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

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

(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”.[1]

Synonyms

Terms for Reuben in different branches of Christianity

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

References

洪放 (2019 January 6) “和合本的修訂與專有名詞的翻譯”, in Christian Weekly‎, number 2837

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[1] 洪放 (2019 January 6) “和合本的修訂與專有名詞的翻譯”, in Christian Weekly‎, number 2837