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Chinese
advantageous; cheap; ordinary
advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
proper; should; suitable
proper; should; suitable; appropriate
simp. and trad. (便宜 )
便
宜
Pronunciation 1
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : piányi , piányí
(Zhuyin ) : ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ, ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : pian2 nyi4 / bian4 nyi2
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : пянйи (pi͡anyi, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping ) : pin4 ji4
Gan (Wiktionary ) : pien2 i
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : phièn-ngì
(Hailu , HRS ) : pien ngi
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : piên2 ngin2
Jin (Wiktionary ) : pie1 i3
Eastern Min (BUC ) : bèng-ngiè
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : pân-gî / piân-gî
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : biang6 ngi5
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 6 bi-gni; 6 bi-gniq
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : bienn2 i
Note : 6bi-gniq - variant.
Adjective
便宜
cheap ; inexpensive
這 是 鎮 上 最 便宜 的 商店 。 [MSC , trad. ] 这 是 镇 上 最 便宜 的 商店 。 [MSC , simp. ] Zhè shì zhèn shàng zuì piányi de shāngdiàn. This is the cheap est store in town.
用 便宜 的 肉 就 做 不出 好 湯 。 [MSC , trad. ] 用 便宜 的 肉 就 做 不出 好 汤 。 [MSC , simp. ] Yòng piányi de ròu jiù zuò bùchū hǎo tāng. Cheap meat doesn't make good soup.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
便宜 (“cheap”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
便宜 , 低廉 , 低賤
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
便宜 , 賤
Taiwan
便宜
Harbin
便宜 , 賤
Malaysia
便宜
Singapore
便宜
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
便宜 , 賤
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
便宜 , 賤
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
便宜 , 賤
Wanrong
便宜 , 賤
Xi'an
便宜 , 賤
Xining
便宜
Xuzhou
便宜 , 賤
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
便宜
Lanzhou
便宜
Ürümqi
便宜
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
相因 , 便宜
Wuhan
便宜 , 相因
Guiyang
相因
Liuzhou
便宜
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
便宜
Yangzhou
便宜 , 划廉
Nantong
便宜
Hefei
巧 , 便宜
Cantonese
Guangzhou
平
Hong Kong
平
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
平
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
平
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
平
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
平
Macau
平
Guangzhou (Panyu)
平
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
平
Guangzhou (Conghua)
平
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
平
Foshan
平
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
平
Foshan (Shunde)
平
Foshan (Sanshui)
平
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
便宜 , 平
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
平
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
平
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
平
Zhuhai (Doumen)
平
Jiangmen (Baisha)
平
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
平
Taishan
平
Kaiping (Chikan)
平
Enping (Niujiang)
平
Heshan (Yayao)
平
Dongguan
平
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
平
Qingyuan
平
Fogang
平
Yingde (Hanguang)
平
Yangshan
平 , 便宜
Lianshan (Butian)
平
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
平宜
Shaoguan
平
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
平
Renhua
平 , 抵得
Lechang
平
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
平
Sihui
平
Guangning
平枯
Deqing
平
Huaiji
平
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
平
Yunfu
平
Xinxing
平
Luoding
平
Yunan (Pingtai)
平
Yangjiang
平 , 平宜
Nanning
平
Yulin
平
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
平
Singapore (Guangfu)
平
Gan
Nanchang
便宜
Lichuan
便宜
Pingxiang
便宜
Hakka
Meixian
便宜 , 平
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
便宜 , 平
Dongguan (Qingxi)
平
Boluo (Bendihua)
平 , 便宜
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
平
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
平
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
平
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
便宜
Wuhua (Huacheng)
便宜 , 平
Wuhua (Changbu)
平
Wuhua (Mianyang)
便宜
Heyuan (Bendihua)
平 , 便宜
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
平 , 便宜
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
便宜
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
平 , 便宜
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
便宜
Jiexi
便宜
Yudu
便宜
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
便宜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
便宜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
便宜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
便宜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
便宜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
便宜
Hong Kong
平
Sabah (Longchuan)
便宜
Senai (Huiyang)
便宜
Singkawang
便宜
Huizhou
Jixi
便宜
Jin
Taiyuan
便宜 , 賤
Xinzhou
便宜 , 賤
Northern Min
Jian'ou
便宜
Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping)
便宜
Songxi
便宜
Zhenghe
便宜
Shunchang (Yangdun)
平
Jianyang
平
Wuyishan
平
Pucheng (Shibei)
便宜
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
便宜 , 賤
Matsu
便宜
Southern Min
Xiamen
俗 , 便宜
Quanzhou
俗 , 便宜
Zhangzhou
俗 , 便宜
Taipei
俗
New Taipei (Sanxia)
俗
Kaohsiung
俗
Yilan
俗 , 便宜
Changhua (Lukang)
俗
Taichung
俗
Taichung (Wuqi)
俗
Tainan
俗
Taitung
俗
Hsinchu
俗
Kinmen
俗
Penghu (Magong)
俗 , 便宜
Penang (Hokkien)
便宜
Singapore (Hokkien)
偏
Manila (Hokkien)
俗
Chaozhou
便
Shantou
便
Jieyang
便
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
便
Singapore (Teochew)
便
Wenchang
便宜
Haikou
便宜
Qionghai
便宜
Singapore (Hainanese)
便宜
Puxian Min
Putian
相因
Xianyou
相因
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
平
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
平
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
平
Wu
Shanghai
便宜 , 𠼢
Shanghai (Chongming)
便宜 , 𠼢
Suzhou
便宜 , 𠼢
Danyang
便宜 , 賤
Hangzhou
便宜 , 𠼢
Ningbo
便宜 , 𠼢
Wenzhou
鬆 , 便宜
Jinhua
便宜 , 賤
Xiang
Changsha
便宜
Loudi
便宜
Shuangfeng
便宜 , 賤
Antonyms
Derived terms
See also
Verb
便宜
to let somebody off lightly
你 不能 這麼 便宜 了 他 。 [MSC , trad. ] 你 不能 这么 便宜 了 他 。 [MSC , simp. ] Nǐ bùnéng zhème piányi le tā. You shouldn't let him off so lightly .
Pronunciation 2
Noun
便宜
advantage ( usually unfairly gained ) ; opportunity
他 每次 幫 我 都 想 佔 我 便宜 。 [MSC , trad. ] 他 每次 帮 我 都 想 占 我 便宜 。 [MSC , simp. ] Tā měicì bāng wǒ dōu xiǎng zhàn wǒ piányi . He never helps me without trying to take advantage of me.
Derived terms
Pronunciation 3
Adjective
便宜
convenient ; handy
appropriate and convenient ; to be best
Synonyms
便利 ( biànlì ) 便易 ( bīng-ĭ ) ( Northern Min ) 便民 ( biànmín ) ( attributive, of a shop, service, etc. ) 便當 / 便当 ( regional ) 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 )
Derived terms
Japanese
Noun
便( べん ) 宜( ぎ ) • (bengi )
convenience , advantage
ご利用者( りようしゃ ) の便宜( べんぎ ) のために詳細( しょうさい ) な取扱説明書( とりあつかいせつめいしょ ) もついてあります。 Go-riyōsha no bengi no tame ni shōsai na toriatsukai setsumeisho mo tsuite arimasu. A detailed user manual is also included for the convenience of users.
facilities
故郷( ふるさと ) は田舎( いなか ) とは言( い ) っても優( すぐ ) れた便宜( べんぎ ) を持( も ) っていると思( おも ) う。Furusato wa inaka to wa itte mo sugureta bengi o motte iru to omou. My home town might be countrified, but I'd say it still has excellent facilities .
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Korean
Noun
便宜 • (pyeonui ) (hangeul 편의 )
hanja form? of 편의 ( “ convenience ” )