HSK 5 · Function Words

便 biàn “then” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 便 means

  1. then
  2. in that case
  3. convenient
  4. plain
  5. informal
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • suitable
  • opportune

How to say 便

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale便biàn4th tone, falling

便 in a sentence

  1. 由于我生病了，我便没去上学。

    Yóuyú wǒ shēngbìng le, wǒ biàn méi qù shàngxué.

    Because I was ill, I didn’t go to school.

    Sentence #7768322 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 便 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
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How to write 便

便 9 strokes

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

Words related to 便

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便利biànlì · convenient便条biàntiáo · informal note便于biànyú · easy to即便jíbiàn · even if以便yǐbiàn · so that

More words: Function Words & Grammar

唉āi · (sigh) oh彼此bǐcǐ · each other必然bìrán · inevitable毕竟bìjìng · after all不断búduàn · unceasing不见得bújiànde · not necessarily不然bùrán · otherwise不如bùrú · not equal to

FAQs

便 (biàn) means “then” or “in that case”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it biàn: biàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 便 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 便 from the suggestions. Typing bian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
便 is an HSK 5 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.