp. (拈轻怕重)		拈	轻	怕	重

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niānqīngpàzhòng, niánqīngpàzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ, ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nim¹ hing¹ paa³ cung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niānqīngpàzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niancingpàjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: nien¹-chʻing¹-pʻa⁴-chung⁴
    • Yale: nyān-chīng-pà-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhianchingpahjonq
    • Palladius: няньцинпачжун (njanʹcinpačžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánqīngpàzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄆㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niáncingpàjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-chʻing¹-pʻa⁴-chung⁴
    • Yale: nyán-chīng-pà-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianchingpahjonq
    • Palladius: няньцинпачжун (njanʹcinpačžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ pʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nim¹ hing¹ paa³ cung⁵
    • Yale: nīm hīng pa chúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nim¹ hing¹ paa³ tsung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nim¹ hing¹ pa³ cung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːm⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ pʰaː³³ t͡sʰʊŋ¹³/

Idiom

拈輕怕重

1. to pick easy jobs and avoid the hard ones