大便

Chinese

Etymology 1

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large	convenient; handy; easy convenient; handy; easy; to relieve oneself
simp. and trad. (大便)		大	便

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai⁶ bin⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai⁵ ben⁵

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ piên⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-piān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ biang⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶da-bi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbiàn
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pien⁴
    • Yale: dà-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbiann
    • Palladius: дабянь (dabjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ bin⁶
    • Yale: daaih bihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ bin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² piːn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ai⁵ ben⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³² pen³²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tai⁴ piên⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ pʰiɛn⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-piān
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixpien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² piɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ piɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ piɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dai⁶ biang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi piăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ piaŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-bi
    • MiniDict: da^去 bi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-bi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² bi⁴⁴/

Verb

大便

1. to defecate; to empty one's bowels

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		更衣 euphemistic
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大便, 大解, 排便, 出大恭 euphemistic, 撇條 euphemistic
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拉屎, 解大手兒, 拉㞎㞎
	Taiwan	拉屎, 大便, 便便, 上二號, 上大號
	Ulanhot	拉屎, 拉㞎㞎
	Tongliao	拉屎, 拉㞎㞎
	Chifeng	大便
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	拉屎
	Harbin	拉屎, 大便, 解大手兒
	Malaysia	拉屎, 大便 childish
	Singapore	拉屎, 大便
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	解大手兒, 拉㞎㞎
	Jinan	拉屎, 解大手, 大便
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拉屎
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	屙屎, 解大手兒, 大便
	Wanrong	㞎屎
	Zhengzhou	屙屎
	Xi'an	㞎屎
	Xining	大便, 解大手
	Xuzhou	屙屎, 解大手, 出大恭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	㞎屎
	Bayanhot	㞎屎, 㞎手, 㞎解
	Lanzhou	㞎屎
	Ürümqi	㞎屎, 大便, 解大手, 拉㞎㞎 childish
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	屙屎, 解大手
	Wuhan	屙㞎㞎, 解大手, 丟堆子 dated, slang
	Guiyang	屙屎, 解大手, 解大便, 屙㞎㞎 childish
	Kunming	解大手
	Guilin	屙㞎
	Liuzhou	屙屎, 屙癟, 解大手, 解大便, 大便
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	屙屎, 大解 dated, euphemistic
	Yangzhou	屙屎, 出恭, 屙㞎㞎 childish
	Nantong	屙屎, 屙㞎, 大解, 解大手 euphemistic
	Hefei	屙屎
	Huanggang	解大手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屙屎, 屙茄, 大便, 屙扽 dated, 屙唔 childish, 屙唔唔 childish
	Hong Kong	屙屎, 屙茄, 大便, 屙大, 屙唔 childish, 屙唔唔 childish, 屙臭臭 childish, 勃勃 childish, 屙勃勃 childish, 屙坺坺 childish, 屙poo poo childish, 開大 slang, 爆石 slang, 擺堆 slang
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	屙屎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	屙屎
	Macau	屙屎, 大便
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	屙屎
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	屙屎
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	屙屎
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	屙屎
	Foshan	屙屎
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	屙屎
	Foshan (Shunde)	屙屎
	Foshan (Sanshui)	屙屎
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	屙屎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	屙屎
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	屙屎
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	屙屎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	屙屎, 出恭, 屙茄
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	屙屎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	屙屎
	Taishan	屙屎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	屙屎
	Enping (Niujiang)	屙屎
	Heshan (Yayao)	屙屎
	Dongguan	屙屎
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	屙屎
	Shaoguan	屙屎
	Yunfu	屙屎
	Yangjiang	屙屎
	Xinyi	屙屎
	Zhanjiang	擺堆
	Lianjiang	屙屎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	屙屎, 炸東京 slang
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	屙屎, 爆石, 開大, 交電費
	Singapore (Guangfu)	屙屎
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	屙屎
Gan	Nanchang	屙屎, 解大手
	Lichuan	屙屎
	Pingxiang	屙屎, 解大手
Hakka	Meixian	屙屎
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	屙屎, 屙茄, 屙不 childish
	Changting	屙屎
	Yudu	屙屎
	Ruijin	屙屎
	Shicheng	屙屎
	Shangyou (Shexi)	屙屎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屙屎
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屙屎
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屙屎, 行通
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屙屎, 行通
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屙屎
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屙屎
	Hong Kong	屙屎
	Sabah (Longchuan)	屙屎
	Senai (Huiyang)	屙屎
	Kuching (Hepo)	屙屎
	Singkawang	屙屎
Huizhou	Jixi	屙屎
	Shexian	擦屎
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	拉屎
	Xiuning	拉屎, 拉五, 上屎缸
	Yixian	拉屎
	Qimen	屙屎
	Wuyuan	放屎, 出恭
	Fuliang	屙屎, 放屎
	Dexing	屙屎
	Shitai (Xianyu)	屙屎
Jin	Taiyuan	屙屎
	Taibus (Baochang)	屙屎
	Linhe	屙屎
	Jining	大便
	Hohhot	屙屎
	Baotou	大便
	Dongsheng	拉屎
	Haibowan	拉屎
Northern Min	Pucheng (Shibei)	拉屎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拉屎, 大解, 出恭 euphemistic
	Fuqing	拉屎
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	拉屎
Southern Min	Xiamen	放屎, 出恭 euphemistic
	Quanzhou	放屎, 出恭 euphemistic
	Jinjiang	放屎
	Shishi	放屎
	Zhangzhou	放屎, 出恭 euphemistic, 應屎 childish
	Taipei (Wanhua)	放屎
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	放屎
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	放屎
	Kaohsiung	放屎
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	放屎
	Yilan	放屎
	Yilan (Toucheng)	放屎
	Changhua (Lukang)	放屎
	Taichung	放屎
	Taichung (Wuqi)	放屎
	Tainan	放屎
	Taitung	放屎
	Hsinchu	放屎
	Penghu (Magong)	放屎
	Penghu (Xiyu)	放屎
	Penang (Hokkien)	放屎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	放屎
	Manila (Hokkien)	放屎, 大便
	Chaozhou	放屎
	Shantou	放屎
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	放屎
	Jieyang	放屎
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	放屎
	Singapore (Teochew)	放屎
	Leizhou	放屎
	Wenchang	放屎
	Haikou	放屎, 出恭
	Singapore (Hainanese)	放屎
Puxian Min	Putian	拉屎
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	拉屎
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	拉屎
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	拉屎
	Xianyou	拉屎
	Xianyou (Fengting)	拉屎
	Xianyou (Youyang)	拉屎
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	拉屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屙屎
Wu	Shanghai	拆惡, 惹惡, 大便, 解大溲, 上馬桶, 辦公 humorous, 跳舞 humorous, 拆惡惡 childish, 惹惡惡 childish, 大溲 dated, 大解 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	射惡
	Suzhou	拆惡, 惹惡, 拆屎, 惹屎
	Wuxi	屙屎
	Danyang	屙屎, 解手, 出恭, 屙恭
	Hangzhou	惹惡
	Ningbo	惹惡, 大便, 大解
	Wenzhou	拉惡
	Jinhua	射惡
Xiang	Changsha	屙屎, 解大手
	Loudi	屙屎, 解大手 euphemistic, 屙㞎㞎 childish
	Shuangfeng	屙屎

Dialectal synonyms of 拉屎 (“to defecate”) [map]

See also

• 小便 (xiǎobiàn)

Noun

大便

1. faeces; excrement

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		糞, 屎, 糞便, 大便, 大恭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	屎, 大外, 㞎㞎 childish
	Taiwan	大便, 屎
	Harbin	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
	Malaysia	屎, 大便
	Singapore	屎, 大便
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	屎, 大糞, 㞎㞎 childish
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	屎
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	屎, 屎㞎㞎 childish
	Wanrong	屎
	Xi'an	屎
	Xining	大便
	Xuzhou	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	屎
	Lanzhou	屎
	Ürümqi	屎
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	屎, 屎㞎衣兒, 㞎㞎 childish, 屎㞎㞎 childish
	Wuhan	㞎㞎, 屎, 大糞, 糞, 糟兒 slang, 米田共 argot
	Guiyang	屎, 㞎㞎 childish, 屎㞎兒 childish
	Liuzhou	屎, 癟, 大便
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	屎
	Yangzhou	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屎, 茄
	Hong Kong	屎, 茄, 大便, 米田共 slang, 便便 childish, 唔唔 childish, 臭臭 childish, 坺坺 childish
	Macau	屎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	屎, 茄
	Dongguan	屎
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	屎
	Penang (Guangfu)	屎
	Singapore (Guangfu)	屎
Gan	Nanchang	屎
	Lichuan	屎
	Pingxiang	屎
Hakka	Meixian	屎, 大糞
	Yudu	屎
	Kuching (Hepo)	屎
Huizhou	Jixi	屎, 練 childish
Jin	Taiyuan	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
Northern Min	Jian'ou	屎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	屎
Southern Min	Xiamen	屎
	Quanzhou	屎
	Zhangzhou	屎
	Tainan	屎, 大便 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	屎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	屎
	Manila (Hokkien)	屎
	Chaozhou	屎
	Singapore (Teochew)	屎
	Leizhou	屎
	Haikou	屎
	Singapore (Hainanese)	屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屎
Wu	Shanghai	惡, 大解 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	惡
	Suzhou	惡
	Danyang	屎
	Hangzhou	惡
	Ningbo	惡
	Wenzhou	惡
	Jinhua	惡
Xiang	Changsha	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
	Loudi	屎, 㞎㞎 childish
	Hengyang	㞎㞎 childish
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 屎 (“faeces”) [map]

See also

• 小便 (xiǎobiàn)

Derived terms

• 大便器 (dàbiànqì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大便):

• → Japanese: 大便(だいべん) (daiben)
• → Korean: 대변(大便) (daebyeon)
• → Vietnamese: đại tiện (大便)

Etymology 2

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major	side
simp. and trad. (大便)		大	便

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ bin⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ bin⁶
    • Yale: daaih bihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ bin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² piːn²²/

Noun

大便

1. (Cantonese, dated) left side of a hall or study in a traditional house

Antonyms

• 細便／细便

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	便
だい Grade: 1	べん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

大 (“big”) +‎ 便 (“excreta”). Compare English number two.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいべん [dàíbéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [da̠ibẽ̞ɴ]

• Homophone: 代弁

Noun

大(だい)便(べん) • (daiben) 

1. shit, excrement, faeces

Synonyms

• (childish) うんこ (unko)
• 糞(ふん) (fun)
• (childish) うんち (unchi)
• くそ (kuso)
• (Fukui, Ishikawa, Niigata, Kita-Katsushika district) あっぱ (appa)

Antonyms

• 小(しょう)便(べん) (shōben)
• おしっこ (oshikko)

See also

• 排泄(はいせつ) (haisetsu)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	便

Noun

大便 • (daebyeon) (hangeul 대변)

1. hanja form^? of 대변 (“excrement; feces; stool”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	便

Verb

大便

1. chữ Hán form of đại tiện (“to defecate”).