Meaning
(surname); change; easy; simple
Chinese: 容易、改变；也可作姓氏。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “yi” becomes a different word in each tone. 易 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 容易róng yìeasy; straightforward; likely; liable to
- 交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction
- 轻易qīng yìeasy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
- 贸易mào yì(commercial) trade
- 不易bù yìnot easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging
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Example Sentence
这道题很容易。Zhè dào tí hěn róng yì.This problem is very easy.
这Zhèthis道dàoroad题títopic很hěnvery容易róng yìeasy。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph (read variously as a lizard, or one vessel pouring into another). It means ‘easy; to change, exchange, trade, swap; amiable; the Book of Changes (易经)’ (容易, 交易, 轻易).
A way to remember it
‘Easy’; and ‘to change / trade’: 容易 (easy), 交易 (trade).