佔便宜

See also: 占便宜

Chinese

		to occupy; to constitute; to make up to occupy; to constitute; to make up; to account; to observe; to divine	cheap; inexpensive; to let somebody off lightly
trad. (佔便宜/占便宜)		佔/占	便宜
simp. (占便宜)		占	便宜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàn piányi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim³ pin⁴ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàn piányi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn piányi̊
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴ pʻien²-i⁵
    • Yale: jàn pyán-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann pyan.i
    • Palladius: чжань пяньи (čžanʹ pjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim³ pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: jim pìhn yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim³ pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim³ pin⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm³³ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹/

Verb

佔便宜

1. to gain extra advantage; to profit at other people's expense; to take advantage of (someone)

   佔某人便宜／占某人便宜  ―  zhàn mǒurén piányi  ―  to take advantage of someone

   做人別老佔便宜。 [MSC, trad.]
   做人别老占便宜。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuòrén bié lǎo zhàn piányi. [Pinyin]

   Don't always seek to profit at other people's expense.

2. (figurative) to be in an advantageous position

Synonyms

• (to gain extra advantage): 利用 (lìyòng)