便是 [－－]

Jyutping bin6 si6
Pinyin biàn shì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)
  2. precisely
  3. exactly
  4. even
  5. if
  6. just like
  7. in the same way as
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    is precisely; is none other than
    (syn.) 就是, 即是
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 六级词汇表 #48
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你上次小便是什么时候？
    你上次小便是什麼時候？
    nǐ shàng cì xiǎo biàn shì shén me shí hou ？
    • When was the last time you urinated?
  2. Mandarin
    你所要做的便是好好把握这千载难逢的机会。
    你所要做的便是好好把握這千載難逢的機會。
    nǐ suǒ yào zuò de biàn shì hǎo hǎo bǎ wò zhè qiān zǎi nán féng de jī huì 。
    • All you have to do is take advantage of this rare opportunity.
  3. Mandarin
    历史课总是根据时间和地点的差异在不同情况下显示出不同的结论，即便是现在发生的也可能是相反的。
    歷史課總是根據時間和地點的差異在不同情況下顯示出不同的結論，即便是現在發生的也可能是相反的。
    lì shǐ kè zǒng shì gēn jù shí jiān hé dì diǎn de chā yì zài bù tóng qíng kuàng xià xiǎn shì chū bù tóng de jié lùn ， jí biàn shì xiàn zài fā shēng de yě kě néng shì xiāng fǎn de 。
    • The lesson of history is always that things have been otherwise in different times and places and thus could now be otherwise as well.
  4. Mandarin
    爱便是在你的梦中梦见她。
    愛便是在你的夢中夢見她。
    ài biàn shì zài nǐ de mèng zhōng mèng jiàn tā 。
    • Love is seeing her in your dreams.
  5. Mandarin
    你若安好，便是晴天。
    你若安好，便是晴天。
    nǐ ruò ān hǎo ， biàn shì qíng tiān 。
    • I am relieved that you are safe.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    女子无才便是德呢啲迂腐嘅思想，应该尽早扑灭。
    女子無才便是德呢啲迂腐嘅思想，應該盡早撲滅。
    neoi5 zi2 mou4 coi4 bin6 si6 dak1 ni1 di1 jyu1 fu6 ge3 si1 soeng2, jing1 goi1 zeon6 zou2 pok3 mit6.
    • The belief that women would do better without being educated should be eradicated as soon as possible.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我那时并不知道这所谓猹的是怎么一件东西——便是现在也不知道——只是无端地觉得状如小狗而很凶猛。
    我那時並不知道這所謂猹的是怎麼一件東西——便是現在也不知道——只是無端地覺得狀如小狗而很兇猛。
    wǒ nà shí bìng bù zhī dào zhè suǒ wèi chá de shì zěn me yī jiàn dōng xī — biàn shì xiàn zài yě bù zhī dào — zhǐ shì wú duān dì jué de zhuàng rú xiǎo gǒu ér hěn xiōng měng ．
    • Back then I did not know what this so-called cha was—which I still do not know even now—but just thought that it had a shape like a little dog and was somehow ferocious for no reason.
  2. Mandarin
    然而即日证明是事实了，作证的便是她自己的尸骸。
    然而即日證明是事實了，作證的便是她自己的屍骸。
    Ｒáｎéｒ jí rì zhèng míng shì shì shí le ， zuò zhèng de biàn shì tā zì jǐ de shī hái ．
    • Yet on that day it proved to be true, the evidence being her own dead body.