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便當
便當
Chinese
advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
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to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
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| trad. (便當) | 便 | 當 | |
| simp. (便当) | 便 | 当 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄤ˙
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann.dang
- IPA (key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ d̥ɑŋ¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bin6 dong3
- Yale: bihn dong
- Cantonese Pinyin: bin6 dong3
- IPA (key): /piːn²² tɔːŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Adjective
便當
- (regional) convenient; easy
- (literary) appropriate
Synonyms
- 方便 (fāngbiàn)
Conjunction
便當
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Wasei kango (和製漢語), from Japanese 弁当 (bentō, “bento, lunchbox”), semantically readapted from Chinese 便當／便当 (“convenient, appropriate”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄤ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianndang
- IPA (key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bin6 dong1
- Yale: bihn dōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: bin6 dong1
- IPA (key): /piːn²² tɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien-tông
- Hakka Romanization System: pien dong´
- Hagfa Pinyim: pian4 dong1
- IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵ toŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-tong
- Tâi-lô: piān-tong
- Phofsit Daibuun: piexndofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
便當
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- (Min Nan) “Entry #4702”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.