Instant noodles are convenient, but they’re not very healthy.
Sentence by WillyChina
How 方便面 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.
方fāngsquare
方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
便biànplain
亻person form of 人 · rén
更more · gēng
面miànface
面 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a face inside its outline.
How to write 方便面
方 4 strokes · 便 9 strokes · 面 9 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 方便面 (fāngbiànmiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
方便面 (fāngbiànmiàn) means “instant noodles”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it fāngbiànmiàn: fāng with a 1st tone, then biàn with a 4th tone, then miàn with a 4th 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, 方便面 is written 方便麵. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangbianmian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 方便面 from the suggestions. Typing fangbianmian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
方便面 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
方fāng1st tone, high and level
便biàn4th tone, falling
