qīng​zhuó

clarity and turbidity

清浊 清濁 qīng​zhuó
clarity and turbidity
the degree of cleanliness or muddiness of water or other liquids
good and bad
metaphor for the distinction between the clear and the dark, the honest and the corrupt, or the superior and the inferior
voiceless and voiced
in linguistics, the distinction between voiceless sounds (where the vocal cords do not vibrate) and voiced sounds
cosmic dualities
the distinction between clear, light qi (associated with heaven) and heavy, murky qi (associated with earth) in classical cosmology
pitch and timbre
the distinction between clear, high-pitched sounds and heavy, low-pitched sounds in music

Frequency

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0.270 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)