容 (jung4 | rong2) : looks; appearance; forgive

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容

jung4

rong2

[1] [n] looks; appearance; figure; form; face; expression; countenance [2] [v] contain; hold [3] [v] allow; permit [4] [v] forgive; pardon [5] [v] forbear; [n] forbearance

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

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

容

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:58

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容易 jung4 ji6 rong2 yi4 = easy; easily

內容 noi6 jung4 nei4 rong2 = contents

形容詞 jing4 jung4 ci4 xing2 rong2 ci2 = adjective

不容 bat1 jung4 bu4 rong2 = to not tolerate

容器 jung4 hei3 rong2 qi4 = container

容忍 jung4 jan2 rong2 ren3 = to tolerate

容積 jung4 zik1 rong2 ji1 = volume

容納 jung4 naap6 rong2 na4 = to contain

容許 jung4 heoi2 rong2 xu3 = to allow

容量 jung4 loeng6 rong2 liang4 = capacity
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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.

〝先進〞係咩詞性呀？／係一個形容詞粵
What part of speech does "先進" belong to? / It's an adjective.
[Lit. "advanced" is what part-of-speech [particle]? / is one [counter] adjective.]

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

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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Decimal representation of this word: 容
Unicode code for this character: U+5BB9 (off-site link)

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