談何容易

See also: 谈何容易

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tánhéróngyì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tánhéróngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnherrongyih
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰa̠n³⁵ xɤ³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵ i⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: /dɑm ɦɑ jɨoŋ jiᴇ^H/▼

Rime
Character	談	何	容	易
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	匣 (33)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	歌 (94)	鍾 (7)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III	III
Fanqie	徒甘切	胡歌切	餘封切	以豉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑm/	/ɦɑ/	/jɨoŋ/	/jiᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑm/	/ɦɑ/	/jioŋ/	/jiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑm/	/ɣɑ/	/ioŋ/	/jɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dam/	/ɦa/	/juawŋ/	/jiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/dɑm/	/ɣɑ/	/ioŋ/	/ie^H/
Wang Li	/dɑm/	/ɣɑ/	/jĭwoŋ/	/jǐe^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑm/	/ɣɑ/	/i̯woŋ/	/ie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán	hé	yóng	yì

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*l'aːm ɡaːl loŋ leːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	何	容	容	易
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	róng	róng	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ha ›	‹ yowng ›	‹ yowng ›	‹ ye^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˤaj/	/*[ɢ](r)oŋ/	/*[ɢ](r)oŋ/	/*lek-s/
English	what	contain	appearance	easy
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	談	何	容	易
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1	1/2
No.	14292	7458	4284	15029
Phonetic component	炎	可	谷	易
Rime group	談	歌	東	賜
Rime subdivision	1	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	談	何	容	易
Old Chinese	/*l'aːm/	/*ɡaːl/	/*loŋ/	/*leːɡs/
Notes			說文古文從公，小徐作谷聲

Etymology 1

		to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname		change; easy; simple
trad. (談何容易)		談	何容	易
simp. (谈何容易)		谈	何容	易

Phrase

談何容易

people should not criticize or comment rashly
先生曰：於戲，可乎哉？可乎哉？談何容易！ [MSC, trad.]
先生曰：于戏，可乎哉？可乎哉？谈何容易！ [MSC, simp.]
From: 《文選•東方朔〈非有先生論〉》
Xiānshēng yuē: yúxì, kě hū zāi? Kě hū zāi? Tán héróng yì! [Pinyin]
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Etymology 2

		to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname	carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which	easy; simple; likely easy; simple; likely; liable
trad. (談何容易)		談	何	容易
simp. (谈何容易)		谈	何	容易

Idiom

談何容易

easier said than done

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