不容易

bù róngyì
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 not easy; difficult
  2. 2 to have a hard time (of a person)

Examples

HSK 1
Xuéhǎo Zhōngwén bù róngyì.
Learning Chinese well isn't easy.
HSK 4
Tā jì yào shàngbān yòu yào dài háizi, zhēn bù róngyì.
She has to work and look after the kids too; she really has it hard.

Tips

usage
Said about a person, 不容易 is sympathy: 你也不容易 'you've had it hard too'. Don't confuse it with 好不容易, which means 'only with great difficulty, at last': 好不容易才买到票 'finally managed to get tickets'. 不易 is the formal written word.

Stroke Order

不 bù
容 róng
易 yì