隨便

See also: 随便

Chinese

		to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
trad. (隨便)		隨	便
simp. (随便)		随	便

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suíbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ bin^6-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sùi-phien

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sui² piên⁴

• Min Bei (KCR): sṳ̂-bīng
• Min Dong (BUC): sùi-*biêng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sûi-piān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sui⁵ biang⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): zoe bi (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: suíbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sweibiann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suéibiàn
    • Wade–Giles: sui2-pien4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sweɪ̯³⁵ pjɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: suíbiànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sweibiall
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suéibiànr
    • Wade–Giles: sui2-pianrh4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sweɪ̯³⁵ pjɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴ bin^6-2
    • Yale: chèuih bín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ bin^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ bin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯²¹ piːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùi-phien
    • Hakka Romanization System: suiˇ pien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui² pian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i¹¹ pʰi̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sui² piên⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /suɪ¹¹ pʰiɛn⁵³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̂-bīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy³³ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sùi-*biêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui⁵³⁻²¹ piɛŋ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-piān
    • Tâi-lô: suî-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sui'pien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴⁻²² piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui²⁴⁻²² piɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³⁻²² piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui²⁴⁻¹¹ piɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²³⁻³³ piɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sui⁵ biang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûi piăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ piaŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zoe bi (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥ø²² b̥i⁴⁴/

Adjective

隨便

1. casual; informal
2. random; careless; undisciplined; disorganised
3. (colloquial) easy (receptive to sexual advances)

Antonyms

• (casual): 謹慎／谨慎 (jǐnshèn), 慎重 (shènzhòng)

Derived terms

• 隨隨便便／随随便便 (suísuíbiànbiàn)

Related terms

• 隨意／随意 (suíyì)

Verb

隨便

1. to do as one likes; to be up to (the other person)

   隨便你。 / 随便你。  ―  Suíbiàn nǐ.  ―  Up to you.

   隨你便。 / 随你便。  ―  Suí nǐ biàn.  ―  Up to you. / Whatever you like.

Adverb

隨便

1. casually; without restraint or goal; as one pleases; at random

   隨便坐。 / 随便坐。  ―  Suíbiàn zuò.  ―  Take a seat wherever you like.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 隨便 (“casually; as one pleases; at random”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		隨便
Mandarin	Taiwan	隨便
	Yangzhou	隨便
	Nanjing	隨便
	Malaysia	隨便
	Singapore	隨便
Cantonese	Guangzhou	隨便, 是但, 求其, 隨得
	Hong Kong	隨便, 是但, 求其
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	隨便
	Macau	是但
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	是但, 隨便
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	是但
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	隨便
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	是但
	Foshan	是但, 隨便
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	是但
	Foshan (Shunde)	是但
	Foshan (Sanshui)	隨便
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	求其
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	是但
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	是但
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	求其
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	是但, 隨便
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	是但
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	求其, 是但
	Taishan	是但, 求其
	Kaiping (Chikan)	是但, 求其
	Enping (Niujiang)	求其, 是但
	Heshan (Yayao)	是但, 隨便
	Dongguan	隨便, 是但, 求其
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	是但
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	隨便
	Singapore (Guangfu)	隨便
Gan	Nanchang	隨便
Hakka	Meixian	隨便
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	隨便
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	隨便
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	隨便
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	隨便
	Conghua (Lütian)	隨便
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	儘採
	Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)	儘採
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)	儘採
	Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)	儘採
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)	儘採
	Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)	儘採
Huizhou	Jixi	隨便
Min Dong	Fuzhou	隨便
Min Nan	Xiamen	凊彩
	Quanzhou	凊彩
	Anxi	凊彩
	Zhangzhou	凊彩
	Zhao'an	凊彩
	Dongshan	凊彩
	Tainan	凊彩
	Penang (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Singapore (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Manila (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Chaozhou	亂
	Shantou	亂, 凊彩
	Jieyang	亂, 凊彩
	Lufeng	凊彩
	Haifeng	凊彩
	Singapore (Teochew)	亂, 凊彩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	凊彩
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	是但
Wu	Shanghai	隨便
	Danyang	隨便
	Jinhua	隨便
Xiang	Loudi	隨便

Conjunction

隨便

1. no matter (what, how, etc.); regardless of; whether

Synonyms

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• 不拘 (bùjū)
• 不管 (bùguǎn)
• 不論／不论 (bùlùn)
• 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
• 別管／别管 (biéguǎn)

• 勿怪 (Wu)
• 勿管 (Wu)
• 勿論／勿论 (Wu)
• 無管／无管 (wúguǎn) (literary or Min Nan)
• 無論／无论 (wúlùn)