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

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

好容易

(literally) so easy; not difficult at all
(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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