便士 (biàn shì) — penny (British currency unit)

Definition

British currency unit: one pound (£) equals 100 便士, usually written 'p' after a number (50p). Use 英镑 for the pound itself.

noun

penny (British currency unit)

便士。
Zhè ge miàn bāo zhǐ yào wǔ shí biàn shì.
This bread only costs fifty pence.
便士，。
Tā cún le hěn duō biàn shì, zhǔn bèi qù yīng guó lǚ xíng.
He saved a lot of pence, planning to travel to the UK.
便士。
Yì yīng bàng děng yú yì bǎi biàn shì.
One pound equals one hundred pence.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

亻更便

便 pairs 亻 (person) with 更 (to change), showing a person changing posture to become comfortable.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 士 comes from a simple drawing of a war axe. The character later came to mean a soldier, officer, or intellectual.

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