方便 fāngbiàn▶ สะดวก

Stroke order

方便 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 方 — 4 strokes
• 便 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. convenient; suitable
2. to facilitate; to make things easy
3. having money to spare
4. (euphemism) to relieve oneself

Example sentences

• 坐地铁很方便。Zuò dìtiě hěn fāngbiàn.Taking the subway is convenient.
• 这里买东西很方便。Zhèlǐ mǎi dōngxi hěn fāngbiàn.It's convenient to buy things here.

Related words

• 北方เหนือ
• 地方ท้องถิ่น
• 便宜ราคาถูก
• 方向ทิศทาง
• 方法วิธี, ระเบียบ
• 方面แง่มุม

方便 is pronounced fāngbiàn and means “สะดวก”. You will meet it in HSK 3, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 方便 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.