Chinese symbol for “cheap”
便宜
pián yi
cheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage; to let sb off lightly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cheap is 便宜 (pián yi), defined as: cheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage; to let sb off lightly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cheap”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 低廉 | dī lián | cheap; inexpensive |
| 实惠 (實惠) | shí huì | tangible benefit; material advantages |
| 低贱 (低賤) | dī jiàn | lowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 便宜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方便 | fāng biàn | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy |
| 随便 (隨便) | suí biàn | as one wishes; as one pleases |
| 便是 | biàn shì | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely |
| 以便 | yǐ biàn | so that; so as to |
| 适宜 (適宜) | shì yí | suitable; appropriate |
| 事宜 | shì yí | matters; arrangements |
| 不宜 | bù yí | not suitable; inadvisable |
| 宜居 | yí jū | livable |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cheap”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.