Chinese symbol for “convenient”
方便
fāng biàn
convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself
The closest CC-CEDICT match for convenient is 方便 (fāng biàn), defined as: convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “convenient”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 便宜 | biàn yí | convenient |
| 便利 | biàn lì | convenient; easy |
| 便当 (便當) | biàn dāng | convenient; handy |
| 便 | biàn | plain; informal |
| 手 | shǒu | hand; (formal) to hold |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 方便.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng) |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect; aspect |
| 官方 | guān fāng | government; official (approved or issued by an authority) |
| 随便 (隨便) | suí biàn | as one wishes; as one pleases |
| 便宜 | biàn yí | convenient |
| 便是 | biàn shì | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely |
See also: Japanese symbol for “convenient”.
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.