靈便

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
trad. (靈便)		靈	便
simp. (灵便)		灵	便

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ bin⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-piān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língbiàn → língbian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ → ㄌㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄅㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língbiån
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-pien⁵
    • Yale: líng-byan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling.biann
    • Palladius: линбянь (linbjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /liŋ³⁵ b̥i̯ɛn³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ bin⁶
    • Yale: lìhng bihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ bin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ bin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ piːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-piān
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengpien
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² piɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² piɛn²²/

Adjective

靈便

1. nimble; agile
2. easy to handle; handy

Synonyms

• (nimble):

• 便利 (biànlì) (literary)
• 便捷 (biànjié)
• 利索 (lìsuo) (colloquial)
• 利落 (lìluo)
• 快手 (faai³ sau²) (Cantonese)
• 手快 (shǒukuài)
• 敏捷 (mǐnjié)
• 機動／机动 (jīdòng)
• 緊手／紧手 (Hokkien)
• 緊跤捷手／紧跤捷手 (Hokkien)
• 輕快／轻快 (qīngkuài)
• 靈利／灵利 (línglì) (literary)
• 靈巧／灵巧 (língqiǎo)
• 靈敏／灵敏 (língmǐn)
• 靈活／灵活 (línghuó)
• 麻利 (málì) (colloquial)

 

• (easy to handle): 好用 (hǎoyòng)