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便

biàn

HSK 5 Character

What 便 means

1. plain
2. informal
3. suitable
4. convenient
5. opportune
6. to urinate or defecate
7. equivalent to {就|jiù}: then
8. in that case
9. even if
10. soon afterwards

Other readings

便 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• piánused in {便宜|pián yi}; used in {便便|pián pián}; used in {便嬛|pián xuān}

Example sentences

• 随便！
  Whatever!
• 随便坐。
  Sit wherever you like.
• 我随便。
  With me everything is OK.
• 请随便选。
  You may choose whichever you like.
• 这很方便。
  That's very handy.
• 有奶便是娘
  If it gives milk, then it's your mother.

Words starting with 便

• 便宜pián yicheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage; to let sb off lightly
• 便利biàn lìconvenient; easy; to facilitate
• 便于biàn yúeasy to; convenient for
• 便条biàn tiáo(informal) note
• 便是biàn shì(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly
• 便衣biàn yīcivilian clothes; plain clothes; plainclothesman
• 便捷biàn jiéconvenient and fast
• 便道biàn dàopavement; sidewalk; shortcut
• 便当biàn dāngconvenient; handy; easy
• 便士biàn shì(loanword) pence; penny
• 便秘biàn mìconstipation; Taiwan pr. biàn bì
• 便利店biàn lì diànconvenience store
• 便装biàn zhuāngcasual dress
• 便服biàn fúeveryday clothes; informal dress; civilian clothes
• 便民biàn mínuser-friendly; convenient (for customers, citizens etc)
• 便宜货pián yi huòa bargain; cheap goods
• 便携式biàn xié shìportable
• 便便pián piánobese; bulging
• 便饭biàn fànan ordinary meal; simple home cooking
• 便中biàn zhōngat one's convenience; when it's convenient
• 便人biàn rénsb who happens to be on hand for an errand
• 便器biàn qìtoilet; urinal
• 便意biàn yìan urge to defecate
• 便所biàn suǒ(dialect) toilet; privy

Words containing 便

• 方便fāng biànconvenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare
• 随便suí biànas one wishes; as one pleases; at random
• 顺便shùn biànconveniently; in passing; without much extra effort
• 以便yǐ biànso that; so as to; in order to
• 即便jí biàneven if; even though; right away
• 不便bù biàninconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable
• 不方便bù fāng biàninconvenience; inconvenient
• 方便面fāng biàn miàninstant noodles
• 大便dà biànto defecate; excrement; feces
• 小便xiǎo biànurine; to urinate; (euphemism) penis or vulva
• 大小便dà xiǎo biànusing the toilet; urination and defecation
• 简便jiǎn biànsimple and convenient; handy
• 粪便fèn biànexcrement; feces; night soil
• 家常便饭jiā cháng biàn fànsimple home-style meal; common occurrence; nothing out of the ordinary
• 轻便qīng biànlightweight and portable; light and convenient
• 占便宜zhàn pián yiadvantageous; favorable; to benefit at others' expense
• 小便宜xiǎo pián yipetty advantage; small gains
• 大腹便便dà fù pián piánbig-bellied (idiom); paunchy
• 任便rèn biànas you see fit; to do as one likes
• 告便gào biànto ask to be excused; to ask leave to go to the toilet
• 就便jiù biànat one's convenience; while one is at it
• 得便dé biànat one's convenience; when one has time
• 未便wèi biànnot in a position to
• 活便huó biànnimble; agile; convenient

Characters that look like 便

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
• 侵qīnto invade; to encroach; to infringe
• 债zhàidebt
• 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 倪ní(literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity; (literary) to differentiate
• 俚lǐrustic; vulgar; unrefined

Sounds the same

Read biàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 变to change; to become different; to transform
• 遍everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
• 辩to dispute; to debate; to argue
• 辨to distinguish; to recognize
• 辫a braid or queue; to plait
• 卞hurried
• 汴name of a river in Henan; Henan
• 弁(old) cap (garment); military officer of low rank (in former times); preceding
• 苄benzyl (chemistry)
• 抃to applaud
• 昪(literary) (of sunlight) bright; (literary) happy; delighted (old variant of 忭
• 汳name of an ancient river in Henan