便當

便當

See also: 便当

Chinese

		easy, convenient	to be regarded as
trad. (便當)		便	當
simp. (便当)		便	当

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàndang

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ dong³
• Wu (Wiktionary): bi taan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: biàndang
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann.dang
    • IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ d̥ɑŋ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶ dong³
    • Yale: bihn dong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ dong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ dong³
    • IPA ^(key): /piːn²² tɔːŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: bi taan (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /b̻i²² tɑ̃⁴⁴/

Adjective

便當

1. (regional) convenient; easy
2. (literary) appropriate

Synonyms

• (convenient):

edit

便利 (biànlì) 利便 (lìbiàn) (literary or Min Nan) 快便 (Min Nan)

方便 (fāngbiàn) 簡便／简便 (jiǎnbiàn)

Conjunction

便當

1. even if

Synonyms

• 即便 (jíbiàn)
• 就算 (jiùsuàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (弁当):

• → Japanese: 弁 (べん)当 (とう) (bentō)

Etymology 2

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 弁 (べん)当 (とう) (bentō, “lunchbox”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 便當／便当 (biàndang, “convenient, appropriate”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàndāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ dong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phien-tông
• Min Nan (POJ): piān-tong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: biàndāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianndang
    • IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶ dong¹
    • Yale: bihn dōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ dong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ dong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /piːn²² tɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien-tông
    • Hakka Romanization System: pien dong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pian⁴ dong¹
    • IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵ toŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-tong
    • Tâi-lô: piān-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piexndofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

便當

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin) bento; lunchbox

Synonyms

• 飯盒／饭盒 (fànhé, “box meal”)
• 盒飯／盒饭 (héfàn, “box meal”)
• 飯包／饭包 (“box meal”)
• (Min Nan) 便當盒／便当盒, 便當篋仔／便当箧仔

Derived terms

御便當／御便当 (yùbiàndāng)

領便當／领便当 (lǐng biàndāng)

Verb

便當

1. (slang) Synonym of 領便當／领便当 (lǐng biàndāng).

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #4702”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.