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隨便

简随便 · 繁隨便

Mandarin · pinyin suí biàn

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隨: Look up this written character
便: biàn · convenience, ease; expedient
随: suí · follow, listen to, submit to

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2–4 · sui2 bian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceoi4 bin2 · ceoi4 bin6

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

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adj

casual; informal
random; careless; undisciplined; disorganised
(colloquial) easy (receptive to sexual advances)

verb

to do as one likes; to be up to (the other person)

adv

casually; without restraint or goal; as one pleases; at random

conj

no matter (what, how, etc.); regardless of; whether

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