靈便

Chinese

		alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
trad. (靈便)		靈	便
simp. (灵便)		灵	便

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): língbiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ bin⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-piān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: língbiàn → língbian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ → ㄌㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄅㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: língbiån
  - Wade–Giles: ling²-pien⁵
  - Yale: líng-byan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling.biann
  - Palladius: линбянь (linbjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /liŋ³⁵ b̥i̯ɛn³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ bin⁶
  - Yale: lìhng bihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ bin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ bin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ piːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-piān
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-piān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengpien
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² piɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² piɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² piɛn²²/

Adjective

靈便

nimble; agile
easy to handle; handy

Synonyms

(nimble):

便利 (biànlì) (literary)
便捷 (biànjié)
利索 (lìsuo) (colloquial)
利落 (lìluo)
快手 (faai³ sau²) (Cantonese)
手快 (shǒukuài)
敏捷 (mǐnjié)
機動／机动 (jīdòng)
緊手／紧手 (Hokkien)
緊跤捷手／紧跤捷手 (Hokkien)
輕快／轻快 (qīngkuài)
靈利／灵利 (línglì) (literary)
靈巧／灵巧 (língqiǎo)
靈敏／灵敏 (língmǐn)
靈活／灵活 (línghuó)
麻利 (málì) (colloquial)

(easy to handle): 好用 (hǎoyòng)

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