便當

Chinese

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biàndang

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶ dong³
Wu (Wiktionary): bi taan (T3)

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

(regional) convenient; easy
(literary) appropriate

Synonyms

方便 (fāngbiàn)

Conjunction

便當

even if

Synonyms

即便 (jíbiàn)
就算 (jiùsuàn)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biàndāng

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

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

(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”)

Derived terms

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.

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