便道

Chinese

		advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (便道)		便	道
simp. #(便道)		便	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàndào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piān-tō͘ / piān-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biàndào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biàndào
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: byàn-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianndaw
    • Palladius: бяньдао (bjanʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶ dou⁶
    • Yale: bihn douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²² tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: piān-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piexndo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻²² tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-tō
    • Tâi-lô: piān-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piexndoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ tɤ³³/

Noun

便道

1. shortcut (shorter, alternative route)
2. pavement; sidewalk
3. makeshift road

Synonyms

• (shortcut):

• 抄道 (chāodào) (colloquial)
• 捷徑／捷径 (jiéjìng)
• 近路 (jìnlù)
• 近道 (jìndào)

 

• (pavement):

Dialectal synonyms of 人行道 (“sidewalk; pavement”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		人行道, 便道, 步道
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	便道兒
	Taiwan	人行道
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	人行道
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	人行道
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	人行道
	Wuhan	人行道
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	人行道, 行人道
	Hefei	人行道
Cantonese	Guangzhou	行人路
	Hong Kong	行人路
	Yangjiang	人行道
Gan	Nanchang	人行道
Hakka	Meixian	人行道, 行人路
Jin	Taiyuan	人行道
Northern Min	Jian'ou	人行道, 行人道
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	行人道
Southern Min	Shantou	行儂路
Wu	Suzhou	人行道, 行人道
	Wenzhou	行人道
Xiang	Changsha	人行道
	Shuangfeng	人行路