<p>If we look at <a href="https://www.moedict.tw/%E5%BD%A2%E4%BE%BF" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MoE</a>'s definition of 形便, we get:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>形容地理形勢優良便利。</p>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="https://translate.google.com/#view=home&amp;op=translate&amp;sl=zh-CN&amp;tl=en&amp;text=%E5%9C%B0%E7%90%86%E5%BD%A2%E5%8B%A2%E5%84%AA%E8%89%AF%E4%BE%BF%E5%88%A9" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Google Translate</a> tell us this means:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Geographical situation is good and convenient</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Basically you can think of 形便 as a mix of 形势 (situation) and 便利 (convenient).</p>

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<p><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BD%A2%E4%BE%BF" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wiktionary</a> also gives two English definitions:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Noun</strong><br>
  advantages offered by terrain</p>
  
  <p><strong>Adjective</strong><br>
  convenient (because of the location)</p>
</blockquote>

<hr>

<p>So is "situation" in there? Yeah, but it's buried in 形.</p>

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2020-01-26T08:13:04.093Z
2020-01-26T08:13:04.093Z
Mou某
<p>The Chinese word of 형편 (situation) in Korean is 形便.
Can anyone explain what 形 and 便 mean and how can they combine to make the meaning "situation"?</p>

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2020-01-25T19:44:34.087Z
"Situation" in Chinese is 形势
Tang Ho
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Are you sure you don’t want to ask this at Korean StackExchange?
dROOOze
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2020-01-26T05:24:01.217Z
Okay, I was thinking this's more related to Chinese.
emnha
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what do 形 and 便 mean and how can they combine to make the meaning "situation"?
# what do 形 and 便 mean and how can they combine to make the meaning "situation"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-25)

The Chinese word of 형편 (situation) in Korean is 形便.
Can anyone explain what 形 and 便 mean and how can they combine to make the meaning "situation"?

**Tags:** grammar, meaning, word

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "Situation" in Chinese is 形势  
> **username_2**: Are you sure you don’t want to ask this at Korean StackExchange?  
> **username_0**: Okay, I was thinking this's more related to Chinese.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-01-26. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

If we look at [MoE](https://www.moedict.tw/%E5%BD%A2%E4%BE%BF)'s definition of 形便, we get:

> 形容地理形勢優良便利。

[Google Translate](https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&text=%E5%9C%B0%E7%90%86%E5%BD%A2%E5%8B%A2%E5%84%AA%E8%89%AF%E4%BE%BF%E5%88%A9) tell us this means:

> Geographical situation is good and convenient

Basically you can think of 形便 as a mix of 形势 (situation) and 便利 (convenient).

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[Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BD%A2%E4%BE%BF) also gives two English definitions:

> **Noun**  
> advantages offered by terrain
>
> **Adjective**  
> convenient (because of the location)

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So is "situation" in there? Yeah, but it's buried in 形.


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