"不易" meaning in Chinese

See 不易 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pɐt̚⁵ jiː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/, /pɐt̚⁵ jiː²²/ Chinese transliterations: bùyì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ ji⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bùyì [Phonetic:búyì] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], bùyì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pu⁴-i⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], bù-yì [Mandarin, Yale, standard], buyih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], буи [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bui [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bāt yih [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ ji⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ yi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], pjuw|pjuwX|pjut yeH [Middle-Chinese], /*pə lek-s/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ' leːɡs/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 不易
  1. (literary) to be not easy Tags: literary Derived forms: 來之不易 (láizhībùyì), 来之不易 (láizhībùyì)
    Sense id: en-不易-zh-verb-uo6W1kiw Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 40 43 7 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 43 8 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/, /pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/ Chinese transliterations: bùyì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ jik⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bùyì [Phonetic:búyì] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], bùyì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pu⁴-i⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], bù-yì [Mandarin, Yale, standard], buyih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], буи [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bui [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bāt yihk [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ jik⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ yig⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], pjuw|pjuwX|pjut yek [Middle-Chinese], /*pə lek/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ' leɡ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 不易
  1. (literary) to not change Tags: literary Derived forms: 一定不易 (yīdìngbùyì), 不易之論 (bùyìzhīlùn), 不易之论 (bùyìzhīlùn), 千古不易
    Sense id: en-不易-zh-verb-SyWBj6LS Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 40 43 7 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 43 8 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "roman": "bùyìzhīlùn",
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "/*pə lek/"
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      "zh-pron": "/*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ' leɡ/"
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      "other": "[Phonetic: búyì]"
    },
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      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/"
    },
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      "other": "/*pə lek/"
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "láizhībùyì",
      "word": "來之不易"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láizhībùyì",
      "word": "来之不易"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "不易"
          },
          "expansion": "不易",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "不易",
            "2": "ふい",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "不易(ふい) (fui)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "불이(不易)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 불이(不易) (buri)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "不易",
            "2": "ふい",
            "3": "불이",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "不易",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "不易",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "不易",
            "v": "不易",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (不易):\n* → Japanese: 不易(ふい) (fui)\n* → Korean: 불이(不易) (buri)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "ふい",
            "3": "불이"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (不易):\n* → Japanese: 不易(ふい) (fui)\n* → Korean: 불이(不易) (buri)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (不易):\n* → Japanese: 不易(ふい) (fui)\n* → Korean: 불이(不易) (buri)"
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "不易",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "life is not easy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "shēnghuó bùyì",
          "text": "生活不易",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "To be a prince is difficult; to be a minister is not easy.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Wéi jūn nán, wéi chén bùyì.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "為君難,為臣不易。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "To be a prince is difficult; to be a minister is not easy.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Wéi jūn nán, wéi chén bùyì.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "为君难,为臣不易。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be not easy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to be not easy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyì [Phonetic:búyì]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buyih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jiː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pjuw|pjuwX|pjut yeH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*pə lek-s/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ' leːɡs/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búyì]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jiː²²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*pə lek-s/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ' leːɡs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不易"
}

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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 易",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese verbs",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yīdìngbùyì",
      "word": "一定不易"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùyìzhīlùn",
      "word": "不易之論"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùyìzhīlùn",
      "word": "不易之论"
    },
    {
      "word": "千古不易"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "不易"
          },
          "expansion": "不易",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "不%易",
            "2": "ふ%えき",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "不(ふ)易(えき) (fueki)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "불역(不易)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 불역(不易) (buryeok)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "不易",
            "2": "ふ%えき",
            "3": "불역",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "不易",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
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            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "不%易",
            "v": "不易",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (不易):\n* → Japanese: 不(ふ)易(えき) (fueki)\n* → Korean: 불역(不易) (buryeok)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "ふ%えき",
            "3": "불역",
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (不易):\n* → Japanese: 不(ふ)易(えき) (fueki)\n* → Korean: 불역(不易) (buryeok)"
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      "expansion": "不易",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "But that the superiors do nothing and yet thereby use the world in their service, and that the inferiors, while acting, be employed in the service of the world, is an unchangeable principle.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Shàng bì wúwéi ér yòng tiānxià, xià bì yǒuwéi wéi tiānxià yòng, cǐ bùyì zhī dào yě.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "上必無為而用天下,下必有為為天下用,此不易之道也。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "But that the superiors do nothing and yet thereby use the world in their service, and that the inferiors, while acting, be employed in the service of the world, is an unchangeable principle.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Shàng bì wúwéi ér yòng tiānxià, xià bì yǒuwéi wéi tiānxià yòng, cǐ bùyì zhī dào yě.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "上必无为而用天下,下必有为为天下用,此不易之道也。",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not change"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to not change"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jik⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyì [Phonetic:búyì]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buyih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yihk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jik⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yig⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pjuw|pjuwX|pjut yek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*pə lek/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ' leɡ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búyì]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*pə lek/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*pɯ|pɯʔ|pɯ' leɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不易"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 不易 meaning in Chinese (9.9kB)

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