便 biàn pián
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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) -
adjective
advantageous
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 有利 (GHC '便' 1; Kroll 2015 '便' 2) -
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 2015 '便' 4; NCCED '便' 5) -
adjective
fat / obese
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 便 is synonymous with 肥胖 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '便' pián 2) -
verb
to make easy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '便' 1b) -
noun
an unearned advantage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
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adjective
ordinary / plain
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '便' 4) -
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) -
adjective
in passing
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 便 is synonymous with 顺便 in this sense (NCCED '便' 4) -
adjective
informal
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 便 is synonymous with 非正式 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '便' 5) -
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) -
adjective
appropriate / suitable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '便' 1) -
noun
an advantageous occasion
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '便' 2； NCCED '便' 3) -
noun
stool
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Health 健康
Notes: (NCCED '便' 6) -
adjective
quiet / quiet and comfortable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 安适 (GHC '便' 9) -
adjective
proficient / skilled
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '便' 4; Kroll 2015 '便' 3) -
conjunction
even if / even though
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 即使 (Guoyu '便' conj) -
adjective
shrewd / slick / good with words
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '便' 10; Kroll 2015 '便' pián 1) -
proper noun
Hyep’yon / Ebin
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Japan 日本 , 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
- 方便 convenient ; upāya / skillful means / expedient means ; to to the toilet ; to have money to lend ; to make something convenient for others ; to do somebody a favor ; appropriate ; Convenience ; expedient means ; Skillful Means
- 胜鬘师子吼一乘大方便方广经(勝鬘師子吼一乘大方便方廣经經) The Srimala Simhanada Sutra ; Srimala Sutra / Śrīmālādevīsiṃhanādasūtra
- 方便般若 prajna of skillful means
- 正方便 Right Effort
- 方便善巧 skillful means / expedient means / skillful and expedient means
- 大缘方便经(大緣方便經) Mahānidāna Sutta / Mahānidānasutta
- 大方便佛報恩经(大方便佛報恩經) Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing
- 菩萨行方便境界神通变化经(菩薩行方便境界神通變化經) Bodhisattvagocaropāyaviṣayavikurvāṇanirdeśa / Pusa Xing Fangbian Jingjie Shentong Bianhua Jing
- 大乘方便会(大乘方便會) Upāyakauśalyajñānottarabodhisattvaparipṛcchā / Dasheng Fangbian Hui
- 善权方便(善權方便) upāya-kauśalya / skill in means
- 权方便(權方便) upāya / skill in means
- 善巧方便 upāyakauśalya / skillful and expedient means
- 大方广善巧方便经(大方廣善巧方便經) Jñānottarabodhisattvaparipṛcchā (Dafangguang Shanqiao Fangbian Jing)
- 胜鬘师子吼一乘大方便方广经(勝鬘師子吼一乘大方便方廣经經) The Srimala Simhanada Sutra ; Srimala Sutra / Śrīmālādevīsiṃhanādasūtra
- 大方便 mahopāya / skillful means / expedient means
- 顺权方便经(順權方便經) Sirīvivartavyākaraṇa / Shun Quanfangbian Jing
- 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
- 佛说大方广未曾有经善巧方便品(佛說大方廣未曾有經善巧方便品) Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā / Fo Shuo Dafangguang Wei Ceng You Jing Shanqiao Fangbian Pin
- 大方广未曾有经善巧方便品(大方廣未曾有經善巧方便品) Dafangguang Wei Ceng You Jing Shanqiao Fangbian Pin
- 摄大毘卢遮那成佛神变加持经入莲华胎藏海会悲生曼荼攞广大念诵仪轨供养方便会(攝大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經入蓮華胎藏海會悲生曼荼攞廣大念誦儀軌供養方便會) She Da Piluzhena Cheng Fo Shenbian Jia Chi Jing Ru Lianhua Tai Cang Hai Hui Bei Sheng Man Tu Luo Guangda Niansong Yi Gui Gongyang Fangbian Hui
- 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) Da Piluzhena Cheng Fo Shenbian Jia Chi Jing Lianhua Tai Cang Bei Sheng Mantuluo Guangda Chengjiu Yi Gui Gongyang Fangbian Hui
- 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
- 善法方便陀罗尼经(善法方便陀羅尼經) Sumukhanāmadhāraṇīsūtra / Shanfa Fangbian Tuoluoni Jing
- 如来方便善巧呪经(如來方便善巧呪經) Saptabuddhakasūtra / Rulai Fangbian Shan Qiao Zhou Jing
- 方便心论(方便心論) Upāyahṛdaya / Fangbian Xin Lun
- 五方便念佛门(五方便念佛門) Wu Fang Bian Nian Fo Men
Also contained in
不方便 、 爱小便宜 、 便捷 、 便秘 、 便利 、 便于 、 随便 、 以便 、 便宜 、 便条 、 顺便 、 大便 、 简便 、 小便 、 便道 、 即便 、 轻便 、 搭便车 、 便服 、 便玛 、 便装 、 称便 、 便是 、 遂便 、 家常便饭
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 10 Madhyamāgama 《中阿含經》 — count: 224
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 《四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔》 — count: 164
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 《鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄》 — count: 154
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》 — count: 127
- 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
- Scroll 1 Qi Chu San Guan Jing 《七處三觀經》 — count: 117
- Scroll 20 Madhyamāgama 《中阿含經》 — 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
Collocations
- 便作 (便作) 便作是念 — Dīrghāgama 《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 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 6 — count: 7
- 便能 (便能) 四者見人說惡便能抑制 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 11 — count: 5
- 便诽谤 (便誹謗) 而便誹謗 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 13 — count: 5
- 便可 (便可) 便可說之 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 5 — count: 5
- 世间便 (世間便) 念此世間便為敗壞 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 便失意 (便失意) 便失意 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 11 — count: 5
- 便舍 (便捨) 勿便捨壽 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 4 — count: 4
- 今便 (今便) 我今便為得供養已 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 2 — count: 4