便衣

Chinese

		advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
simp. and trad. (便衣)		便	衣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biànyī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ ji¹
Min Nan (POJ): piān-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: biànyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianni
  - IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin⁶ ji¹
  - Yale: bihn yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ yi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /piːn²² jiː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-i
  - Tâi-lô: piān-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piexn'y
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻²² i³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ i⁴⁴/

Noun

便衣

plain clothes; civilian clothes; civvies
plainclothes police officer
便衣警察 ― biànyī jǐngchá ― plainclothes police officer

Synonyms

(plainclothes police officer): 便衣警察 (biànyī jǐngchá), 便衣刑警 (biànyī xíngjǐng)

Antonyms

(plain clothes): 制服 (zhìfú)

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