便民

Chinese

		advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (便民)		便	民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànmín
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-min²
    • Yale: byàn-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannmin
    • Palladius: бяньминь (bjanʹminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ min³⁵/

Verb

便⫽民 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to be convenient to the people

Adjective

便民

1. (attributive, of a shop, service, etc.) convenient

   便民商店  ―  biànmín shāngdiàn  ―  convenience store

Synonyms

• 便利 (biànlì)
• 便宜 (biànyí)
• 便易 (bīng-ĭ) (Northern Min)
• 便當／便当 (regional)
• 利便 (Hokkien, literary or Hakka)
• 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)

 

See also

• 利民 (lìmín)