不易

Chinese

Etymology 1

		not; no	easy
simp. and trad. (不易)		不	易

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùyì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ji⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: bùyì [Phonetic: búyì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyih
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    不亦
    不意
    不易
    不義／不义
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ ji⁶
  - Yale: bāt yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiː²²/

Verb

不易

to be not easy

Descendants

來之不易／来之不易 (láizhībùyì)

Etymology 2

		not; no	to change
simp. and trad. (不易)		不	易

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùyì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: bùyì [Phonetic: búyì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyih
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    不亦
    不意
    不易
    不義／不义
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ jik⁶
  - Yale: bāt yihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/

Verb

不易

to be unchanging; to be unchangeable

Descendants

一定不易 (yīdìngbùyì)

不易之論／不易之论 (bùyìzhīlùn)

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