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容易

róng yì

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

容易 (róng yì) means "easy; straightforward". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 容易 means

1. easy; straightforward
2. likely; liable to; apt to

The characters in 容易

• 容róngto hold; to contain; to allow
• 易yìeasy; amiable; to change

Example sentences

• 说得容易。
  It is easy to talk.
• 这很容易。
  This is easy.
• 可不容易。
  It hasn't been easy.
• 这车容易开。
  This car handles very easily.
• 纸容易着火。
  Paper burns easily.
• 第二课容易。
  Lesson Two is easy.

Words containing 容易

• 好不容易hǎo bù róng yìwith great difficulty; very difficult
• 好容易hǎo róng yì(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time…
• 谈何容易tán hé róng yìeasier said than done (idiom)
• 请神容易送神难qǐng shén róng yì sòng shén nánit's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
• 步子太大，容易扯着蛋bù zi tài dà , róng yì chě zhe dànif you take too big a stride, you could easily rip your balls (catchphrase)…

Where 容易 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Qualities, Adverbs & Degree Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read róng yì correctly.
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