便宜
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 2
便宜 (piányi) · cheap
便宜 (piányi) means “cheap; inexpensive”. It is written with 2 characters: 便 (then) + 宜 (fitting). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 便宜 is built
The characters
便 biàn · then
What 便 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 更gèng — to change or replace
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 曰yuē — to speak
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
宜 yí · fitting
What 宜 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 且qiě — moreover
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 月yuè — moon; month
Origin hint: A memorial service 且 held in a house 宀 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这件衣服很便宜。Zhè jiàn yīfu hěn piányi.This piece of clothing is very cheap.
这里的水果便宜吗?Zhèlǐ de shuǐguǒ piányi ma?Is the fruit here cheap?
Questions about 便宜
What does 便宜 mean?
便宜 (piányi) means “cheap; inexpensive”.
How do you pronounce 便宜?
便宜 is pronounced piányi.
Which HSK level is 便宜?
便宜 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 方便fāngbiànconvenient
- 方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles
- 随便suíbiànas you like
- 顺便shùnbiànon the way
- 便利biànlìconvenient
- 便条biàntiáonote (informal written message)
- 便于biànyúeasy to
- 即便jíbiàneven if
- 以便yǐbiànso that
- 不便búbiàninconvenient
Learn 便宜 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 24: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.