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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

随便 [suíbiàn]
  1. 1. verb do as one wishes
    这件事怎样处理你随便吧。
    Deal with this matter as you wish.
  2. 2. adjective [随意] casual
  3. 3. adjective [欠考虑的] thoughtless
  4. 4. adverb
    大家随便坐。
    Everyone can sit where they like.
    她在商店里随便逛逛。
    She's wandering around the shops.
  5. 5. conjunction no matter

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

随便 [suíbiàn]
  1. 1. do as one pleases;
    随你的便。
    Do as you please.
    随便吃吧。
    Help yourself.
  2. 2. casual; random; informal;off-hand
    随便闲谈
    chat; chitchat
    随便说了几句
    make some casual remarks
    我只是随便问问。
    I was just asking.
  3. 3. careless; slipshod; wild
    说话随便
    not be careful about the way one talks
  4. 4. wanton; wilful; arbitrary
    随便撕毁协议
    wantonly tear up an agreement
  5. 5. anyhow; any
    随便什么时候来都行。
    Come any time you like.
  6. 6. casually

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

随便 [suíbiàn]
  1. 1. 散漫
    这个人太随便了,上班总迟到。
  2. 2. 不拘束;不受限制
    大家随便点儿好了
    大家随便谈谈,不要拘束。
  3. 3. 无论;不管
    随便你怎么说我也不去。

Examples

你不可随便说话。
You cannot say whatever you wish.
不要随便猜疑。
Don't let your suspicions get out of hand.
这种场合你不能穿得太随便
You should be properly dressed for such an occasion.
机房不能随便出入。
You can't come in and go out of the motor room as you please.
这里有开水,渴了请随便喝。
Here's some boiled water. Have some whenever you're thirsty.
语言这东西,不是随便可以学好的,非下苦功不可。
The mastery of language is not easy and requires painstaking effort.
他老成持重,不大随便发表意见。
He was experienced and reserved, and did not give his views on anything without due thought.
旧社会资本家随便散工人。
In the old days, the capitalists sacked workers at will.
随便闲谈
chat; chitchat

Collocations

随便聊聊
to talk casually
随便
to look around casually
非常随便
to be very random
说话随便
to speak casually

Word Decomposition


[suí]
+ 便
[biàn]

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