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  ji6 jik6   jyutping
  yi4   pinyin
ji6 & yi4
[1] easy; simple; liable to
[2] amiable; lenient

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



adjectiveAdditional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 8
Level: 3
Radical: (#72)

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

This word has been viewed 12323 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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detail  jung4 ji6  rong2 yi4 = easy; easily
detail 貿  mau6 jik6  mao4 yi4 = trade
detail  ji6 seoi3  yi4 sui4 = fragile; breakable
detail  hing1 ji6  qing1 yi4 = easily, readily
detail  hin2 ji4 ji6 gin3  xian3 er2 yi4 jian4 = obviously; clearly
detail  gaau1 jik6  jiao1 yi4 = [n] transaction; deal
detail  gaan2 ji6  jian3 yi4 = simple; easy
detail  hou2 jung4 ji6  hao3 rong2 yi4 = with great difficulty (lit., "very easy")
detail  lou6 ji6 si1 on1 naa5  lu4 yi4 si1 an1 na4 = Louisiana
detail  bat1 ji6  bu2 yi4 = not easy to do sth.; difficult
See all 88 compounds (CantoDict reports 98 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 9 examples containing 易
detail audio 火雞唔係容易
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.
detail 烤火不是容易
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.
detail 機器好容易操作
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.]
detail audio 食咗腐敗食物容易生病
You are liable to get sick by eating putrid food.
detail 波斯語
Farsi is very easy to learn!
detail 媽媽屋企打理井井有條一啲
It is not an easy feat for Mommy to manage the house so neat and tidy.
detail audio 三萬買起易如反掌
Thirty thousand dollars to get someone to kill him, its easy.
detail 睇起困難但係落去好容易
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. ]
detail 一個人異鄉無根無蔃自己容易
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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