便
Meanings · bin6
- ordinary
- plain
- convenient
- as convenient
- when the chance arises
- handy
- easy
- informal
- simple
- so
- thus
- to relieve oneself
- to urinate
- to defecate
- equivalent to 就: then
- in that case
- even if
- soon afterwards
- side
Meanings · bin2
- casual
- careless
- to do as one pleases
Meanings · pin4
- cheap
- unmerited advantages
- glib-tongued
- bulging
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 便 biàn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinplain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就 jiù: then; in that case; …
- 便 pián CC-CEDICT · Mandarinused in 便宜 pián yi; used in 便便 pián pián; used in 便嬛 pián xuān
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: bian4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 15 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bin2 · bin6 · pin4
Cantonese word readings for 便. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- convenient; handy
- to go a long way in; to serve the interests of; to benefit; to make convenient
- nimble; agile
- informal; ordinary; plain
- human waste; excretion
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to urinate
- soon afterward; as soon as
- then
- even if; even though
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) quiet and comfortable
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) slim and graceful
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nimble
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) eloquent
- cheap; inexpensive
character · Etymology 3
- (Cantonese, no longer productive) Suffix for locational nouns; side
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