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好容易 (hou2 jung4 ji6) — with great difficulty (lit., "very easy"). Mostly used in an ironic context to mean the opposite of its literal meaning (i.e., 好唔容易) in Cantonese

houˊ²好jungˎ₄容jiˍ₆易
Mandarin Pinyin: hao3 rong2 yi4

Meaning of 好容易

nounwith great difficulty (lit., "very easy"). Mostly used in an ironic context to mean the opposite of its literal meaning (i.e., 好唔容易)

Example Sentences with 好容易

niˉ¹呢bouˍ₆部geiˉ¹機hei˗₃器houˊ²好jungˎ₄容jiˍ₆易couˉ¹操zok˗₃作。
It's easy to operate this machine.
neˉ¹呢ginˍ₆件siˍ₆事taiˊ²睇heiˊ²起laiˎ₄嚟houˊ²好kwan˗₃困naan4,難﹐daanˍ₆但haiˏ₅係zouˍ₆做lokˍ₆落heoi˗₃去houˊ²好jungˎ₄容jiˍ₆易。
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
gam˗₃咁joengˍ₆樣houˊ²好jungˎ₄容jiˍ₆易hingˉ¹輕seon˗₃信
It's so easy to be easily deceived this way.
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Characters in 好容易

好hou2
well; all right; okay
容jung4
allow; permit
易ji6
ji6 & yi4

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