便當

See also: 便当

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

(convenient):

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

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

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”)
(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

(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.

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