HSK 5 HSK V6
Correct

好容易

/ hǎo róngyì /
Strokes
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Formula

1
好容易
2
好不容易 + 才 ……

Definition

好容易/好不容易 + 才 ……, both, 好容易 and 好不容易 mean 非常不容易 (very difficult). The whole pattern means that it is extremely difficult to do or finish something.

Example

好容易 and 好不容易 + 才 ……
When 好容易 and 好不容易 share the same meaning, they usually serve as the adverbials in the sentence and are followed by the 才. When 好容易 is not used as an adverbial, it still expresses the meaning of 非常容易 (very easy).
好容易 好不容易 + 才 ……
1
jiā
你家
zhēn
nán
zhǎo
  
,
hǎoróng
好容易
  
(
hǎoróng
好不容易
  
)
cái
zhǎodào
找到
  

Your home is really hard to find, I just managed to find it.

2
Xiǎoshēng
小声
diǎnr  
点儿
  
,
háizi
孩子
hǎoróng
好容易
  
(
hǎoróng
好不容易
  
)
cái
shuìzhāo
睡着
  

Be quiet, it's hard for children to fall asleep.

3
shuō
de
hǎo
róng
容易
  
,
yào
zuò
de
huà
jiù
dìng
一定
me
那么
róng
容易
le
  
  
(
hǎoróng
好容易
serveascomplementhere
serveascomplementhere
  
.
  
)

You speaks so easily, but it's not so easy if you do it. (好容易 means very easy here.)

Exercise

Rewrite the sentence with 好容易/好不容易 + 才……

 

1. 这篇文章我看了两遍才看懂。

2. 我记了很长时间才记住这些生词。

3. 我花了好几个小时才把房间收拾干净。

4. 这件事情解释了好几回才解释清楚。

5. 我考了两次,终于通过了考试。

6. 我做了好长时间,终于把作业做完了。