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便宜

便宜

Chinese

 
advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
 
proper; should; suitable; appropriate
simp. and trad.
(便宜)
便

Adjective

便宜

  1. cheap; inexpensive
    便宜商店 [MSC, trad.]
    便宜商店 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì zhèn shàng zuì piányi de shāngdiàn. [Pinyin]
    This is the cheapest store in town.
    便宜不出 [MSC, trad.]
    便宜不出 [MSC, simp.]
    Yòng piányi de ròu jiù zuò bùchū hǎo tāng. [Pinyin]
    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
Mandarin Beijing 便宜
Taiwan 便宜
Jinan 便宜
Xi'an 便宜
Wuhan 便宜、相因
Chengdu 相因、便宜
Yangzhou 便宜、划廉
Hefei 便宜
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Taishan
Yangjiang 、平宜
Gan Nanchang 便宜
Hakka Meixian 便宜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 便宜
Liudui (S. Sixian) 便宜
Hsinchu (Hailu) 便宜
Dongshi (Dabu) 便宜
Zhuolan (Raoping) 便宜
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 便宜
Jin Taiyuan 便宜
Min Bei Jian'ou 便宜
Min Dong Fuzhou 便宜
Min Nan Quanzhou 便宜
Xiamen 便宜
Zhangzhou 便宜
Taipei 便宜
Kaohsiung 便宜
Malaysia 便宜
Chaozhou 便
Wu Shanghai 𠼢便宜
Suzhou 便宜𠼢
Wenzhou 便宜
Xiang Changsha 便宜
Shuangfeng 便宜
Derived terms
  • 便宜主義便宜主义
  • 便宜無好貨便宜无好货
  • 便宜話便宜话
  • 便宜貨便宜货

Verb

便宜

  1. to let somebody off lightly
    不能這麼便宜 [MSC, trad.]
    不能这么便宜 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ bùnéng zhème biànyí le tā. [Pinyin]
    You shouldn't let him off so lightly.

Pronunciation 2

Noun

便宜

  1. advantage (usually unfairly gained)
    每次便宜 [MSC, trad.]
    每次便宜 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā měicì bāng wǒ dōu xiǎng zhàn wǒ piányi. [Pinyin]
    He never helps me without trying to take advantage of me.
Derived terms
  • 佔便宜占便宜 (zhànpiányí, “to gain extra advantage”)
  • 佔盡便宜占尽便宜
  • 便宜不過當家便宜不过当家
  • 小便宜
  • 得便宜是落便宜
  • 得便宜處失便宜得便宜处失便宜
  • 拉便宜手兒拉便宜手儿
  • 揀便宜拣便宜
  • 撿便宜捡便宜
  • 沾便宜
  • 落便宜
  • 討便宜讨便宜 (“to seek advantage”)
  • 貪便宜贪便宜
  • 貪小便宜贪小便宜

Pronunciation 3

Adjective

便宜

  1. appropriate and convenient; to be best
Derived terms
  • 便宜從事便宜从事
  • 便宜施行
  • 便宜處分便宜处分
  • 便宜處置便宜处置
  • 便宜行事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
便
べん
Grade: 4

Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

便宜 (hiragana べんぎ, romaji bengi)

  1. convenience, advantage
    利用者 (りようしゃ)便宜 (べんぎ)のために詳細 (しょうさい)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.
  2. facilities
    故郷 (ふるさと)田舎 (いなか)とは ()っても (すぐ)れた便宜 (べんぎ) ()っていると (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.