trade ⇒ 他们在交易股票。 Tāmen zài jiāoyì gǔpiào. → They are trading shares. ⇒ 新产品开始上市交易。 Xīn chǎnpǐn kāishǐ shàngshì jiāoyì. → The new products have gone onto the market. ⇒ 电子市场里交易很红火。 Diànzǐ shìchǎng li jiāoyì hěn hónghuǒ. → Trade in the electronics market is flourishing.
容易
( 简便 ) easy ⇒ 学好一门外语不容易。 Xuéhǎo yī mén wàiyǔ bù róngyì. → Learning a foreign language isn't easy. ⇒ 英文录入比中文录入容易。 Yīngwén lùrù bǐ zhōngwén lùrù róngyì. → It's easier to type in English than it is to type in Chinese.
平易
amiable
简易
simple
贸易
trade ⇒ 他在一家对外贸易公司工作。 Tā zài yī jiā duìwài màoyì gōngsī gōngzuò. → He works for a company that's engaged in foreign trade.
轻易
( 容易 ) easily ⇒ 这些资料不是轻易能得到的。 Zhèxiē zīliào bùshì qīngyì néng dédào de. → These materials are not easily obtained.
好容易
with great effort
易拉罐
can
易如反掌
easy as falling off a log
显而易见
obvious
来之不易
be hard to come by
谈何容易
easier said than done
轻而易举
without effort
English translation of '易'
易
(yì)
形
(= 容易) easy
⇒ 易传染 (yì chuánrǎn) easily transmissible
⇒ 不讲卫生，易得传染病。 (Bù jiǎng wèishēng, yì dé chuánrǎnbìng.) If you're not careful about hygiene, it's easy to get an infection.
(= 和气) amiable
⇒ 平易近人 (píng yì jìn rén) amiable and easy to get on with