便 biàn

  1. 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)
  2. biàn adjective advantageous
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 有利 (GHC '便' 1; Kroll 2015 '便' 2)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. biàn verb to make easy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '便' 1b)
  6. biàn noun an unearned advantage
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
  7. biàn adjective ordinary; plain
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '便' 4)
  8. 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)
  9. biàn adjective in passing
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: 便 is synonymous with 顺便 in this sense (NCCED '便' 4)
  10. 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)
  11. 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)
  12. biàn adjective appropriate; suitable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '便' 1)
  13. biàn noun an advantageous occasion
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '便' 2; NCCED '便' 3)
  14. biàn noun stool
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '便' 6)
  15. pián adjective quiet; quiet and comfortable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 安适 (GHC '便' 9)
  16. biàn adjective proficient; skilled
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '便' 4; Kroll 2015 '便' 3)
  17. biàn conjunction even if; even though
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 即使 (Guoyu '便' conj)
  18. pián adjective shrewd; slick; good with words
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '便' 10; Kroll 2015 '便' pián 1)
  19. biàn adverb then; atha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: atha (BCSD '便', p. 133; MW 'atha'; SH '便', p. 295)

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  • 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 1 Sutra on Seven Places and Three Subjects for Contemplation (Qi Chu San Guan Jing) 七處三觀經 — count: 117
  • Scroll 20 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 117 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • 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
  • 便失意 (便失意) 便失意 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
  • 便诽谤 (便誹謗) 而便誹謗 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — 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
  • 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
  • 便可 (便可) 便可說之 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
  • 便舍 (便捨) 勿便捨壽 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
  • 今便 (今便) 我今便為得供養已 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4