随便
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
随便 (suíbiàn) · as you like
随便 (suíbiàn) means “as you like; casual; random”. It is written with 2 characters: 随 (to follow) + 便 (then). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 随便 is built
The characters
随 suí · to follow
What 随 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 迶yòu — to walk
- 辶 — walking, moving
- 有yǒu — to have
- 月yuè — moon; month
Origin hint: To walk 迶 to the city 阝; to follow a path (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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
Example sentences
请随便坐。Qǐng suíbiàn zuò.Please sit wherever you like.
菜你随便点。Cài nǐ suíbiàn diǎn.Order whatever dishes you like.
Questions about 随便
What does 随便 mean?
随便 (suíbiàn) means “as you like; casual; random”.
How do you pronounce 随便?
随便 is pronounced suíbiàn.
Which HSK level is 随便?
随便 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 随时suíshíat any time
- 随手suíshǒucasually
- 随着suízhealong with
- 随身suíshēnto carry on one's person
- 伴随bànsuíto accompany
- 跟随gēnsuíto follow
- 随即suíjíimmediately
- 随意suíyìas one likes
- 随suíto follow
- 方便fāngbiànconvenient
Learn 随便 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 43: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.