随便suí biànas one wishes
随便 (suí biàn) means "as one wishes." 你可以随便吃 says you can eat as you wish. 孩子可以随便吃 says the child can eat as they wish. 我晚上随便吃 says I eat as I wish in the evening. 我们晚上随便吃 says we eat as we wish in the evening. Each example uses that one sense of doing as one wishes.
What does 随便 mean?
- 1.
as one wishesverb
What do the characters in 随便 mean?
- 随to follow
- 便convenient
How do you use 随便?
随便 can come before 吃 when someone eats as they wish.
Patterns
可以 + 随便 + 吃
你可以随便吃。
Nǐ kěyǐ suíbiàn chī.
You can eat as you wish.
晚上 + 随便 + 吃
我晚上随便吃。
Wǒ wǎnshang suíbiàn chī.
I eat as I wish in the evening.
我们 + 晚上 + 随便 + 吃
我们晚上随便吃。
Wǒmen wǎnshang suíbiàn chī.
We eat as we wish in the evening.
What are some examples of 随便 in a sentence?
How is 随便 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
晚上你可以随便吃吗?
Wǎnshang nǐ kěyǐ suíbiàn chī ma?
In the evening, can you eat as you wish?
- Speaker B:
晚上我可以随便吃。
Wǎnshang wǒ kěyǐ suíbiàn chī.
In the evening, I can eat as I wish.
- Speaker A:
孩子晚上也可以随便吃吗?
Háizi wǎnshang yě kěyǐ suíbiàn chī ma?
Can the child also eat as they wish in the evening?
- Speaker B:
孩子晚上也可以随便吃。
Háizi wǎnshang yě kěyǐ suíbiàn chī.
The child can also eat as they wish in the evening.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.