容易 (jung4 ji6 | rong2 yi4) : easy; easily

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容易

jung4 ji6

rong2 yi4

easy; easily | [粵]: also 易 (ji6)

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 10,200,000

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

容易

This word has been viewed 7009 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by MrBug on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

容 jung4 - looks; appearance; forgive
易 ji6 jik6 - easy; change

3 compounds containing this word:

好容易 - with great difficulty (lit., "very easy")
使容易 - to make easy
談何容易 - easier said than done

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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.

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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