HanyuGuide logo HanyuGuide
Home Pricing
Tools
  • Chinese to Pinyin
  • Type Pinyin
  • HSK Quiz
Resources
  • Dictionary
  • Vocabulary Lists
  • Grammar Guides
Log in Sign up
Home Pricing
Tools
Chinese to Pinyin Type Pinyin
Log In Sign Up
← Back to Dictionary

Fluency is built on habit.
Transform your learning.

Try HanyuGuide's novel active Spaced Repetition System.

Start 7-Day Free Trial
$9.99 / year
Lifetime for $19.99 Try demo first

轻重

  • Download audio
  • License Info
  • Audio is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, building on the work of CC-CEDICT.

qīng zhòng

Sign in to save this word to your study lists.

Definitions

  1. 1. severity (of the case)
  2. 2. degree of seriousness
  3. 3. whether sth is slight or serious

Words Containing 轻重

无足轻重
wú zú qīng zhòng

insignificant

举足轻重
jǔ zú qīng zhòng

to play a critical role (idiom)

不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng

lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things

问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng

lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power

缓急轻重
huǎn jí qīng zhòng

slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first

轻重主次
qīng zhòng zhǔ cì

to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point)

轻重倒置
qīng zhòng dào zhì

to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important)

轻重缓急
qīng zhòng huǎn jí

slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first

Child Words of 轻重

轻
qīng

light

重
chóng

to repeat

重
zhòng

heavy

HanyuGuide HanyuGuide

Built for serious Chinese learners on the principles of active recall and spaced repetition.

Contact Open Source
Platform
  • Vocabulary Lists
  • Dictionary
  • Grammar Guides
  • Tools
Programs
  • HSK Preparation
  • Schools & Institutions
  • Educators
  • Tutors
Legal
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
© 2025 HanyuGuide. All rights reserved.

"学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆"

Study without reflection is pointless