Convenient: 方便 (fāngbiàn)
“Convenient” / “To be convenient”
方便 is usually used as an adjective or verb to talk about convenience or ease of doing something.
✅ Common Sentence Patterns + Examples:
1. A 对 B 很方便 – “A is convenient for B”
- 这家超市离我家很近，对我很方便。
(Zhè jiā chāoshì lí wǒ jiā hěn jìn, duì wǒ hěn fāngbiàn.)
→ This supermarket is close to my home, very convenient for me.
2. 什么时候你方便？ – “When is convenient for you?”
- 我们约个时间聊聊，你什么时候方便？
(Wǒmen yuē gè shíjiān liáo liáo, nǐ shénme shíhòu fāngbiàn?)
→ Let’s schedule a time to chat. When is convenient for you?
3. 方便的话… – “If it’s convenient…”
- 方便的话，你可以帮我买杯咖啡吗？
(Fāngbiàn de huà, nǐ kěyǐ bāng wǒ mǎi bēi kāfēi ma?)
→ If it’s convenient, could you buy me a coffee?
4. 这很方便。 – “This is very convenient.”
- 手机支付真的很方便！
(Shǒujī zhīfù zhēn de hěn fāngbiàn!)
→ Mobile payment is so convenient!
🧻 BONUS: Slang use — polite way to say “go to the bathroom”
Sometimes people use 方便 as a euphemism for going to the bathroom, especially in a polite or indirect way:
- 我想去方便一下。
(Wǒ xiǎng qù fāngbiàn yīxià.)
→ I need to use the restroom (a polite way to say it).