便 biàn
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biàn
adjective
convenient; handy; easy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 便 is synonymous with 简便 or 简易 in this sense (GHC '便' 3; Kroll 2015 '便' 1; NCCED '便' 2) -
biàn
adjective
advantageous
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 有利 (GHC '便' 1; Kroll 2015 '便' 2) -
biàn
verb
to pass stool; to excrete; to relieve oneself; to urinate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 小便 'to urinate' or 大便 'to pass stool' (GHC '便' 5; Kroll 2015 '便' 4; NCCED '便' 5) -
pián
adjective
fat; obese
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 便 is synonymous with 肥胖 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '便' pián 2) -
biàn
verb
to make easy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '便' 1b) -
biàn
noun
an unearned advantage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
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biàn
adjective
ordinary; plain
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '便' 4) -
biàn
conjunction
if only; so long as; to the contrary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 便 is synonymous with 只要 in this sense (GHC '便' 7; Kroll 2015 '便' 7; NCCED '便' 8) -
biàn
adjective
in passing
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 便 is synonymous with 顺便 in this sense (NCCED '便' 4) -
biàn
adjective
informal
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 便 is synonymous with 非正式 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '便' 5) -
biàn
adverb
right away; then; right after
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 便 is synonymous with 即 or 就 in this sense (GHC '便' 6; Guoyu '便' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '便' 6; NCCED '便' 7) -
biàn
adjective
appropriate; suitable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '便' 1) -
biàn
noun
an advantageous occasion
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '便' 2; NCCED '便' 3) -
biàn
noun
stool
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '便' 6) -
pián
adjective
quiet; quiet and comfortable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 安适 (GHC '便' 9) -
biàn
adjective
proficient; skilled
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '便' 4; Kroll 2015 '便' 3) -
biàn
conjunction
even if; even though
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 即使 (Guoyu '便' conj) -
pián
adjective
shrewd; slick; good with words
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '便' 10; Kroll 2015 '便' pián 1) -
biàn
adverb
then; atha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: atha (BCSD '便', p. 133; MW 'atha'; SH '便', p. 295)
Contained in
- 权方便(權方便) upāya; skill in means
- 随时给人信心 随处给人欢喜 随口给人希望 随缘给人方便(隨時給人信心 隨處給人歡喜 隨口給人希望 隨緣給人方便) Always give others faith. Always give others joy. Always give others hope. Always give others convenience.
- 大缘方便经(大緣方便經) Mahānidāna Sutta; Mahānidānasutta
- 十二巧方便 twelve skillful means
- 方便智 wisdom of skilful means; upāyajñāna
- 大毘卢遮那成佛神变加持经莲华胎藏悲生曼荼罗广大成就仪轨供养方便会(大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經蓮華胎藏悲生曼荼羅廣大成就儀軌供養方便會) Vairocana Sutra Lotus Platform Matrix Assembly Compassion Mandala Attainment Liturgy; Da Piluzhena Cheng Fo Shenbian Jia Chi Jing Lianhua Tai Cang Bei Sheng Mantuluo Guangda Chengjiu Yi Gui Gongyang Fangbian Hui
- 方便心 a mind capable of expedient means
- 1. 佛光人要给人信心 2. 佛光人要给人欢喜 3. 佛光人要给人希望 4. 佛光人要给人方便(1. 佛光人要給人信心 2. 佛光人要給人歡喜 3. 佛光人要給人希望 4. 佛光人要給人方便) 1. Fo Guang members should give others faith. 2. Fo Guang members should give others joy. 3. Fo Guang members should give others hope. 4. Fo Guang members should give others convenience.
- 方便慧 skill in means and wisdom
- 乐璎珞庄严方便品经(樂瓔珞莊嚴方便品經) Sirīvivartavyākaraṇa; Le Yingluo Zhuangyan Fangbian Pin Jing
- 大方便 mahopāya; great skillful means; expedient means
- 便得苦际(便得苦際) make an ending to stress
- 四种方便(四種方便) four kinds of expedient means
- 莲华胎藏悲生曼荼罗广大成就仪轨供养方便会(蓮華胎藏悲生曼荼羅廣大成就儀軌供養方便會) Lotus Matrix Compassion Mandala Attainment Offering to the Skillful Assembly
- 大乘方便会(大乘方便會) Upāyakauśalyajñānottarabodhisattvaparipṛcchā; Dasheng Fangbian Hui
- 五五之方便 twenty five skillful means
- 佛说善法方便陀罗尼经(佛說善法方便陀羅尼經) Sumukhanāmadhāraṇīsūtra; Fo Shuo Shanfa Fangbian Tuoluoni Jing
- 花开便见如来面 月上方知菩萨心(花開便見如來面 月上方知菩薩心) The face of a blooming flower, that of the Buddha; The rising of the moon, the heart of a bodhisattva.
- 善权方便经(善權方便經) Sūtra on the Skillful Means for Good
Also contained in
贪小便宜 、 趁便 、 便酌 、 便便 、 润肠通便 、 便饭 、 即便 、 顺便 、 便溺 、 便利 、 不方便 、 便玛 、 便壶 、 不成功便成仁 、 便利商店 、 便利贴 、 便道 、 女子无才便是德 、 便人 、 坐便器 、 便利性 、 占便宜 、 便衣 、 大便秘结 、 便难 、 便闭 、 得便宜卖乖 、 随便 、 轻便 、 把方便当随便 、 便笺 、 自便
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 10 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 224 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 163
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 — count: 154 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 128
- Scroll 3 Sengjia Luocha Suo Ji Jing 僧伽羅剎所集經 — count: 127
- Scroll 1 Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經 - one scroll by an unknown translator — count: 120 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 20 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 117 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Sutra on Seven Places and Three Subjects for Contemplation (Qi Chu San Guan Jing) 七處三觀經 — count: 117
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 116
- Scroll 132 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 115 , has parallel version
Collocations
- 便作 (便作) 便作是念 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 20
- 灭便 (滅便) 以癡滅便行滅 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
- 便生 (便生) 便生邪婬 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 7
- 便诽谤 (便誹謗) 而便誹謗 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 5
- 便可 (便可) 便可說之 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
- 世间便 (世間便) 念此世間便為敗壞 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 便能 (便能) 四者見人說惡便能抑制 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
- 便失意 (便失意) 便失意 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
- 便命终 (便命終) 則便命終來生此間 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 4
- 便舍 (便捨) 勿便捨壽 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4