便宜

Chinese

advantageous; cheap; ordinary
advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
 
proper; should; suitable
proper; should; suitable; appropriate
 
simp. and trad.
(便宜) 		便 宜

Pronunciation 1

Note: 6bi-gniq (Shanghai), 2bie-8gniq (Suzhou) - variant, may be written 便熱／便热.

Adjective

便宜

  1. cheap; inexpensive
    這是鎮上最便宜的商店。 [MSC, trad.]
    这是镇上最便宜的商店。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì zhèn shàng zuì piányi de shāngdiàn. [Pinyin]
    This is the cheapest store in town.
    用便宜的肉就做不出好湯。 [MSC, trad.]
    用便宜的肉就做不出好汤。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yòng piányi de ròu jiù zuò bùchū hǎo tāng. [Pinyin]
    Cheap meat doesn't make good soup.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 便宜 (“cheap”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 便宜, 低廉, 低賤
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 便宜, 賤
Taiwan 便宜
Harbin 便宜, 賤
Malaysia 便宜
Singapore 便宜
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 便宜, 賤
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 便宜, 賤
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 便宜, 賤
Wanrong 便宜, 賤
Xi'an 便宜, 賤
Xining 便宜
Xuzhou 便宜, 賤
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 便宜
Lanzhou 便宜
Ürümqi 便宜
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 相因, 便宜
Wuhan 便宜, 相因
Guiyang 相因
Liuzhou 便宜
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 便宜
Yangzhou 便宜, 划廉
Nantong 便宜
Hefei 巧, 便宜
Cantonese Guangzhou 平
Hong Kong 平
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 平
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 平
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 平
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 平
Macau 平
Guangzhou (Panyu) 平
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 平
Guangzhou (Conghua) 平
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 平
Foshan 平
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 平
Foshan (Shunde) 平
Foshan (Sanshui) 平
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 便宜, 平
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 平
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 平
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 平
Zhuhai (Doumen) 平
Jiangmen (Baisha) 平
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 平
Taishan 平
Kaiping (Chikan) 平
Enping (Niujiang) 平
Heshan (Yayao) 平
Dongguan 平
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 平
Qingyuan 平
Fogang 平
Yingde (Hanguang) 平
Yangshan 平, 便宜
Lianshan (Butian) 平
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 平宜
Shaoguan 平
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 平
Renhua 平, 抵得
Lechang 平
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 平
Sihui 平
Guangning 平枯
Deqing 平
Huaiji 平
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 平
Yunfu 平
Xinxing 平
Luoding 平
Yunan (Pingtai) 平
Yangjiang 平, 平宜
Nanning 平
Yulin 平
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 平
Singapore (Guangfu) 平
Gan Nanchang 便宜
Lichuan 便宜
Pingxiang 便宜
Hakka Meixian 便宜, 平
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 便宜, 平
Dongguan (Qingxi) 平
Boluo (Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 平
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 平
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 平
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 便宜
Wuhua (Huacheng) 便宜, 平
Wuhua (Changbu) 平
Wuhua (Mianyang) 便宜
Heyuan (Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 便宜
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 便宜
Jiexi 便宜
Yudu 便宜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 便宜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 便宜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 便宜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 便宜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 便宜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 便宜
Hong Kong 平
Sabah (Longchuan) 便宜
Senai (Huiyang) 便宜
Singkawang 便宜
Huizhou Jixi 便宜
Jin Taiyuan 便宜, 賤
Xinzhou 便宜, 賤
Northern Min Jian'ou 便宜
Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping) 便宜
Songxi 便宜
Zhenghe 便宜
Shunchang (Yangdun) 平
Jianyang 平
Wuyishan 平
Pucheng (Shibei) 便宜
Eastern Min Fuzhou 便宜, 賤
Matsu 便宜
Southern Min Xiamen 俗, 便宜
Quanzhou 俗, 便宜
Zhangzhou 俗, 便宜
Taipei 俗
New Taipei (Sanxia) 俗
Kaohsiung 俗
Yilan 俗, 便宜
Changhua (Lukang) 俗
Taichung 俗
Taichung (Wuqi) 俗
Tainan 俗
Taitung 俗
Hsinchu 俗
Kinmen 俗
Penghu (Magong) 俗, 便宜
Penang (Hokkien) 便宜
Singapore (Hokkien) 偏
Manila (Hokkien) 俗
Chaozhou 便
Shantou 便
Jieyang 便
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 便
Singapore (Teochew) 便
Wenchang 便宜
Haikou 便宜
Qionghai 便宜
Singapore (Hainanese) 便宜
Puxian Min Putian 相因
Xianyou 相因
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 平
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 平
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 平
Wu Shanghai 便宜, 𠼢
Shanghai (Chongming) 便宜, 𠼢
Suzhou 便宜, 𠼢
Danyang 便宜, 賤
Hangzhou 便宜, 𠼢
Ningbo 便宜, 𠼢
Wenzhou 鬆, 便宜
Jinhua 便宜, 賤
Xiang Changsha 便宜
Loudi 便宜
Shuangfeng 便宜, 賤
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • 便宜無好貨 / 便宜无好货
  • 便宜話 / 便宜话
  • 便宜貨 / 便宜货 (piányihuò)
See also

Verb

便宜

  1. to let somebody off lightly
    你不能這麼便宜了他。 [MSC, trad.]
    你不能这么便宜了他。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ bùnéng zhème piányi le tā. [Pinyin]
    You shouldn't let him off so lightly.

Pronunciation 2

Noun

便宜

  1. advantage (usually unfairly gained); opportunity
    他每次幫我都想佔我便宜。 [MSC, trad.]
    他每次帮我都想占我便宜。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā měicì bāng wǒ dōu xiǎng zhàn wǒ piányi. [Pinyin]
    He never helps me without trying to take advantage of me.
Derived terms

Pronunciation 3

Adjective

便宜

  1. convenient; handy
  2. appropriate and convenient; to be best
Synonyms
  • (convenient):
Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
便 宜
べん
Grade: 4 		ぎ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) べんぎ [béꜜǹgì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [bẽ̞ŋʲɡʲi]

Noun

便(べん)宜(ぎ) • (bengi) 

  1. convenience, advantage
    ご利用者(りようしゃ)の便宜(べんぎ)のために詳細(しょうさい)な取扱説明書(とりあつかいせつめいしょ)もついてあります。
    Go-riyōsha no bengi no tame ni shōsai na toriatsukai setsumeisho mo tsuite arimasu.
    A detailed user manual is also included for the convenience of users.
  2. facilities
    故郷(ふるさと)は田舎(いなか)とは言(い)っても優(すぐ)れた便宜(べんぎ)を持(も)っていると思(おも)う。
    Furusato wa inaka to wa itte mo sugureta bengi o motte iru to omou.
    My home town might be countrified, but I'd say it still has excellent facilities.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term
便宜

Noun

便宜 • (pyeonui) (hangeul 편의)

  1. hanja form? of 편의 (“convenience”)
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