易 yì

1. yì adjective easy; simple
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In Literary Chinese, this adjective can act as a verb phrase or as a complement (Guoyu '易' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '易' MC yeH 1, p. 549; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 42; Unihan '易'; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 2609; XHZD '易' 1, p. 891)
2. yì verb to change
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 改变 (Guoyu '易' v 2; Kroll 2015 '易' MC yek 1, p. 549; Unihan '易'; XHZD '易' 3, p. 891)
3. yì proper noun Yi
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '易' n 2)
4. yì proper noun Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
   Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Book Title 书名
   Notes: An abbreviation for 易經 (Guoyu '易' n 1; Kroll 2015 '易' MC yek 1a, p. 549)
5. yì verb to exchange; to swap
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 交换 (Guoyu '易' v 1; Kroll 2015 '易' 2, p. 549; XHZD '易' 4, p. 891)
6. yì adjective gentle; mild; moderate; nice; amiable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 平和 or 和蔼 (Guoyu '易' adj 2; XHZD '易' 2, p. 891)
7. yì verb to despise; to scorn; to belittle to disrespect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 轻视 or 轻慢 (Guoyu '易' v 2; Kroll 2015 '易' MC yeH 2, p. 549; XHZD '易' 5, p. 891)
8. yì verb to govern; to administer; to control
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 治理 (Guoyu '易' v 3)
9. yì verb to clear away weeds and bushes
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '易' 6, p. 891)
10. yì noun a border; a limit
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 埸 (Kroll 2015 '易' MC yek 3, p. 549)
11. yì verb to lighten; to facilitate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '易' MC yeH 1a, p. 549)
12. yì verb to be at ease
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '易' MC yeH 3, p. 549)
13. yì adjective flat [terrain]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '易' MC yeH 4, p. 549)
14. yì adjective managed well; cultivated well
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '易' MC yeH 5, p. 549)
15. yì verb [of a field] to lie fallow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '易' MC yeH 5a, p. 549)

Contained in

• 亲疏改易(親疏改易) changed by affinity or distance
• 世界贸易组织(世界貿易組織) World Trade Organization (WTO)
• 双边贸易(雙邊貿易) bilateral trade
• 平易 amiable; unassuming ; written in plain language
• 使容易 to facilitate
• 贸易组织(貿易組織) trade organization
• 始终不易(始終不易) from beginning to end not changing; unswerving
• 易读(易讀) legible; readable
• 简易爆炸装置(簡易爆炸裝置) improvised explosive device (IED)
• 上海证券交易所综合股价指(上海證券交易所綜合股價指) Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Composite Index
• 好容易 easily ; with great difficulty; more easily said than done
• 易溶 soluble
• 易守难攻(易守難攻) easily guarded, hard to attack
• 更易 to replace
• 易受攻击(易受攻擊) vulnerable
• 易科罚金(易科罰金) to commute a prison sentence to a fine
• 千军易得，一将难求(千軍易得，一將難求) Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general.
• 路易斯 Louis or Lewis (name)
• 易见(易見) easily seen; easily understood
• 控辩交易(控辯交易) plea bargaining; plea agreement
• 进行交易(進行交易) to carry out a transaction
• 明枪易躲，暗箭难防(明槍易躲，暗箭難防) easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark
• 风移俗易(風移俗易) change customs and alter habits
• 易于 to be very likely; to be prone to ; very likely; prone to
• 易取得 accessible
• 来得容易，去得快(來得容易，去得快) Easy come, easy go.
• 易损性(易損性) vulnerability
• 易如翻掌 as easy as turning over your palms
• 贸易协定(貿易協定) trade agreement
• 请神容易送神难(請神容易送神難) it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
• 不容易 not easy; difficult
• 贸易额(貿易額) volume of trade (between countries)
• 贸易顺差(貿易順差) trade surplus
• 江山易改禀性难移(江山易改稟性難移) rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
• 关税与贸易总协定(關稅與貿易總協定) GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• 移风易俗(移風易俗) change customs and alter habits

Also contained in

米易县 、 易趣 、 路易·皮埃尔·阿尔都塞 、 易门 、 深圳交易所 、 简易信息聚合 、 路易斯安那州 、 白居易 、 对外贸易经济合作部 、 上海证券交易所 、 易用性 、 圣路易斯 、 香港贸易发展局 、 国家军品贸易管理委员会 、 国家军品贸易局

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Collocations

• 易辞 (易辭) 俾君子易辭 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 秦誓 Zhou Shu - Speech of the Marquis of Qin — count: 6
• 易奈何 (易奈何) 其易奈何 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 言易 (言易) 且言易也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 易子 (易子) 敝邑易子而食 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 易灾 (易災) 以為唯未易災之餘 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 易取 (易取) 不正其因人之力而易取之 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 未易 (未易) 以為唯未易災之餘 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 君子易 (君子易) 俾君子易辭 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 秦誓 Zhou Shu - Speech of the Marquis of Qin — count: 3
• 易牙 (易牙) 易牙入 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 民易 (民易) 民易資者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2