便便

Chinese

		advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself	advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself
simp. and trad. (便便)		便	便

Etymology

“poo”: Reduplicative diminutive.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piánpián

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄆㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁴ pin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: piánpián
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄆㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyanpyan
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pin⁴ pin⁴
  - Yale: pìhn pìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁴ pin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pin⁴ pin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn²¹ pʰiːn²¹/

Adjective

便便

(literary) paunchy; potbellied
(literary) argumentative

Derived terms

喋喋便便
大腹便便 (dàfùpiánpián)

空腹便便
腹便便

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biànbiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ bin⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phien-phien
Min Nan (POJ): piān-piān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: biànbiàn → biànbian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ → ㄅㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄅㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann.biann
  - IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ b̥i̯ɛn¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin⁶ bin⁶
  - Yale: bihn bihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ bin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ bin⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /piːn²² piːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien-phien
  - Hakka Romanization System: pien pien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pian⁴ pian⁴
  - IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵ pʰi̯en⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-piān
  - Tâi-lô: piān-piān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piexnpien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ piɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻²² piɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ piɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ piɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ piɛn³³/

Noun

便便

(Mandarin, Cantonese, colloquial, juvenile or cute-sounding or euphemistic) poo; poo-poo; faeces; excrement

Adjective

便便

(Hakka, Min Nan) ready; ready-made; readily available

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