容易róng yìeasy; straightforward
容易 (róng yì) means "easy; straightforward" or "likely; liable to; apt to." It appears in 这个题很容易。 (This question is easy.) and 冬天人很容易生病。 (In winter people get sick easily.) In the dialogue, B finds a test question easy. Then A coughs, and B warns that people fall ill easily in winter.
What does 容易 mean?
- 1.
easy; straightforwardadjective
- 2.
likely; liable to; apt toadjective
What do the characters in 容易 mean?
- 容to allow
- 易easy
How do you use 容易?
See it in 很容易 and 容易生病
What are some examples of 容易 in a sentence?
How is 容易 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你会做第一个题吗?
Nǐ huì zuò dì yī ge tí ma?
Can you do the first question?
- Speaker B:
会,这个题很容易。
Huì, zhège tí hěn róngyì.
Yes, this question is easy.
- Speaker A:
太好了。我今天有点儿不舒服。
Tài hǎo le. Wǒ jīntiān yǒudiǎnr bù shūfu.
Great. I feel a bit unwell today.
- Speaker B:
多穿衣服,冬天人很容易生病。
Duō chuān yīfu, dōngtiān rén hěn róngyì shēngbìng.
Wear more clothes; in winter people get sick easily.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.