利便

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
simp. and trad. (利便)		利	便
anagram		便利

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìbiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ bin⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): li-phien

(Hailu, HRS): li^˖ pien^˖
Eastern Min (BUC): lî-*biêng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): li⁵ beng⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-piān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìbiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìbiàn
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-pien⁴
  - Yale: lì-byàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihbiann
  - Palladius: либянь (libjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁶ bin⁶
  - Yale: leih bihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ bin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ bin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² piːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li-phien
  - Hakka Romanization System: li pien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴ pian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵ pʰi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: li^˖ pien^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /li³³ pʰien³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lî-*biêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃i²⁴²⁻⁵³ piɛŋ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: li⁵ beng⁵ [Phonetic: li⁴ eng⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁻⁴² ^(p-)ɛŋ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: li⁵ beng⁵ [Phonetic: li⁴ bheng⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁻⁴² ^(p-)βɛŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-piān
  - Tâi-lô: lī-piān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixpien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ piɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² piɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ piɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ piɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ piɛn³³/

Adjective

利便

(literary or Hakka, Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min) convenient

Synonyms

edit

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

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “利便”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 357.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
利	便
り Grade: 4	べん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りべん [rìbéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
(Tokyo) りべん [ríꜜbèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲibẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

利(り)便(べん) • (riben) -na (adnominal 利(り)便(べん)な (riben na), adverbial 利(り)便(べん)に (riben ni))

convenient

Inflection

Inflection of 利便

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	利便だろ	りべんだろ	riben daro
Continuative (連用形)	利便で	りべんで	riben de
Terminal (終止形)	利便だ	りべんだ	riben da
Attributive (連体形)	利便な	りべんな	riben na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	利便なら	りべんなら	riben nara
Imperative (命令形)	利便であれ	りべんであれ	riben de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	利便ではない利便じゃない	りべんではないりべんじゃない	riben de wa nai riben ja nai
Informal past	利便だった	りべんだった	riben datta
Informal negative past	利便ではなかった利便じゃなかった	りべんではなかったりべんじゃなかった	riben de wa nakatta riben ja nakatta
Formal	利便です	りべんです	riben desu
Formal negative	利便ではありません利便じゃありません	りべんではありませんりべんじゃありません	riben de wa arimasen riben ja arimasen
Formal past	利便でした	りべんでした	riben deshita
Formal negative past	利便ではありませんでした利便じゃありませんでした	りべんではありませんでしたりべんじゃありませんでした	riben de wa arimasen deshita riben ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	利便で	りべんで	riben de
Conditional	利便なら（ば）	りべんなら（ば）	riben nara (ba)
Provisional	利便だったら	りべんだったら	riben dattara
Volitional	利便だろう	りべんだろう	riben darō
Adverbial	利便に	りべんに	riben ni
Degree	利便さ	りべんさ	ribensa

Noun

利(り)便(べん) • (riben)

convenience
- 1931, 服部之総, 汽船が太平洋を横断するまで:
  カリフォルニアの獲得(かくとく)はシナとの通商交通(つうしょうこうつう)にとって閑却(かんきゃく)すべからざる利便(りべん)を与(あた)えた。
  Kariforunia no kakutoku wa shina to no tsūshō kōtsū ni totte kankyaku subekarazaru riben o ataeta.
  The possession of California has offered certain conveniences for conducting trade with China that cannot be neglected.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 “利便 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
利	便

Noun

利便 • (ipyeon) (hangeul 이편)

hanja form^? of 이편

利便 • (ripyeon) (hangeul 리편)

hanja form^? of 리편

[SMK7-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 3.0 ^3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NKD2-4] 4.0 ^4.1 “利便 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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