汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 轻声
轻声 (輕聲)
quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress
低声。 汉语有些词里的音节或句子里的词的音,念得又轻又短,叫做"轻声",也叫"轻音"。轻声现象跟前后语音环境﹑音的高低﹑长短和音质都有一定关系,跟语法也有密切关系,有时还有辨别词义的作用。如普通语中的"了﹑着﹑的"等虚词和做后缀的"子﹑头"等字都念轻声。有些双音词的第二字也念轻声,如"梦卜"的"卜","地方"的"方"。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

轻声咂咂嘴。

He tut-tutted under his breath.

银行家轻声笑了,说道,“当然不。”

The banker chuckled and said, "Of course not."

轻声哼唱了一支摇篮曲。

She gently crooned a lullaby.

松滋方言的轻声音节只有音高特征,但轻声前字曲拱特征仍然保留着;

The unstressed syllable in Songzi dialect has only the pitch characteristic, but there remains the arch characteristic of the word previous to the unstressed sound.

“我在这儿呢。”她轻声说。

'I'm over here,' she breathed.

轻声嘀咕道:“她怎么敢。”

'How dare she,' he muttered under his breath.

在阅览室里,轻声说话,以免打扰别人。

Talk softly in the reading room in order not to disturb others.

野山羊在下面山坡上咩咩地轻声叫着。

From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly.

鼹鼠莫尔听见他轻声自言自语道:“嗨!”

The Mole heard him saying quietly to himself, "Hullo!"

“我尽全力帮忙了。”“当然。”他轻声低语道。

'I did all I could to help.' 'Of course,' he murmured gently.