便利
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]| convenient | advantage; benefit | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (便利) |
便 | 利 | |
| anagram | 利便 | ||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bin6 lei6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phien-li
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piān-lī
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6bi-li
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: biànlì
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: biànlì
- Wade–Giles: pien4-li4
- Yale: byàn-lì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannlih
- Palladius: бяньли (bjanʹli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
- Homophones:
便利
遍歷 / 遍历
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bin6 lei6
- Yale: bihn leih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bin6 lei6
- Guangdong Romanization: bin6 léi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /piːn²² lei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien-li
- Hakka Romanization System: pien li
- Hagfa Pinyim: pian4 li4
- Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵ li⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Adjective
[edit]便利
Synonyms
[edit]- (convenient):
- 便宜 (biànyí)
- 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)
- 活便 (huóbian) (colloquial)
- 省事 (shěngshì)
- 簡便 / 简便 (jiǎnbiàn)
- 順手 / 顺手 (shùnshǒu)
- (nimble):
- 便捷 (biànjié)
- 利索 (lìsuo) (colloquial)
- 利落 (lìluo)
- 快手 (faai3 sau2) (Cantonese)
- 手快 (shǒukuài)
- 敏捷 (mǐnjié)
- 機動 / 机动 (jīdòng)
- 活便 (huóbian) (colloquial)
- 活泛 (huófan) (colloquial)
- 粗殘 / 粗残 (chŭ-chàng) (Eastern Min)
- 緊手 / 紧手 (Hokkien)
- 緊跤捷手 / 紧跤捷手 (Hokkien)
- 輕快 / 轻快 (qīngkuài)
- 靈便 / 灵便 (língbiàn)
- 靈利 / 灵利 (línglì) (literary)
- 靈巧 / 灵巧 (língqiǎo)
- 靈敏 / 灵敏 (língmǐn)
- 靈活 / 灵活 (línghuó)
- 麻利 (málì) (colloquial)
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]便利
- (transitive) to make convenient; to provide convenience; to make things easy for people; to facilitate
- (literary, intransitive) to defecate and/or urinate
Synonyms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 便 | 利 |
| べん Grade: 4 |
り Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]便利 • (benri) -na (adnominal 便利な (benri na), adverbial 便利に (benri ni))
- convenient; handy; useful
- 2020 January 27, 國重徹, quotee, “第201回国会 衆議院 予算委員会 第2号 令和2年1月27日”, in 国会会議録検索システム[1], 国立国会図書館:
- スマホはますます便利になる。
- Sumaho wa masumasu benri ni naru.
- Smartphones are becoming more and more convenient.
Inflection
[edit]| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 便利だろ | べんりだろ | benri daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 便利で | べんりで | benri de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 便利だ | べんりだ | benri da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 便利な | べんりな | benri na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 便利なら | べんりなら | benri nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 便利であれ | べんりであれ | benri de are |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 便利ではない 便利じゃない |
べんりではない べんりじゃない |
benri de wa nai benri ja nai |
| Informal past | 便利だった | べんりだった | benri datta |
| Informal negative past | 便利ではなかった 便利じゃなかった |
べんりではなかった べんりじゃなかった |
benri de wa nakatta benri ja nakatta |
| Formal | 便利です | べんりです | benri desu |
| Formal negative | 便利ではありません 便利じゃありません |
べんりではありません べんりじゃありません |
benri de wa arimasen benri ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 便利でした | べんりでした | benri deshita |
| Formal negative past | 便利ではありませんでした 便利じゃありませんでした |
べんりではありませんでした べんりじゃありませんでした |
benri de wa arimasen deshita benri ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 便利で | べんりで | benri de |
| Conditional | 便利なら(ば) | べんりなら(ば) | benri nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 便利だったら | べんりだったら | benri dattara |
| Volitional | 便利だろう | べんりだろう | benri darō |
| Adverbial | 便利に | べんりに | benri ni |
| Degree | 便利さ | べんりさ | benrisa |
Antonyms
[edit]- 面倒 (mendō), 不便 (fuben), 厄介 (yakkai) (inconvenient)
Noun
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]- 面倒 (mendō), 不便 (fuben), 厄介 (yakkai) (inconvenience)
See also
[edit]- 役に立つ (yaku ni tatsu): to be useful
References
[edit]- “便利”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Korean
[edit]| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 便 | 利 |
Noun
[edit]- hanja form? of 편리 (“convenience”)
Vietnamese
[edit]| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 便 | 利 |
Adjective
[edit]便利
- chữ Hán form of tiện lợi (“convenient; handy”)
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