方便
fāng biàn
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Convenient; easy to do or use. Also used to ask politely whether something suits someone: 你方便吗？ 'Is this a good time for you?'
Thuận tiện, tiện lợi, dễ làm hoặc dễ dùng. Còn dùng để hỏi lịch sự xem người khác có tiện không: 你方便吗？ (Bạn có tiện không?)
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “phương tiện” = 方便 · Vietnamese false friend: Idiomer entry “phương tiện” (phuong-tien). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “方便” mean?
Convenient; easy to do or use. Also used to ask politely whether something suits someone: 你方便吗？ 'Is this a good time for you?' Literally: a way that is convenient
Is “方便” formal or informal?
方便 is generally neutral.