Taxonomy of meanings for 輕:　　

  • 輕 qīng (OC: kheŋ MC: kʰiɛŋ) 廣韻：去盈切 平【輕重去盈切三 】
    • LIGHTWEIGHT
      • vibe of comparatively little physical weight, light
      • vadNfigurativelightly armed (and therefore nimble-footed)
      • vtoNputativeoccasionally in derived verbal sense: regard as light and easy to lift up
      • vadVlightly, easily, without compunction
      • vadNlight (cloaks etc)
      • nabactnon-severe treatment
      • vichangebecome lighter
      • vtoNcausativecause to become light; cause to become lighter
      • vifigurative"light"
      • vtoNcausativecause to be less substantial
      • vt+prep+Nbe lighter thanCH
      • physical> WEAK
        • vibe powerless, be weak
        • nabstativecurrent state of weakness
        • vichangebecome weaker, we weakened
        • abstract UNIMPORTANT
          • vipowerlessbe lightweight, be powerless; lose power
          • vtoNgradedtake lightly, think little of, refuse to take seriously
          • vigraded(of things) be unimportant, be of no great significance 甚輕
          • vadNfigurativelight (offences etc)
          • vtoNpassivebe taken lightly, not be taken seriously
          • vtoNpassivebe regarded as unimportant
          • vtoNattitudinaltreat as unimportant
          • v[adN]nonreferentialthose who are unimportant, lightweight
          • vt+V[0]find it unimportant to VERB
          • vtoNputative.reflex.自consider (oneself, one's own affairs) as unimportant; lack self-esteem
          • vtoNputativeregard (oneself) as unimportant
          • v[adN]unimportant ones; unimportant things
        • attitudinal> DESPISE
          • vtoNputativemake light of; think little of; be not afraid of; to slight, hold in disrespect, to fail to show the proper respect for (the law etc)
          • vtoNpassivebe despised
          • vttoN1.+N2despise N1 for N2CH
        • declarative> FORGIVE
          • vtoNcausativecause (punishments etc) to be lenient
          • psychological> FRIVOLOUS
            • vadVlightly, without proper consideration of a matter
            • vifigurativebe easy-going; superficial; frivolous; be flippant; lack gravity and seriousness and be therefore over-confident
            • exocentric: joy> DELIGHT
              • vifeel elated??
      • economic> CHEAP
        • vicheap
      • practically> EASY
        • vt+V[0]fail to take the matter of V-ing seriously; find it easy to; be easily ready to;
        • vadNeasily obtained (profit etc)
        • vadVeasily
        • vibe easy; need little effort; be effortless
      • capable of moving fast> QUICK
        • vilight-footed, nimble-footed; fickle
      • exocentric: vehicle> CHARIOT
        • nlight chariot
  • 輕 qìng (OC: kheŋs MC: kʰiɛŋ) 廣韻：墟正切 【墟正切又去盈切一 】？？？
    • CHEAP
      • vicheap

    Additional information about 輕

    說文解字: 【輕】，輕車也。从車、巠聲。 【去盈切】

      Criteria
    • SEVERE

      1. The current general commendatory term for severeness is yán 嚴 (ant. kuān 寬 "lax").

      2. Zhuāng 莊 (ant. qīng 輕 "unserious") and the somewhat less common jīn 矜 add to the notion of a mild form of severeness the nuance of dignified appearance.

      3. Sù 肅 (ant. zī 恣 "easy-going") emphasises sternness of attitude.

      4. Lì 厲 (wēn 溫 "mild") emphasises a willingness to use violence in the administration of government without passing a strong negative or positive judgment on this attitude.

      5. Kè 刻 (ant. hé 和 "moderate") refers disparagingly to an excessive willingness to use violence in the administration of government.

      6. Zhòng 重 (ant. qīng 輕 "unserious") refers abstractly to the severeness of punishments.

      7. Jù4n 峻 (ant. píng 平 "even-handed") refers dramatically to the savageness of punishments.

      8. Kē 苛 and kù 酷 (ant.* rén 仁 "kind-hearted" and bù rěn 不忍 "be unable to stand") refer to flagrant extravagance in the severeness of punishments.

    • CHEAP

      1. The dominant word is jiàn 賤 (ant. guì 貴 "expensive"), which describes something as low in quality and therefore also in price.

      2. Qīng 輕 (ant. zhòng 重 "expensive") is an economic technical term for something being low in price.

    • DESPISE

      1. The most widely used general word for contempt is qīng 輕 (ant. zhòng 重 "rate as important"), and the word typically describes an attitude based on a critical judgment. See also UNIMPORTANT

      2. Yì 易 (ant. zhòng 重 "treat as important") focusses on the subjective failure to take someone or something seriously and does not necessarily involve a critical judgment.

      3. Bēi 卑 (ant. zūn 尊 "venerate as distinguished") refers to regarding a person as characterised by his or her low social standing.

      4. Jiàn 賤 (guì 貴 "hold in high esteem" and jìng 敬 "respect") are to regard someone as vulgar, and typically as of slight moral worth.

      5. Hòu 後 (ant. xiān 先 "put first") is to fail to show proper respect for someone.

      6. Xiǎo 小 and shǎo 少 (ant. duō 多 "rate highly") expresses a negative judgment on the significance of a person or thing.

      7. Ào 傲 adds the nuance of arrogance to the notion of contempt.

      8. Miè 蔑 "to regard someone with no respect" describes a purely psychological attitude.

      9.Mà4n 慢 refers to a demonstrative failure to show proper respect for someone.

      10. Dú 瀆 refers to a disrespectful attitude or disregard for someone or something.

    • EASY

      1. The current general word for easiness of actions is yì 易 (ant. nán 難 "difficult").

      2. Qīng 輕 "light" is sometimes used to effortlessness of every kind.

      3. Líng 泠 is a poetic word referring to graceful effortless ease of movement.

    • IMPORTANT

      1. The most general term for the relative importance and crucial nature of something is yào 要 (ant. xì 細 ).

      2. Zhòng 重 (ant. qīng 輕 "of no consequence") focusses on what carries considerable weight in a certain context.

      3. Zhǔ 主 (ant. cì 次 "secondary") refers to what is crucial and primary, or dominant, in a certain context.

      4. Běn 本 (ant. mò 末 ) refers to what is basic and and a matter of substance in a context.

      5. Shǒu 首 (wěi 尾 / mò 末 ) refers what deserves to come first or what deserves to be regarded of first importance.

      6. Jí 極 refers to the ultimate most elevated point of something.

      7. Jī 機 refers to the crucial mechanism that makes something work properly.

    • UNIMPORTANT

      1. The current general term for unimportance is qīng 輕 (ant. zhòng 重 "important").

      2. Mò 末 (ant. běn 本 "basic and important")) refers to something being marginal as opposed to other things that are central or crucial.

      3. Xì 細 (ant. jù 巨 "of tremendous importance") and wēi 微 (ant. dà 大 "of great importance") refer to things being trifling and without serious impact on a situation.

      4. Huǎn 緩 (ant. jí 急 "urgent and important") refers to something being less important because it is less urgent.

      5. Xiǎo 小 (ant. dà 大 "of great importance") is sometimes used as a colourless term denying the importance of something.

    • CHARIOT

      1. The current word for a military chariot is shèng 乘 usually drawn by four horses.

      2. Róng 戎 is a old general word for chariots which was already rare by Warring States times.

      3. Cháo chē 轈車 refers to a high observation chariot.

      4. Qīng chē 輕車 refers to a highly mobile light and quick chariot.

      5. Zī zhòng 輜重 refers to military vehicles used to transport weapons and supplies.

      6. Fén yūn/wēn 轒榡 refers to a four-wheel covered roofed chariot with the baldachin made of ox hide.

      For illustrations of these see　中國古代兵器圖冊 (Huang Jingui)

    • LIGHTWEIGHT

      1. The standard word for something being of little weight is qīng 輕, and I have not found any current near-synonyms.

    • FRIVOLOUS

      1. The current general and neutral word for lack of seriousness is qīng 輕 (ant. zhuāng 莊 "serious").

      2. Fú 浮 sometimes refers to the kind of flippancy or frivolousness that might call for criticism but is not viewed as entirely serious.

      3. Fān fān 幡幡 is a poetic word referring to someone who has lost the dignified stance that would give him authority.

    • ADMIRE

      [ACTIVIY/STATE]

      [AESTHETIC/MORAL]

      [ASCENDING/HORIZONTAL/DESCENDING]

      [EMOTIONAL/RATIONAL]

      [HIGH-DEGREE/LOW-DEGREE]

      [MENTAL/OVERT]

      [OBJ=HU/OBJ=NONHU]

      [OBJECTIVE/SUBJECTIVE]

      [OVERT/COVERT]

      [PRIVATE/PUBLIC]

      1. The standard general word for admiration is mù 慕 (ant. bǐ 鄙 "hold in low esteem"), and this word often connotes emulation.

      [ASCENDING], [EMOTIONAL], [OBJ=HU], [STATE], [SUBJECTIVE]

      2. Wàng 望 refers to an intense distant admiration of some heroic or in any way especially elevated figure.

      [ACTIVITY], [ASCENDING], [HIGH-DEGREE], [OBJ=HU], [RATIONAL], [SUBJECTIVE]

      3. Yǎng 仰 (ant.* yì 易 "have no special respect for") refers to a distant veneration of some heroic or in any way especially elevated figure.

      [ACTIVITY], [ASCENDING], [HIGH-DEGREE], [OBJ=HU], [RATIONAL], [SUBJECTIVE]

      4. Shàng 尚 (ant. qīng 輕 "have no special respect for") refers to giving high practical priority to something or someone out of a sense of admiration or appreciation.

      [ACTIVITY], [ASCENDING], [OBJ=HU], [OVERT] [PUBLIC]

      5. Shàng 上 (ant. xià 下 "despise, have no special respect for") refer to giving high practical priority to something out of a sense of admiration or appreciation.

      [ASCENDING], [OBJ=NON-HU], [OBJECTIVE], [OVERT], [PUBLIC]

      6. Yòu 右 (ant. qīng 輕 "have no special respect for") refer to giving high practical priority to something or someone out of a sense of admiration or appreciation.

      [ACTIVITY], [ASCENDING], [OVERT], [PUBLIC]

      7. Měi 美 (ant. è 惡 "find despicable an dislikable") refers to an intense expressly subjective aesthetic or moral appreciation for something as admirable.

      [COVERT], [STATE], [SUBJECTIVE]

      8. Duō 多 (ant. shǎo 少 "feel no respect for") refers to an objective assessment of something as worthy of admiration.

      [COVERT], [OBJECTIVE], [RATIONAL], [STATE]

      9. Xiàn 羨 refers to rather personal and private admiration for something, and this admiration is sometimes mixed with envy.

      [COVERT], [EMOTIONAL], [STATE], [SUBJECTIVE]

    • HEAVY

      1. The dominant term is zhòng 重 (ant. qīng 輕 "light").

      Word relations
    • Ant: (LIGHTWEIGHT)重/HEAVY The dominant term is zhòng 重 (ant. qīng 輕 "light").
    • Ant: (UNIMPORTANT)重/IMPORTANT Zhòng 重 (ant. qīng 輕"of no consequence") focusses on what carries considerable weight in a certain context.
    • Ant: (WEAK)重/POWER Zhòng 重 refers to the actual political influence a person may have.
    • Object: (DESPISE)死/DIE The dominant general word is sǐ 死 (ant. shēng 生"be alive"), and this can refer to the death of plants as well as animals or men.
    • Epithet: (LIGHTWEIGHT)裘/CLOAK By far the most common word for a cloak or fur coat is qiú 裘, but the word refers specifically to the fur coat of which the fur turned towards the outside.
    • Epithet: (LIGHTWEIGHT)車 / 車/VEHICLE The current general term for a vehicle is chē 車, a term which also refers even more generally to all contraptions with wheels
    • Synon: (UNIMPORTANT)微/UNIMPORTANT Xì 細 (ant. jù 巨 "of tremendous importance") and wēi 微 (ant. dà 大 "of great importance") refer to things being trifling and without serious impact on a situation