adjective HSK 2
easy · likely · liable to
Meaning
容易 means 'easy' or 'simple to do.' It describes tasks, actions, or situations that require little effort or difficulty. It can also mean 'prone to' or 'likely to' when describing tendencies.
Usage
容易 typically appears before verbs to describe ease of action (容易学 'easy to learn'). It can also indicate susceptibility (容易感冒 'catches colds easily'). While 简单 also means 'simple,' 容易 specifically emphasizes the lack of difficulty in doing something. Very commonly used in everyday speech.
Examples
- 01这道题很容易,我五分钟就做完了。, .This problem is very easy; I finished it in five minutes.
- 02他感冒了,所以最近很容易累。, .He has a cold, so he gets tired easily lately.
Characters
Common collocations
- 容易...容易...... ...easy to... easy to... (parallel structure)
- 很容易very easy
- 不容易not easy, difficult
- 容易得多much easier
Antonyms
Origin
The character 容 originally meant 'to contain' or 'accommodate,' while 易 meant 'easy' or 'to change.' Together they came to mean something that can be easily accommodated or accomplished.