方便
Chinese
editsquare; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just |
advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself | ||
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simp. and trad. (方便) |
方 | 便 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fong1 bin6
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): fong1 ben5
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fong1 bin6
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'fong1 pien5
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): huŏng-biêng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1faon-bi6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄅㄧㄢˋ → ㄈㄤ ˙ㄅㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: fangbiån
- Wade–Giles: fang1-pien5
- Yale: fāng-byan
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang.biann
- Palladius: фанбянь (fanbjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /fɑŋ⁵⁵ b̥i̯ɛn²/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фонбян (fonbi͡an, I-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɑŋ²⁴ piæ̃²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fong1 bin6
- Yale: fōng bihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: fong1 bin6
- Guangdong Romanization: fong1 bin6
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ piːn²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: fong1 ben5
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔŋ³³ pen³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'fong1 pien5
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈfɔŋ⁴² pʰiɛn¹¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông-phien
- Hakka Romanization System: fongˊ pien
- Hagfa Pinyim: fong1 pian4
- Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: huŏng-biêng
- Sinological IPA (key): /huoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ (p-)miɛŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: pjang bjienH
Adjective
edit方便
- convenient
- 更加方便 ― gèngjiā fāngbiàn ― even more convenient
- available; free (to do something)
- suitable; appropriate
- (euphemistic) having extra money; having money to spare
Synonyms
edit- (convenient):
Derived terms
editVerb
edit方便
- (transitive) to make convenient; to provide convenience; to make things easy for people; to facilitate
- (Mandarin, euphemistic, intransitive) to use the toilet (bathroom); to relieve oneself
Synonyms
editNoun
edit方便
- (Buddhism) upāya; heuristic or provisional reasoning
Descendants
editOthers:
- → Zhuang: fuengbienh
Further reading
edit- “Entry #993”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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方 | 便 |
ほう Grade: 2 |
べん Grade: 4 |
on'yomi |
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKorean
editHanja in this term | |
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方 | 便 |
Noun
editVietnamese
editchữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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方 | 便 |
Noun
edit方便
- chữ Hán form of phương tiện (“method”).
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