方便 fāngbiàn▶ tiện lợi

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phía bắc
• 地方địa phương
• 便宜rẻ
• 方向phương hướng
• 方法Phương pháp
• 方面Khía cạnh

方便 is pronounced fāngbiàn and means “tiện lợi”. 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.