顺便 meaning in English

shùnbiàn

conveniently; in passing

HSK 7-9adverbTraditional 順便18 strokes

Meaning of 顺便

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shùnbiàn
  1. conveniently
  2. in passing
  3. without much extra effort

顺便 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

顺shùn便biàn问wèn一yī句jù,你nǐ们men已yǐ经jīng去qù过guò北běi海hǎi道dào了le吗ma?
By the way, have you ever been to Hokkaido?
我wǒ决jué定dìng顺shùn便biàn去qù看kàn望wàng看kàn望wàng他tā。
I decided to take the opportunity to go and visit him.
顺shùn便biàn问wèn一yī句jù,你nǐ今jīn晚wǎn有yǒu空kòng吗ma?
By the way, are you free tonight?
顺shùn便biàn问wèn一yī下xià,餐cān厅tīng晚wǎn上shàng几jǐ点diǎn钟zhōng开kāi始shǐ营yíng业yè?
By the way, may I ask when in the evening your restaurant opens?
顺shùn便biàn说shuō一yī句jù,你nǐ最zuì近jìn见jiàn过guò他tā吗ma?
By the way, have you seen him lately?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

顺 shùn · to obey · 9 strokes

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便 biàn · plain · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 顺便.

随便suíbiànas one wishes; as one pleases
顺利shùnlìsmoothly; without a hitch
方便fāngbiànconvenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy
便宜piányiconvenient
一路顺风yīlù-shùnfēngto have a pleasant journey (idiom)
方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles
顺序shùnxùsequence; order
以便yǐbiànso that; so as to
便利biànlìconvenient; easy
便条biàntiáo(informal) note
便于biànyúeasy to; convenient for
便是biàn shì(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely

Questions about 顺便

What does 顺便 mean?

顺便 (shùnbiàn) means "conveniently; in passing" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 顺便?

顺便 is made of 2 characters: 顺 (9 strokes), 便 (9 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 顺便 an HSK word?

Yes. 顺便 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 顺便 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 顺便 is written 順便.