IDENTITY
便piáncheap (pián); convenient (biàn)
HSK 1Top 950
CORE MEANING
cheap (pián); convenient (biàn)
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.cheapHSK1
- 2.convenientHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 亻person radical (rén)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰亻更
- person
- gives the sound biàn/pián
USAGE
Common words
便宜piányicheap
方便fāngbiànconvenient
随便suíbiàncasual; as you like
Graded examples
这家店又便宜又好。Zhè jiā diàn yòu piányi yòu hǎo.HSK2
This shop is cheap and good.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 使
LEARNING
Memory aid
A person (亻) finding change (更) of price — cheap; smooth and convenient.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #950
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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