便 biàn
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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
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
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) -
adverb
then; atha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: atha (BCSD '便', p. 133; MW 'atha'; SH '便', p. 295)
Contained in
- 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
- 方便品 Chapter on Expedient Means
- 发起善根增长方便(發起善根增長方便) expedient means that promote wholesome roots
- 大乘无生方便门(大乘無生方便門) Five Expedient Means for Attaining the Birthlessness in the Great Vehicle
- 方便力 the power of skillful means
- 体外方便(體外方便) external skillful means
- 方便门(方便門) expedient means ; Gate of Skillful Means ; gate of skillful means
- 善方便经(善方便經) Sumukhanāmadhāraṇīsūtra
- 恵便 Hyep’yon; Ebin
- 同体方便(同體方便) similar skillful means
- 满足方便(滿足方便) perfected expedient means
- 十种方便(十種方便) ten kinds of skillful means
- 三结便尽(三結便盡) with the total ending of [the first] three fetters
- 方便般若 prajna of skillful means
- 七方便 seven expedient means
- 二十五方便 twenty five skillful means
- 覆裹于空，便生屋名(覆裹於空，便生屋名) space is enclosed and is gathered under the term house
Also contained in
转眼便忘 、 便血 、 便道 、 便条 、 便盆 、 请便 、 腹笥便便 、 拉大便 、 灵便 、 通便 、 便于 、 不便险 、 不成功便成仁 、 便利贴 、 省便 、 便溺 、 便宜行事 、 便当 、 便条纸 、 乘便 、 便是 、 吉便 、 便利商店 、 溏便 、 胎便 、 即便 、 便门 、 便秘 、 行动不便 、 便便 、 与人方便，自己方便 、 便览 、 家常便饭 、 任便
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
- 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
- 便失意 (便失意) 便失意 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
- 便舍 (便捨) 勿便捨壽 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
- 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