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便當

简便当 · 繁便當

Mandarin · pinyin biàn dāng

convenient
handy
easy
bento (a meal in a partitioned box)
lunchbox

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便: biàn · convenience, ease; expedient
當: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
当: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just

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4–1 · bian4 dang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bin6 dong3

Cantonese word readings for 便當. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj · Etymology 1

(regional) convenient; easy

conj · Etymology 1

even if

noun · Etymology 2

(originally Taiwanese Mandarin) bento; lunchbox

verb · Etymology 2

(slang) synonym of 領便當 /领便当 (lǐng biàndāng)

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