便當

See also: 便当 and 弁当

Chinese

		easy, convenient	to be regarded as
trad. (便當)		便	當
simp. (便当)		便	当

Etymology 1

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 便當

1. (regional) convenient; easy
2. (literary) appropriate

Synonyms

• (convenient):

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• 便利 (biànlì)
• 便宜 (biànyí)
• 便易 (bīng-ĭ) (Northern Min)
• 便民 (biànmín) (attributive, of a shop, service, etc.)
• 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)

 

Conjunction

1. even if

Synonyms

• 即便 (jíbiàn)
• 就算 (jiùsuàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (弁当):

• → Japanese: 弁当(べんとう) (bentō)

Etymology 2

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 弁当(べんとう) (bentō, “lunchbox”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 便當／便当 (biàndang, “convenient, appropriate”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàndāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ dong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phien-tông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piān-tong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biàndāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biàndang
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tang¹
    • Yale: byàn-dāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianndang
    • Palladius: бяньдан (bjanʹdan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶ dong¹
    • Yale: bihn dōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ dong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ dong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²² tɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien-tông
    • Hakka Romanization System: pien dong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pian⁴ dong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵ toŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-tong
    • Tâi-lô: piān-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piexndofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 便當

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin) bento; lunchbox

Synonyms

• (boxed meal): 飯盒／饭盒 (fànhé), 盒飯／盒饭 (héfàn); (Min Nan) 飯包／饭包
• (Min Nan) 便當盒／便当盒, 便當篋仔／便当箧仔

Verb

便當

1. (slang) Template:zh-synonym

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #4702”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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