HSK 6 · Adjectives

便利 biànlì “convenient” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 便利 means

  1. convenient
  2. to facilitate
  3. easy

How to say 便利

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale利lì4th tone, falling

便利 in a sentence

  1. 我们的房子位于交通便利的地方。

    Wǒmen de fángzi wèiyú jiāotōng biànlì de dìfang.

    Our house is in a spot with good transport links.

    Sentence #839588 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他强调都市生活的便利方面。

    Tā qiángdiào dūshì shēnghuó de biànlì fāngmiàn.

    He stressed the conveniences of city life.

    Sentence #336255 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 有一家便利店在马路斜对面。

    Yǒu yì jiā biànlìdiàn zài mǎlù xié duìmiàn.

    There’s a convenience store diagonally across the road.

    Sentence #397367 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 便利 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 利 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
利lìsharp
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

How to write 便利

便 9 strokes · 利 7 strokes

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

Words related to 便利

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

Words with 利

流利liúlì · fluent顺利shùnlì · smoothly胜利shènglì · victory利用lìyòng · to make use of有利yǒulì · advantageous利益lìyì · benefit利润lìrùn · profits利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)权利quánlì · right (an entitlement)锋利fēnglì · sharp (blade)

More words: Adjectives

悲惨bēicǎn · miserable被动bèidòng · passive笨拙bènzhuō · clumsy扁biǎn · flat别扭bièniu · awkward别致biézhì · unique闭塞bìsè · isolated博大精深bódàjīngshēn · broad and profound (of knowledge or culture)

FAQs

便利 (biànlì) means “convenient” or “to facilitate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biànlì: biàn with a 4th tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 便利 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 便利 from the suggestions. Typing bianli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
便利 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.