好容易

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	easy; simple; likely easy; simple; likely; liable; prone
trad. (好容易)		好	容易
simp. #(好容易)		好	容易

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoróngyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² jung⁴ ji⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-iông-ī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoróngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoróngyì
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-jung²-i⁴
    • Yale: hǎu-rúng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haorongyih
    • Palladius: хаожунъи (xaožunʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² jung⁴ ji⁶
    • Yale: hóu yùhng yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² jung⁴ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² yung⁴ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ jʊŋ²¹ jiː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-iông-ī
    • Tâi-lô: hó-iông-ī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoyiong'i
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ¹³⁻²² i²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² i²²/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 好容易

1. (literally) so easy; not difficult at all
2. (idiomatic, often used adverbially) with much difficulty; very difficult

Usage notes

• This is a contranym. Its meaning varies depending on its position and part of speech in a sentence.

Synonyms

• (so easy): (Cantonese) 容乜易
• (with much difficulty): 好不容易 (hǎobùróngyì)

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