流便

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (流便)		流	便
simp. #(流便)		流	便

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liúbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ bin⁶
• Northern Min (KCR): Liǔ-bīng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Liù-biêng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Liû-piān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵ biang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liúbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lióubiàn
    • Wade–Giles: Liu²-pien⁴
    • Yale: Lyóu-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lioubiann
    • Palladius: Любянь (Ljubjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ bin⁶
    • Yale: làuh bihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ bin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ bin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ piːn²²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Liǔ-bīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu²¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Liù-biêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieu⁵³⁻²¹ ^(p-)βiɛŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liû-piān
    • Tâi-lô: Liû-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liu'pien
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ piɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ piɛn³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² piɛn²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liu⁵ biang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû piăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ piaŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

流便

1. (Protestantism) Reuben

Usage notes

Newer editions of the Chinese Union Version have changed the translation from 流便 (Liúbiàn) to 呂便 / 吕便 (Lǚbiàn) due to the possible vulgar connotation of the former, which could be interpreted literally as 流 (liú, “to flow”) + 便 (biàn, “human waste”), i.e. “to have diarrhea”.

Synonyms

Terms for Reuben in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	流便, 呂便, 流本
Roman Catholic	勒烏本