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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): piányi, piányí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ, ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pian² nyi⁴ / bian⁴ nyi²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): пянйи (pi͡anyi, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁴ ji⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): pien² i
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phièn-ngì
• Jin (Wiktionary): pie¹ i³
• Eastern Min (BUC): bèng-ngiè
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pân-gî / piân-gî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biang⁶ ngi⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶bi-gni; ⁶bi-gniq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bienn² i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piányi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piányi̊
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien²-i⁵
    • Yale: pyán-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyan.i
    • Palladius: пяньи (pjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piányí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piányí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien²-i²
    • Yale: pyán-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyanyi
    • Palladius: пяньи (pjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pian² nyi⁴ / bian⁴ nyi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pianni / bianni
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiɛn²¹ nʲi²¹³/, /piɛn²¹³ nʲi²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: пянйи (pi͡anyi, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiæ̃²⁴ i⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: pìhn yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pien² i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiɛn²⁴ i²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phièn-ngì
    • Hakka Romanization System: pienˇ ngiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pian² ngi²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en¹¹ ŋi¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: pie¹ i³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰxie¹¹ i⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bèng-ngiè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiŋ⁵³⁻³³ ŋie⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pân-gî
    • Tâi-lô: pân-gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pan'gii
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /pan²³⁻²¹ ɡi²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan¹³⁻²² ɡi¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan²³⁻³³ ɡi²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pan²⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piân-gî
    • Tâi-lô: piân-gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pien'gii
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /piɛn²⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biang⁶ ngi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piăng ngî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ ŋi⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶bi-gni; ⁶bi-gniq
    • MiniDict: bi^去 nyi; bi^去 nyih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bi-nyi; ³bi-nyiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/, /bi²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁴⁴/

Note: 6bi-gniq - variant.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bienn² i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ẽ¹³ i³/

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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		便宜, 低廉, 低賤
Mandarin	Beijing	便宜, 賤
	Taiwan	便宜
	Harbin	便宜, 賤
	Yantai (Muping)	便宜, 賤
	Jinan	便宜, 賤
	Luoyang	便宜, 賤
	Wanrong	便宜, 賤
	Xi'an	便宜, 賤
	Yinchuan	便宜
	Lanzhou	便宜
	Xining	便宜
	Ürümqi	便宜
	Wuhan	便宜, 相因
	Chengdu	相因, 便宜
	Guiyang	相因
	Liuzhou	便宜
	Xuzhou	便宜, 賤
	Yangzhou	便宜, 划廉
	Nanjing	便宜
	Hefei	巧, 便宜
	Nantong	便宜
	Malaysia	便宜
	Singapore	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)	平
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
	Yanping (Xiayang)	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	Shaxi (Longdu)	平
	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

• 昂貴／昂贵 (ángguì)
• 高昂 (gāo'áng)

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

• 廉價／廉价 (liánjià)

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piányi, piányí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ, ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁴ ji^4-2, pin⁴ ji⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phièn-ngì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pân-gî / piân-gî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biang⁶ ngi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piányi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piányi̊
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien²-i⁵
    • Yale: pyán-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyan.i
    • Palladius: пяньи (pjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piányí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piányí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien²-i²
    • Yale: pyán-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyanyi
    • Palladius: пяньи (pjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin⁴ ji^4-2, pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: pìhn yí, pìhn yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁴ ji^4-2, pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin⁴ yi^4-2, pin⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹⁻³⁵/, /pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phièn-ngì
    • Hakka Romanization System: pienˇ ngiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pian² ngi²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en¹¹ ŋi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pân-gî
    • Tâi-lô: pân-gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pan'gii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan²³⁻³³ ɡi²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan¹³⁻²² ɡi¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pan²⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piân-gî
    • Tâi-lô: piân-gî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pien'gii
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /piɛn²⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biang⁶ ngi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piăng ngî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ ŋi⁵⁵/

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

• 佔便宜／占便宜 (“to gain extra advantage”)
• 佔盡便宜／占尽便宜
• 便宜不過當家／便宜不过当家
• 便宜主義／便宜主义 (piányi zhǔyì)
• 小便宜
• 得便宜是落便宜
• 得便宜處失便宜／得便宜处失便宜
• 拉便宜手兒／拉便宜手儿
• 揀便宜／拣便宜
• 撿便宜／捡便宜
• 沾便宜
• 落便宜
• 討便宜／讨便宜 (“to seek advantage”)
• 貪便宜／贪便宜 (tān piányi)
• 貪小便宜／贪小便宜

 

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànyí
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-i²
    • Yale: byàn-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannyi
    • Palladius: бяньи (bjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶ ji⁴
    • Yale: bihn yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²² jiː²¹/

Adjective

便宜

1. convenient; handy
2. appropriate and convenient; to be best

   • 我帶了外甥女過去，倒也便宜。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我带了外甥女过去，倒也便宜。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Wǒ dài le wàishēngnǚ guòqù, dào yě biànyí. [Pinyin]

     I will take my niece over, that would be best.

Synonyms

• (convenient):

• 便利 (biànlì)
• 便易 (bīng-ĭ) (Northern Min)
• 便民 (biànmín) (attributive, of a shop, service, etc.)
• 便當／便当 (regional)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 便宜從事／便宜从事 (biànyícóngshì)
• 便宜施行
• 便宜處分／便宜处分
• 便宜處置／便宜处置
• 便宜行事 (biànyíxíngshì)

 

Japanese

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

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

• (convenience): 便利(べんり) (benri), 利便(りべん) (riben)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "convenience"): 面倒(めんどう) (mendō), 不便(ふべん) (fuben), 厄介(やっかい) (yakkai) (inconvenience)

Derived terms

• 便(べん)宜(ぎ)的(てき) (bengiteki, “convenient”)
• 便(べん)宜(ぎ)上(じょう) (bengijō, “for convenience”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
便	宜

Noun

便宜 • (pyeonui) (hangeul 편의)

1. Hanja form^? of 편의 (“convenience”).