輕便けいべん

See also: 轻便

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
trad. (輕便けいべん)		輕かる	便びん
simp. (轻便)		轻	便びん

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ bin⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khin-piān / kheng-piān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): king¹ biang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingbiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-pien⁴
    • Yale: chīng-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingbiann
    • Palladius: цинбянь (cinbjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ bin⁶
    • Yale: hīng bihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ bin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ bin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ piːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-piān
    • Tâi-lô: khin-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qinpien
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin³³ piɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻²² piɛn²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-piān
    • Tâi-lô: khing-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qengpien
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ piɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: king¹ biang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khing piăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ³³⁻²³ piaŋ³⁵/

Adjective

輕便けいべん

1. light; portable; handy
2. easy and convenient

Synonyms

• (portable): (attributive) 便びん攜式／便びん携式 (biànxiéshì)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “light”): 笨重 (bènzhòng)

Related terms

• 輕けい巧たくみ／轻巧 (qīngqiǎo)
• 輕けい盈みつる／轻盈 (qīngyíng)