FRIVOLOUS  輕浮輕／浮

UNRESTRAINED so as to LACK SERIOUSNESS.
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Antonym
  • SERIOUSEARNEST AND BELIEVING ONE'S ACTS to be IMPORTANT.
    Hypernym
    • UNRESTRAINEDLACK MODERATION AND ACT CONFORMING to one's DESIRES.
      • LACKSITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE.
        • SITUATIONRELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT.
          • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER....
    See also
    • INTIMATEINTERACT HARMONIOUSLY BECAUSE of MUTUAL LOVE.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      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.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      輕浮

      浮

      漂

      浮漂

      輕飄

      囂浮

      浮囂

      輕狂

      張狂

      輕舉妄動

      輕佻

      輕薄

      輕狂

      佻薄

      浪漫

      風騷

      騷

      妖艷

      冶艷

      妖冶

      妖媚

      肉麻

      癲狂

      狎昵

      骨頭輕

      嗲

      嗲溜溜

      嗲聲嗲氣

      妖�塈祚�

      搔首弄姿

      肉麻當有趣

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

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      Words

      輕  qìng OC: kheŋs MC: khiɛŋ
      輕  qīng OC: kheŋ MC: khiɛŋ 12 Attributions

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

        Word relations

        Syntactic words
      • vadVlightly, without proper consideration of a matter
      • vifigurativebe easy-going; superficial; frivolous; be flippant; lack gravity and seriousness and be therefore over-confident
      偷  tōu 4 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vadNirresponsible, opportunist, unprincipledLZ
      • vadVirresponsibly, in an unprincipled wayLZ
      • viunprincipledCH
      易  yì OC: leeɡs MC: jiɛ 2 Attributions

        Syntactic words
      • nabactfailure to act seriously
      • v[adN]frivolous people
      • vtoNreflexive.自allow oneself to be frivolous; be indulgentCH
      浮  fú OC: bu MC: bɨu 2 Attributions

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

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 妄/CRAZY
      • Assoc: 淫/UNRESTRAINED Yín 淫 can come to refer to extravagance as a symptom of general indulgence.
      • Assoc: 華/EXTRAVAGANT Huá 華 is purely demonstrative conspicuous and aesthetically elaborate consumption.　huā???
      • Assoc: 虛/EMPTY The most geneal word is xū 虛 (ant. shí 實 "substantial and full") which can refer both to physical emptiness of a space and to abstract emptiness or tenuousness as a philosophical concept.
      • Assoc: 華/BEAUTIFUL Huá 華"of striking and colourful beauty" (ant. sú 俗 "vulgar") focusses on flourishing and flamboyant superficial or only apparent beauty, on the analogy analogy with that of flowers. [ARTIFICIAL], [ELEVATED], NON-HUMAN], [SUPERFICIAL]

        Syntactic words
      • nabpsychfrivolousness (GUOYU)
      • vadNfrivolous, unserious; without serious employment
      浮漫  fú màn OC: bu moons MC: bɨu mʷɑn 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • VPadNfrivolous
      輕窕  qīng tiǎo OC: kheŋ ɡ-leewʔ MC: khiɛŋ deu 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • VPibe uncommitted; be frivolous
      輕躁  qīng zào OC: kheŋ tsaaws MC: khiɛŋ tsɑu 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPabfickleness; frivolity; irresponsibility
      僄棄  piào qì MC: phjiewH khjijH OC: phews khilsLZ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • VPireckless, frivolousLZ
      輕楛  qīng hù MC: khjieng -- OC: kheŋ ɡaaʔLZ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • VPifrivolousLZ
      浮淫  fú yín MC: bjuw yim OC: bu --CH 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • VPadNfrivolous; socio-politically unseriousCH
      佻  tiāo OC: kh-leew MC: theu 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vifrivolous
      僄  piào OC: phews MC: phiɛu 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vifrivolous
      專輒  zhuān zhé OC: tjon nteb MC: tɕiɛn ʈiɛp 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPabactfrivolous, wanton exercise 北齊 顏之推 《顏氏家訓‧書證》：“ 西晉 已往字書，何可全非，但令體例成就，不為專輒耳。”
      幡幡  fān fān OC: phan phan MC: phi̯ɐn phi̯ɐn 0 Attributions

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

        Syntactic words
      • vi.redintensitivefrivolous (SHI)

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: