佔便宜

See also: 占便宜

Chinese

		to occupy; to constitute; to make up to occupy; to constitute; to make up; to account; to observe; to divine	cheap; inexpensive; to let somebody off lightly
trad. (佔便宜/占便宜)		佔/占	便宜
simp. (占便宜)		占	便宜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàn piányi, zhàn piányí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ, ㄓㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim³ pin⁴ ji⁴, zim³ pin⁴ ji^4-2
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ziam³ biang⁶ ngi⁵
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsoe ⁶bi-gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàn piányi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn piányi̊
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴ pʻien²-i⁵
    • Yale: jàn pyán-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann pyan.i
    • Palladius: чжань пяньи (čžanʹ pjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàn piányí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn piányí
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴ pʻien²-i²
    • Yale: jàn pyán-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann pyanyi
    • Palladius: чжань пяньи (čžanʹ pjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim³ pin⁴ ji⁴, zim³ pin⁴ ji^4-2
    • Yale: jim pìhn yìh, jim pìhn yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim³ pin⁴ ji⁴, dzim³ pin⁴ ji^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim³ pin⁴ yi⁴, jim³ pin⁴ yi^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm³³ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹/, /t͡siːm³³ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziam³ biang⁶ ngi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàm piăng ngî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siam²¹³⁻⁵⁵ piaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ ŋi⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tsoe ⁶bi-gni
    • MiniDict: tsoe^平 bi^去 nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsoe ³bi-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø⁴⁴  bi²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

Verb

佔⫽便宜 (verb-object)

1. to gain extra advantage; to profit at other people's expense; to take advantage of (someone)

   佔某人便宜／占某人便宜  ―  zhàn mǒurén piányi  ―  to take advantage of someone

   做人別老佔便宜。 [MSC, trad.]
   做人别老占便宜。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuòrén bié lǎo zhàn piányi. [Pinyin]

   Don't always seek to profit at other people's expense.

2. (figurative) to be in an advantageous position

Synonyms

• (to gain extra advantage): 利用 (lìyòng); (Sichuan) 吃福息; (Cantonese) 攞便宜／𫽋便宜; (Hakka) 打斧頭／打斧头; (Hokkien) 剾草／𠛅草; (Northern Wu) 搨便宜