易 (ji6 jik6 | yi4) : easy; change

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易

ji6 jik6

yi4

ji6 & yi4
[1] easy; simple; liable to
[2] amiable; lenient

jik6 & yi4
[1] change; replace
[2] exchange; barter
[3] a Chinese family name

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

易

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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容易 jung4 ji6 rong2 yi4 = easy; easily

貿易 mau6 jik6 mao4 yi4 = trade

輕易 hing1 ji6 qing1 yi4 = easily, readily

貨易 fo3 jik6 = trading

顯而易見 hin2 ji4 ji6 gin3 xian3 er2 yi4 jian4 = obviously; clearly

交易 gaau1 jik6 jiao1 yi4 = [n] transaction; deal

簡易 gaan2 ji6 jian3 yi4 = simple; easy

好容易 hou2 jung4 ji6 hao3 rong2 yi4 = with great difficulty (lit., "very easy")

路易斯安那 lou6 ji6 si1 on1 naa5 lu4 yi4 si1 an1 na4 = Louisiana

不易 bat1 ji6 bu2 yi4 = not easy to do sth.; difficult 國
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Showing all 7 examples containing 易

火雞煮得好唔係容易粵
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.

烤火雞不是一件容易的事國
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.

食咗腐敗嘅食物容易生病。粵
You are liable to get sick by eating putrid food.

波斯語好易學！國
Farsi is very easy to learn!

媽媽將屋企打理到井井有條一啲都唔易粵
It is not an easy feat for Mommy to manage the house so neat and tidy.

三萬蚊買起佢，易如反掌粵
Thirty thousand dollars to get someone to kill him, its easy.

一個人喺異鄉無根無蔃，咩都要靠自己，真唔容易粵
To be alone in a foreign place without the support from family or society, one has to be very independent; and that can be very trying.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 易
Unicode code for this character: U+6613 (off-site link)

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