HSK 6 · Function Words

便于 biànyú “easy to” in Chinese

Traditional 便於

What 便于 means

  1. easy to
  2. convenient for

How to say 便于

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale便biàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale于yú2nd tone, rising

便于 in a sentence

  1. 这电子辞典的好处就是便于携带。

    Zhè diànzǐ cídiǎn de hǎochu jiùshì biànyú xiédài.

    The good thing about this electronic dictionary is that it’s easy to carry.

    Sentence #794251 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 便于 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 便 (pián) with each of its parts in a different colour
便biànplain
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 更more · gēng
The character 于 (yú) with each of its parts in a different colour
于yúto go
  • 二two · èr
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 便于

便 9 strokes · 于 3 strokes

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便于 (biànyú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 便于 (biànyú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 便于

Words with 便

便宜piányi · cheap方便fāngbiàn · convenient方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles顺便shùnbiàn · conveniently随便suíbiàn · as one wishes便biàn · then便利biànlì · convenient便条biàntiáo · informal note即便jíbiàn · even if以便yǐbiàn · so that

Words with 于

终于zhōngyú · at last关于guānyú · about对于duìyú · regarding由于yóuyú · due to于是yúshì · thereupon位于wèiyú · to be located at善于shànyú · to be good at等于děngyú · to equal属于shǔyú · to be classified as在于zàiyú · to lie in

More words: Function Words & Grammar

作为zuòwéi · as (in the role of)甭béng · don’t本人běnrén · I本身běnshēn · itself并非bìngfēi · to not be不得已bùdéyǐ · to have no choice不妨bùfáng · might as well不顾búgù · regardless of

FAQs

便于 (biànyú) means “easy to” or “convenient for”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biànyú: biàn with a 4th tone, then yú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 便于 is written 便於. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 便于 from the suggestions. Typing bianyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
便于 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.