不易

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: bùyì [Phonetic: búyì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyih
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 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

1. 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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: bùyì [Phonetic: búyì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyih
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 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

1. to be unchanging; to be unchangeable

Descendants

一定不易 (yīdìngbùyì)

不易之論／不易之论 (bùyìzhīlùn)