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方便 — meaning in English

fāng biàn

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English meaning

  • comfort noun A state of physical ease and freedom from pain or worry.
  • comfortable adj Providing physical ease; free from pain, stress, or awkwardness.
  • comfortably adv In a way that provides physical or emotional ease.
  • convenience noun The quality of being easy, useful, or suitable for one's needs.
  • cushy adj Informal: comfortable and undemanding, especially of a job.
  • ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
  • facilitate verb To make a process easier or help it happen more smoothly.
  • facility noun A building, room or piece of equipment set up and used for a particular activity or service.

Senses

方便 is used for these senses in English:

  • comfort Contentment, ease.
  • comfortable Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable. [from 18th c.]
  • comfortably In a comfortable manner.
  • convenience The quality of being convenient.
  • cushy (chiefly, US) Comfortable, often in a way that will suit a person's body; ergonomic.
  • ease (transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).
  • easiness The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:
  • facilitate To make easy or easier.

comfort — full definition

  1. noun A state of physical ease and freedom from pain or worry.
  2. noun Relief from grief, distress, or anxiety, or something that provides it.
  3. verb To ease someone's distress or grief; to console.

comfortable — full definition

  1. adj Providing physical ease; free from pain, stress, or awkwardness.
  2. adj At ease mentally; relaxed and confident in a situation.
  3. adj Financially secure; having more than enough for one's needs.

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