方便

Character by character

• 方fāng4 strokesHSK 1a square, rectangle; a region; local
• 便biàn9 strokesHSK 2convenience, ease; expedient

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 这很方便。

  Zhè hěn fāng biàn

  That's very handy.

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• 这方便得多了。

  Zhè fāng biàn de duō le

  It's much more convenient.

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• 我要去方便一下。

  Wǒ yào qù fāng biàn yī xià

  I need to go to the bathroom.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 方便. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 地方dì fangHSK 1

  area; place; space; room; territory

• 方式fāng shìHSK 3

  way; manner; style; mode; pattern

• 方法fāng fǎHSK 2

  method; way; means

• 方面fāng miànHSK 2

  respect; aspect; field; side

• 便biànHSK 6

  plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards

• 方fāngHSK 4

  square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter

• 对方duì fāngHSK 3

  the other person; the other side; the other party

• 方向fāng xiàngHSK 2

  direction; orientation

• 随便suí biànHSK 2

  as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton

• 方案fāng ànHSK 4

  plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill

• 双方shuāng fāngHSK 3

  bilateral; both sides; both parties involved

• 便宜biàn yíHSK 2

  convenient

• 南方nán fāngHSK 2

  south; the southern part of the country; the South

• 即便jí biànHSK 7

  even if; even though; right away; immediately

• 官方guān fāngHSK 4

  government; official (approved or issued by an authority)

• 顺便shùn biànHSK 7

  conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort

• 西方xī fāngHSK 2

  the West; the Occident; Western countries

• 以便yǐ biànHSK 5

  so that; so as to; in order to

• 另一方面lìng yī fāng miànHSK 3

  on the other hand; another aspect

• 北方běi fāngHSK 2

  north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River

• 东方dōng fāngHSK 2

  east

• 便利biàn lìHSK 5

  convenient; easy; to facilitate

• 前方qián fāngHSK 6

  ahead; the front

• 处方chǔ fāngHSK 7

  medical prescription; to write out a prescription; (fig.) recommendation; advice