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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

便 [biàn]
  1. 1. adjective [方便] convenient
    便
    portable
  2. 2. adjective [简单] simple
    便
    simple meal
  3. 3. noun [方便之时] convenience
    何时来讲学,悉听尊便
    Please come and speak to us at your own convenience.
  4. 4. noun [粪便] excretion
  5. 5. verb excrete
    便
    urinate
    便
    defecate
  6. 6. adverb
    稍等片刻演唱会便开始。
    The performance is about to start.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

便 [biàn]
  1. 1. adjective convenient; handy
    便
    close and convenient
  2. 2. adjective informal; plain; ordinary
    便
    an ordinary meal; a simple meal; potluck
  3. 3. noun a convenient situation or time
    便
    when it's convenient
  4. 4. noun piss or shit; urine or excrement
    便
    excrement and urine; night soil
  5. 5. verb relieve oneself
    便
    defecate; have a bowel movement; shit
    便
    urinate; pass (or make) water; empty one's bladder
  6. 6. adverb soon afterwards
    车开不久,天便亮了。
    It was light soon after the train had started.
  7. 7. adverb in that case; then
    这几天不是刮风,便是下雨。
    During the last few days, if it was not blowing, then it was raining.
  8. 8. conjunction even if
    便是累了,我也要来。
    I'll come even if I'm tired.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

便 [biàn]
  1. 1. 适宜
    便公开
    便
  2. 2. 适宜的时候;顺便的机会
    因利乘便
    便
    便
    便
  3. 3. 便;做起来不困难
    行走不便
    便于装卸
    便
  4. 4. 简单的;非正式的
    便
    便
    便服。
  5. 5. 排泄屎、尿等
    便
    便
    便池。
  6. 6. 屎;尿
    便
    便
  7. 7. a)表示在很久以前已经发生
    他从小便会拉胡琴。
  8. 8. b)表示前一件事发生了,后一件事立即发生,相当于“就”“即”
    一问便
    扭头便跑。
  9. 9. c)表示很短时间内即将发生
    我去去便来。
  10. 10. d)表示在前面的条件下,自然发生后面的结果,相当于“就”
    没有信息化,便没有经济的腾飞
    只要坚持锻炼,身体便会健康。
  11. 11. e)表示加强肯定
    这里便是我的故乡
    老舍先生的故居便在这条胡同里。

Examples

不成功,便成仁。
Fulfil your mission or, failing that, lay down your life.
请你乘便把那本书带给我。
Please bring me the book whenever it's convenient.
大夫看了看我的伤口,跟护士耳语了几句便出去了。
After examining my wound, the doctor whispered something in the nurse's ear and left.
随着私有制的产生,人类便分化为阶级。
With the emergence of private ownership, humanity was divided into classes.
她怎么也忍不住,哽咽了一声泪水便夺眶而出。
Unable to control herself any longer, she began to sob and her tears fell in torrents.
我们在密林中穿行,约数百米,便豁然开朗。
We pushed ourselves through the thick forest for a few hundred metres and then reached an open space.
河里的泥沙淤积在这里,年深日久便成了沙洲。
The bar was formed by the mud and sand deposited here over a long period of time.
队伍到达开阔地便成扇形摆开阵势。
The troops fanned out as they reached open ground.
大小便失禁
suffer from incontinence of faeces and urine; be doubly incontinent

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