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Chinese

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to hold; to contain; to allow
to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance
 
change; easy; simple
simp. and trad.
(容易ようい)
よう えき

Etymology

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Rebracketing of なに容易ようい (OC *ɡaːl loŋ leɡ, “how can one + change”) with influence from えき (OC *leːɡs, “easy”).

かんひとなにようえき容易よういれんつづりぶんもりあずかまたちゅう荀子うんゆるがせしかげん容易ようい後人こうじんとげてんしょうつてげんえきもの矢口やぐちけんげんよう [MSC, trad.]
ひとなにようえき容易ようい连缀ぶんもりあずかまたちゅう荀子うんゆるがせしかげん容易よういきさきじんとげ转相传飞げんえきもの矢口やぐちけんげんよう [MSC, simp.]
From: s:zh:通俗つうぞくへん/12
Hàn rén yǐ héróng èr zì yǐn yì zì, róngyì fēi liánzhuì wén, zì Dù shī yǔ fèn ǒu, yòu Yáng Jìng zhù Xúnzǐ yún, hūrán, yán róngyì yě, hòurén suì zhuǎnxiàng chuánfēi, yán yì zhě, shǐkǒu bì jiān yán róng. [Pinyin]
The Han people used the characters 'よう' and 'えき' to refer to the character 'えき'. '容易ようい' is not a compound word. Since Du Fu's poetry and the casual mention by Yang Jing in his commentary on Xunzi, stating 'suddenly' or 'speaking of ease', later generations have continuously passed this down. Those who speak of 'えき' invariably also mention 'よう'.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character よう えき
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (こえ) (36) (36)
Final (いん) (7) ささえ (11)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open Open
Division (ひとし) III III
Fanqie ふうきり きり
Baxter yowng yeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨoŋ/ /jiᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun
/jioŋ/ /jiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ioŋ/ /jɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/juawŋ/ /jiə̆H/
Li
Rong
/ioŋ/ /ieH/
Wang
Li
/jĭwoŋ/ /jǐeH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯woŋ/ /ie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jung4 ji6

Adjective

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容易ようい

  1. easy; simple
    容易ようい使用しよう  ―  róngyì shǐyòng  ―  to be easy to use
    戒煙わがそうぞうなか容易よういおおりょう [MSC, trad.]
    戒烟わがそうぞうなか容易よういおおりょう [MSC, simp.]
    Jièyān bǐ wǒ xiǎngxiàng zhōng róngyì duō le. [Pinyin]
    Quitting smoking was easier than I imagined.
  2. likely; liable; prone
    容易ようい發生はっせい容易ようい发生  ―  róngyì fāshēng  ―  to be likely to occur
    容易ようい洪水こうずい容易ようい洪水こうずい  ―  róngyì nào hóngshuǐ  ―  to be prone to flooding
    傷口きずぐち容易ようい感染かんせん伤口容易ようい感染かんせん  ―  Shāngkǒu róngyì gǎnrǎn.  ―  The wound can easily become infected.
  3. (colloquial, in rhetorical questions and negative sentences) having an easy life
    わが容易よういわがわが容易よういわが  ―  róngyì ma wǒ?  ―  How on earth do you think my life is easy?
  4. (literary) rash; hasty; careless; flippant
  5. (literary) impudent; wanton; unbridled
  6. (literary) negligent; careless

Synonyms

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  • (easy):

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (容易ようい):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
よう えき
よう
Grade: 5

Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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よう(よう)えき() (yōi-na (adnominal よう(よう)えき() (yōi na), adverbial よう(よう)えき() (yōi ni))

  1. easy, simple

Inflection

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Noun

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よう(よう)えき() (yōi

  1. ease, simplicity

Korean

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Hanja in this term
ようえき

Noun

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容易ようい (yong'i) (hangeul 용이)

  1. hanja form? of 용이 (easiness; simplicity)