Chinese Notes

易 yì

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)
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)
yì proper noun Yi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '易' n 2)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
yì verb to clear away weeds and bushes
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (XHZD '易' 6, p. 891)
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)
yì verb to lighten; to facilitate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '易' MC yeH 1a, p. 549)
yì verb to be at ease
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '易' MC yeH 3, p. 549)
yì adjective flat [terrain]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '易' MC yeH 4, p. 549)
yì adjective managed well; cultivated well
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '易' MC yeH 5, p. 549)
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

贸易顺差(貿易順差) trade surplus
移风易俗(移風易俗) change customs and alter habits
皎皎者易污 Virtue is easily sullied.
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
易于 to be very likely; to be prone to ; very likely; prone to
江山易改，本性难移(江山易改，本性難移) it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character; you can't change who you are
性交易 prostitution; commercial sex; the sex trade
简易(簡易) simple; easy ; abridged ; amiable
易溶 soluble
双边贸易(雙邊貿易) bilateral trade
易受攻击(易受攻擊) vulnerable
线上交易(線上交易) electronic transaction; online transaction
交易税(交易稅) transaction tax
奢易俭难(奢易儉難) easy to become accustomed to luxury, hard to become accustomed to frugality
好不容易 with great difficulty; very difficult
路易斯 Louis or Lewis (name)
世界贸易组织(世界貿易組織) World Trade Organization (WTO)
简易棚(簡易棚) makeshift shelter; awning
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.
贸易保护主义(貿易保護主義) protectionism
交易会(交易會) trade fair
交易市场(交易市場) exchange; trading floor
平易 amiable; unassuming ; written in plain language
易建联(易建聯) Yi Jianlian
贸易协定(貿易協定) trade agreement
交易者 dealer
饥者易为食(飢者易為食) a starving person is not picky about food
中国国际贸易促进委员会(中國國際貿易促進委員會) China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
以物易物 to barter; barter
改弦易辙(改弦易轍) change of string, move out of rut; dramatic change of direction; to dance to a different tune
贸易(貿易) trade ; to exchange
知易行难(知易行難) easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice; easier said than done
欧洲自由贸易联盟(歐洲自由貿易聯盟) European Free Trade Association
易饥症(易飢症) bulimia
易言之 in other words
贸易公司(貿易公司) trading company
牵马到河易，强马饮水难(牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難) You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
北京产权交易所(北京產權交易所) China Beijing Equity Exchange (CBEX)
饑者易为食(饑者易為食) a starving person is not picky about food
贸易战(貿易戰) trade war
易见(易見) easily seen; easily understood

Also contained in

易传、易游网、周易、特易购、首都经济贸易大学、郑易里、易用性、路易·皮埃尔·阿尔都塞、伦敦证券交易所、易趣

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卷九十六志第七十二藝文一 Volume 96 Treatises 72: Arts and Literature 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 122
卷二百〇二志第一百五十五藝文一 Volume 202 Treatises 155: Arts and Literature 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 96
卷一百八十六志第一百三十九食貨下八 Volume 186 Treatises 139: Finance and Economics 2h History of Song 宋史 — count: 91
卷四十八　志第二十九:　食貨三錢幣 Volume 48 Treatises 29: Finance and Economics 3 - Money History of Jin 金史 — count: 47
卷一百六十六列傳第一百十六: 元稹白居易 Volume 166 Biographies 116: Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 47
卷二十九魏書二十九方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 45
卷34　志第29 經籍三 Volume 34 Treatises 29: Bibliography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 41
卷二百六十六列傳第二十五錢若水蘇易簡郭贄李至辛仲甫王沔溫仲舒王化基 Volume 266 Biographies 25: Qian Ruoshui, Su Yijian, Guo Zhi, Li Zhi, Xin Zhongfu, Wang Mian, Wen Zhongshu, Wang Huaji History of Song 宋史 — count: 41
卷八十八儒林傳 Volume 88: Confucian Scholars Book of Han 漢書 — count: 41
卷四十八 Scroll 48 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 39

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
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
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
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
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
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
易种 (易種) 無俾易種于茲新邑 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書盤庚中 Shang Shu - Pan Geng II — count: 2