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便 pián biàn

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 '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 '便' 2)
biàn verb to pass stool / to excrete / to relieve oneself / to urinate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Health 健康
Notes: In the sense of 小便 'to urinate' or 大便 'to pass stool' (GHC '便' 5; Kroll '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 '便' pián 2)
biàn verb to make easy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll '便' 1b)
biàn noun an unearned advantage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
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 '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 '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 '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 , Subdomain: Health 健康
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 '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 '便' pián 1)
biàn proper noun Hyep’yon / Ebin
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Japanese Buddhism 日本佛教 , Concept: Person 人
Notes: Japanese: Ebin; a Korean involved in the transmission of Buddhism to nuns in Japan in the 6th century (Matsuo 2007, p. 17)

Contained in

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Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
Madhyamāgama 《中阿含經》	Scroll 10	224
Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 《四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔》	Scroll 2	161
Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 《鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄》	Scroll 1	159
Sengjia Luocha Suo Ji Jing 《僧伽羅剎所集經》	Scroll 3	126
Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》	Scroll 2	124
Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 《別譯雜阿含經》 - one scroll by an unknown translator	Scroll 1	122
Quotations from Abbot Mi An 《密菴和尚語錄》	Scroll 1	117
Qi Chu San Guan Jing 《七處三觀經》	Scroll 1	117
Madhyamāgama 《中阿含經》	Scroll 30	117
The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》	Scroll100	116

Collocations

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
便作	便作	便作是念	Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》 Scroll 9	20
灭便	滅便	以癡滅便行滅	Nirvāṇa Sūtra 《佛般泥洹經》 Scroll 1	11
便生	便生	便生邪婬	Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》 Scroll 6	7
便失意	便失意	便失意	Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》 Scroll 11	5
世间便	世間便	念此世間便為敗壞	Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》 Scroll 1	5
便可	便可	便可說之	Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》 Scroll 5	5
便能	便能	四者見人說惡便能抑制	Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》 Scroll 11	5
便诽谤	便誹謗	而便誹謗	Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》 Scroll 13	5
便舍	便捨	勿便捨壽	Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》 Scroll 4	4
今便	今便	我今便為得供養已	Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》 Scroll 2	4