HSK 6 · Objects

便条 biàntiáo “informal note” in Chinese

Traditional 便條

What 便条 means

  1. informal note
  2. memo

Measure word 张 zhāng or 个 gè · 一张便条 yì zhāng biàntiáo

How to say 便条

  • 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条tiáo2nd tone, rising

便条 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆说他留了张便条。

    Tāngmǔ shuō tā liú le zhāng biàntiáo.

    Tom says he left a note.

    Sentence #5091297 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我的桌上有一张便条，上面的字是汤姆的。

    Wǒ de zhuō shàng yǒu yì zhāng biàntiáo, shàngmiàn de zì shì Tāngmǔ de.

    There was a note on my desk in Tom’s handwriting.

    Sentence #13994935 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 汤姆给玛丽在她桌上留了便条。

    Tāngmǔ gěi Mǎlì zài tā zhuō shàng liú le biàntiáo.

    Tom left a note for Mary on her desk.

    Sentence #6624673 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 便条 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 条 (tiáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
条tiáostrip
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 木tree · mù

Memory aidTree 木 gives the meaning: a twig, so the measure word for long, thin things.

How to write 便条

便 9 strokes · 条 7 strokes

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

Words related to 便条

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便于biànyú · easy to即便jíbiàn · even if以便yǐbiàn · so that

Words with 条

面条儿miàntiáor · noodles面条miàntiáo · noodles条tiáo · strip条件tiáojiàn · condition苗条miáotiao · (of a woman) slim条款tiáokuǎn · clause条约tiáoyuē · treaty条理tiáolǐ · order有条不紊yǒutiáobùwěn · orderly

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FAQs

便条 (biàntiáo) means “informal note” or “memo”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biàntiáo: biàn with a 4th tone, then tiáo 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, 便条 is written 便條. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 张 (zhāng) or 个 (gè). For example, one informal note is 一张便条 (yì zhāng biàntiáo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biantiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 便条 from the suggestions. Typing biantiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
便条 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.