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, zhàn piányí

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ, ㄓㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zim³ pin⁴ ji⁴ / zim³ pin⁴ ji^4-2
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiàm-pân-gî / chiàm-pan-gî / chiàm-piān-gî

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziam³ biang⁶ ngi⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsoe ⁶bi-gni

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - 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/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhàn piányí
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn piányí
  - Wade–Giles: chan⁴ pʻien²-i²
  - Yale: jàn pyán-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann pyanyi
  - Palladius: чжань пяньи (čžanʹ pjanʹi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zim³ pin⁴ ji⁴ / zim³ pin⁴ ji^4-2
  - Yale: jim pìhn yìh / jim pìhn yí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzim³ pin⁴ ji⁴ / dzim³ pin⁴ ji^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: jim³ pin⁴ yi⁴ / jim³ pin⁴ yi^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm³³ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹/, /t͡siːm³³ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàm-pân-gî
  - Tâi-lô: tsiàm-pân-gî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciarmpan'gii
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam¹¹⁻⁵³ pan²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam²¹⁻⁴¹ pan²³⁻³³ ɡi²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàm-pan-gî
  - Tâi-lô: tsiàm-pan-gî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciarmpan'gii
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam¹¹⁻⁵³ pan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam²¹⁻⁴¹ pan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡi²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàm-piān-gî
  - Tâi-lô: tsiàm-piān-gî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciarmpiexn'gii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam²¹⁻⁴¹ piɛn³³⁻²¹ ɡi²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam¹¹⁻⁵³ piɛn³³⁻¹¹ ɡi²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziam³ biang⁶ ngi⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàm piăng ngî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ piaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ ŋi⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsoe ⁶bi-gni
  - MiniDict: tsoe^平 bi^去 nyi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe ³bi-nyi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁴⁴ bi²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

Verb

佔⫽便宜 (verb-object)

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.
(figurative) to be in an advantageous position

Synonyms

(to gain extra advantage): 利用 (lìyòng); (Sichuan) 吃福息; (Cantonese) 攞便宜／𫽋便宜; (Hakka) 打斧頭／打斧头; (Hokkien) 剾草／𠛅草; (Northern Wu) 搨便宜