Usage note
便表示方便，也可表示于是、就。
biàn biǎo shì fāng biàn， yě kě biǎo shì yú shì 、 jiù。
便 means convenient, or can mean then/so.
Context note
便常用于书面语和固定搭配。
biàn cháng yòng yú shū miàn yǔ hé gù dìng dā pèi。
It is often used in written language and fixed phrases.
5 examples
这里很方便。
zhè lǐ hěn fāng biàn。
It is very convenient here.
请便。
qǐng biàn。
Please go ahead.
他一到家便睡了。
tā yí dào jiā biàn shuì le。
As soon as he got home, he slept.
这样更方便。
zhè yàng gèng fāng biàn。
This is more convenient.
你随便看看。
nǐ suí biàn kàn kàn。
Feel free to look around.
5 mini stories
他便开始认真学习。
tā biàn kāi shǐ rèn zhēn xué xí。
Then he began to study seriously.
天气一好，大家便出门了。
tiān qì yì hǎo， dà jiā biàn chū mén le。
As soon as the weather got better, everyone went out.
这里交通很便。
zhè lǐ jiāo tōng hěn biàn。
Transportation here is convenient.
她说完便离开了。
tā shuō wán biàn lí kāi le。
After speaking, she left.
请便，不用客气。
qǐng biàn， bú yòng kè qì。
Please go ahead, no need to be polite.
Related words and contrasts
similar
就
jiù
then, just
Often interchangeable with 便 in 'if...then' sentences.
related
方便
fāngbiàn
convenient
Shares the character 便 and relates to ease.