HSK 3 · Adjectives

容易 róngyì “easy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 容易 means

  1. easy
  2. likely
  3. liable to
  4. straightforward
  5. apt to

How to say 容易

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale容róng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale易yì4th tone, falling

容易 in a sentence

  1. 他很容易感冒。

    Tā hěn róngyì gǎnmào.

    He catches colds easily.

    Sentence #826143 from Tatoeba

  2. 这一点都不容易。

    Zhè yìdiǎn dōu bù róngyì.

    It’s not easy at all.

    Sentence #10184254 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 它比我想的容易。

    Tā bǐ wǒ xiǎng de róngyì.

    It’s easier than I thought.

    Sentence #881088 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 容易 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 容 (róng) with each of its parts in a different colour
容róngto hold
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 谷valley · gǔ

Memory aidA roof 宀 over a valley 谷, with room to hold things: to contain.

The character 易 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
易yìeasy
  • 日sun · rì
  • 勿must not · wù

How to write 容易

容 10 strokes · 易 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

容易 (róngyì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 容易 (róngyì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 容易

Words with 容

内容nèiróng · content形容xíngróng · to describe容貌róngmào · looks阵容zhènróng · line-up (of a team or cast)容纳róngnà · to hold从容cóngróng · calm宽容kuānróng · tolerant容忍róngrěn · to tolerate容器róngqì · container刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

Words with 易

贸易màoyì · (commercial) trade轻易qīngyì · easily交易jiāoyì · transaction

More words: Adjectives

胖pàng · fat奇怪qíguài · strange清楚qīngchu · clear热情rèqíng · cordial瘦shòu · thin特别tèbié · special新鲜xīnxiān · fresh experience有名yǒumíng · famous

FAQs

容易 (róngyì) means “easy” or “likely”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it róngyì: róng with a 2nd tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 容易 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rongyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 容易 from the suggestions. Typing rongyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
容易 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.