便宜
pián yi
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Cheap; inexpensive. A basic shopping word, as in 便宜一点儿, 'a bit cheaper, please'; it can also mean a small unearned advantage (占便宜, 'to take advantage').
Rẻ, giá thấp. Là từ cơ bản khi mua bán, như 便宜一点儿 (rẻ hơn chút đi); còn chỉ món lợi nhỏ không phải bỏ công (占便宜: chiếm phần hời).
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 “tiện nghi” = 便宜 · Vietnamese false friend: Idiomer entry “tiện nghi” (tien-nghi). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “便宜” mean?
Cheap; inexpensive. A basic shopping word, as in 便宜一点儿, 'a bit cheaper, please'; it can also mean a small unearned advantage (占便宜, 'to take advantage'). Literally: convenient and suitable
Is “便宜” formal or informal?
便宜 is generally neutral.