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易

yì

HSK 3 Character

What 易 means

1. easy
2. amiable
3. to change
4. to exchange
5. prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"

Other readings

易 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yìsurname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for {易经|Yì jīng})

Example sentences

• 纸易燃。
  Paper burns easily.
• 玻璃易碎。
  Bōli yìsuì.
  Glass breaks easily.
• 知易行难。
  It's one thing to make plans, but quite another to carry them out.
• 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.

Words starting with 易

• 易于yì yúvery likely; prone to
• 易懂yì dǒngeasy to understand
• 易经Yì jīngI Ching; Book of Changes
• 易学yì xuéeasy to learn
• 易拉罐yì lā guànpull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull)
• 易事yì shìeasy task
• 易如反掌yì rú fǎn zhǎngeasy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy; no effort at all
• 易主yì zhǔ(of property) to change owners; (of sovereignty, political power etc) to change hands
• 易感yì gǎnsusceptible
• 易手yì shǒuto change hands
• 易容yì róngto change one's appearance
• 易变yì biànmutable; volatile; variable
• 易取得yì qǔ déaccessible
• 易建联Yì Jiàn liánYi Jianlian (1987-), Chinese basketball player for the New Jersey Nets (NBA)
• 易理解yì lǐ jiěeasy to grasp; easily understood
• 易用性yì yòng xìngease of use; usability
• 易言之yì yán zhīin other words
• 易接近yì jiē jìnaccessible
• 易传Yì ZhuànYi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" 易经
• 易变质yì biàn zhìperishable
• 易游网Yì yóu WǎngezTravel, Taiwanese travel agency
• 易损性yì sǔn xìngvulnerability
• 易读yì dúlegible; readable
• 易挥发yì huī fāvolatile

Words containing 易

• 容易róng yìeasy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
• 贸易mào yì(commercial) trade
• 交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal
• 轻而易举qīng ér yì jǔeasy; with no difficulty
• 轻易qīng yìeasy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
• 好不容易hǎo bù róng yìwith great difficulty; very difficult
• 不易bù yìnot easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging
• 简易jiǎn yìsimple and easy; simplistic; simplicity
• 好容易hǎo róng yì(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time…
• 显而易见xiǎn ér yì jiànclearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly; it goes without saying
• 白居易Bái Jū yìBai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
• 周易Zhōu yìanother name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易经
• 路易斯Lù yì sīLouis or Lewis (name)
• 对外贸易duì wài mào yìforeign trade
• 来之不易lái zhī bù yì(idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained
• 平易近人píng yì jìn rénamiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing; modest and unassuming…
• 交易所jiāo yì suǒexchange; stock exchange
• 谈何容易tán hé róng yìeasier said than done (idiom)
• 难易nán yìdifficulty; degree of difficulty or ease
• 交易会jiāo yì huìtrade fair
• 贸易额mào yì évolume of trade (between countries)
• 交易日jiāo yì rì(finance) trading day
• 贸易中心mào yì zhōng xīntrade center; shopping mall
• 路易Lù yì(name) Louis

Characters that look like 易

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 姜jiāngginger
• 劵juànold variant of 倦
• 曷héwhy; how; when
• 昴mǎothe Pleiades

Sounds the same

Read yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 意(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 议to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
• 亿100 million
• 亦also
• 艺skill; art
• 译to translate; to interpret
• 忆to recollect; to remember; memory
• 谊friendship; also pr. yí
• 义justice; righteousness; meaning
• 益benefit; profit; advantage
• 裔(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands
• 异different; other; hetero-