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Definition
Convenient; easy to do and hassle-free.
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How it's used
Standalone usage of 便 as an adjective is rare in modern spoken Cantonese, where it almost exclusively appears as part of the compound 方便. While it functions as a morpheme meaning convenient, you will rarely hear it used alone to describe a situation. It is most commonly encountered in the phrase 方便啲, meaning to make something more convenient or easier to handle.
Examples
It is very convenient to take the MTR here.
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse the adjective meaning convenient with the homophone 便 meaning cheap, which is usually pronounced as 便宜 in formal contexts or 抵 in colloquial speech. Using 便 alone to mean convenient will sound unnatural or archaic to native speakers.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
