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 word has been viewed 11736 times since 30th Oct 2012, 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

陣容 zan6 jung4 zhen4 rong2 = troop formation

收容 sau1 jung4 shou1 rong2 = take in; accommodate

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
See all 78 compounds (CantoDict reports 82 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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.]

呢部機器好容易操作。粵
It's easy to operate this machine.
[Whilst the English version needs a dummy subject "it", the Chinese version needs no subject with "this machine" functioning as a topic of the sentence.]

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

呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。粵
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
[Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]

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
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