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Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
便當
- (regional) convenient; easy
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (literary) appropriate
Synonyms
- 便利 (biànlì)
- 便宜 (biànyí)
- 便易 (bīng-ĭ) (Northern Min)
- 便民 (biànmín) (attributive, of a shop, service, etc.)
- 利便 (lìbiàn) (literary or Hakka, Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min)
- 就手 (zau6 sau2) (Cantonese)
- 快便 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 方便 (fāngbiàn)
- 省事 (shěngshì)
- 簡便／简便 (jiǎnbiàn)
- 順手／顺手 (shùnshǒu)
Conjunction
便當
- even if
Synonyms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 弁当 (bentō), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 便當／便当 (biàndang, “convenient”).
Pronunciation
Noun
便當
- (originally Taiwanese Mandarin) bento; lunchbox
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
盒飯 (“boxed meal; takeaway food”)
Derived terms
Verb
便當
- (slang) Synonym of 領便當／领便当 (lǐng biàndāng)