けいこえ

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Chinese

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light; easy; gentle
light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
 
sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds)
sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
 
trad. (けいこえ) かる こえ
simp. (轻声) こえ
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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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けいこえ

  1. quietly; softly
    ざい圖書館としょかんうらようけいこえ說話せつわ [MSC, trad.]
    ざい图书馆さとよう轻声说话 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài túshūguǎn lǐ yào qīngshēng shuōhuà. [Pinyin]
    You have to speak softly in the library.

Noun

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けいこえ

  1. (phonology) neutral tone; in Hanyu Pinyin usually left unmarked (or optionally marked with ·) and in bopomofo marked with ˙
    蘿蔔てきようねんけいこえ [MSC, trad.]
    萝卜てきぼくようねん轻声 [MSC, simp.]
    “Luóbo” de “bo” yào niàn qīngshēng. [Pinyin]
    The bo () in luóbo (蘿蔔, radish) needs to be read with a neutral tone.