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方便

fāng biàn

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

方便 (fāng biàn) means "convenient". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 方便 means

1. convenient; suitable
2. to facilitate; to make things easy
3. having money to spare
4. euphemismto relieve oneself

The characters in 方便

• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright
• 便biànplain; informal; suitable

Example sentences

• 这很方便。
  That's very handy.
• 这方便得多了。
  It's much more convenient.
• 你什幺时候方便？
  When is it convenient for you?
• 您什幺时候方便？
  When would it be convenient for you?
• 八时半方便你吗？
  Would 8:30 be convenient for you?
• 六点钟你方便吗?
  Will six o'clock suit you?

Words starting with 方便

• 方便面fāng biàn miàninstant noodles
• 方便贴fāng biàn tiēPost-it note; sticky note

Words containing 方便

• 不方便bù fāng biàninconvenience; inconvenient
• 把方便当随便bǎ fāng biàn dàng suí biànto act unappreciatively in response to a kindness
• 与人方便，自己方便yǔ rén fāng biàn , zì jǐ fāng biànHelp others, and others may help you (idiom).

Where 方便 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sequence, Similarity & Remaining Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fāng biàn correctly.
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