便衣

Chinese

		advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
simp. and trad. (便衣)		便	衣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ ji¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): bie³ i¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): piān-i

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biang⁶ i¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶bi-i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànyi
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-i¹
    • Yale: byàn-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianni
    • Palladius: бяньи (bjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶ ji¹
    • Yale: bihn yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²² jiː⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bie³ i¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pie⁴⁵ i¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-i
    • Tâi-lô: piān-i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piexn'y
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻²² i³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biang⁶ i¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piăng i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ i³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bi-i
    • MiniDict: bi^去 i
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bi-i
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²² i⁴⁴/

Noun

便衣

1. plain clothes; civilian clothes; civvies
2. plainclothes police officer

   便衣警察  ―  biànyī jǐngchá  ―  plainclothes police officer

Synonyms

• (plain clothes): (Hokkien) 白身 (báishēn)
• (plainclothes police officer): 便衣警察 (biànyī jǐngchá), 便衣刑警 (biànyī xíngjǐng)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "plain clothes"): 制服 (zhìfú)

Vietnamese

便衣

1. chữ Hán form of tiện y (“plain clothes; everyday clothes”).