便當

See also: 便当 and 弁当

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): ³bi-taan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biàndang
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biàndång
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tang⁵
  - Yale: byàn-dang
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann.dang
  - Palladius: бяньдан (bjanʹdan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn⁵¹ d̥ɑŋ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin⁶ dong³
  - Yale: bihn dong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ dong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ dong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²² tɔːŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ³bi-taan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥i²² tɑ̃⁴⁴/

Adjective

便當

(regional) convenient; easy
(literary) appropriate

Synonyms

(convenient):

Synonyms of 便當

便利 (biànlì)
便宜 (biànyí)
便易 (Min Bei)
便民 (biànmín) (attributive, of a shop, service, etc.)
利便 (lìbiàn) (literary or Hakka, Min Nan)
就手 (jiùshǒu) (Cantonese)

快便 (Min Nan)
方便 (fāngbiàn)
省事 (shěngshì)
簡便／简便 (jiǎnbiàn)
順手／顺手 (shùnshǒu)

Conjunction

便當

even if

Synonyms

即便 (jíbiàn)
就算 (jiùsuàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (弁当):

→ Japanese: 弁当(べんとう) (bentō)

Etymology 2

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 弁当(べんとう) (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 dong³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phien-tông
Min Nan (POJ): piān-tong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biàndāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biàndang
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tang¹
  - Yale: byàn-dāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianndang
  - Palladius: бяньдан (bjanʹdan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin⁶ dong³
  - Yale: bihn dong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ dong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ dong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²² tɔːŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien-tông
  - Hakka Romanization System: pien dong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pian⁴ dong¹
  - Sinological 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

(originally Taiwanese Mandarin) bento; lunchbox

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 盒飯 (“boxed meal; takeaway food”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盒飯
Mandarin	Taiwan	便當, 飯盒
	Jinan	盒飯
	Guilin	盒飯
	Singapore	飯盒, 便當
Cantonese	Hong Kong	飯盒
	Macau	飯盒
	Dongguan	盒飯, 盒仔飯
Min Nan	Taipei	便當盒仔, 便當 GT, 飯盒仔 GT
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	飯包
	Kaohsiung	便當篋仔, 飯篋仔
	Yilan	便當篋仔
	Taichung	便當盒仔
	Tainan	盒仔, 飯篋仔
	Hsinchu	便當盒仔
	Kinmen	飯盒
	Penghu (Magong)	飯盒
	Penang (Hokkien)	包飯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飯盒
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

(Hakka) 飯篼仔／饭篼仔

Derived terms

御便當／御便当 (yùbiàndāng)

領便當／领便当 (lǐng biàndāng)

Verb

便當

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

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