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<h1>Expressing "while you're at it" with "shunbian"
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<p>This article is a stub. Editors can help the Chinese Grammar Wiki by expanding it.
Although sometimes translated as "in passing" or even "conveniently," the most common way that the idea of adverb 顺便 (shùnbiàn) is expressed in English is "while you're at it" (or "while I'm at it," etc.). It's the idea of doing something at a convenient and logical time to save effort. Now you just have to get used to expressing this concept as an adverb.
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<h2>Contents</h2>

  
<div class="contents"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 General use of 顺便 </span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1.1 Structure </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1.2 Example </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 Colloquial usage of 顺便 </span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2.1 Common phrases </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2.2 Example </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 See aslo </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 Sources and further reading </span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.1 Books </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.2 Dictionaries</span></li>
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<h2>General use of 顺便</h2>

<h3>Structure</h3>

<div class="deux">Subj. ＋Verb Phrase 1，顺便 + Verb Phrase 2</div>

<h3>Example</h3>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 去 买 早饭 的 时候 顺便 帮 我 带 杯 咖啡 吧。
Nǐ chūqù de shíhou shùnbiàn bāng wǒ dài bēi kāfēi ba.
Bring me a cup of coffee when you go to buy breakfast. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 去 超市 能 不 能 顺便 帮 我 买 一 瓶 牛奶？
Nǐ qù chāoshì néng bu néng shùnbiàn bāng wǒ mǎi yī píng niúnǎi?
Could you please buy me a bottle of milk when you go to the supermarket? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">老板 去 见 客户，顺便 吃 了 午饭。
Lǎobǎn qù jiàn kèhù, shùnbiàn chī le wǔfàn.
The boss went to see the client and also eat lunch with him. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 下周 去 北京 出差，顺便 去 看 一 个 朋友。
Wǒ xià zhōu qù Běijīng chūchāi, shùnbiàn qù kàn yīgè péngyou.
I'm going to Beijing on a business trip next week. I'll go to visit a friend while I'm there. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 出门 的 时候 都 会 顺便 扔 垃圾。
Wǒ chūmén de shíhou dōu huì shùnbiàn rēng lājī.
I take out the trash every time I leave the house. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 见 他 的 时候 顺便 问 一下 他 周末 来 不 来。
Nǐ jiàn tā de shíhou shùnbiàn wèn yīxià tā zhōumò lái bu lái.
Ask him if he's coming this weekend when you meet him.</span><br/></li>
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<h2>Colloquial usage of 顺便</h2>

<p>Here 顺便 means by the way.</p>

<h3>Common phrases</h3>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">顺便说一下 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;"> 顺便问一下</span><br/></li>
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<h3>Example</h3>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">顺便 说 一下，我 最近 搬 家 了。
Shùnbiàn huō yīxià, wǒ zuìjìn bān jiā le.
By the way, I moved lately. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">顺便 问 一下，你 下周 什么 时候 回来？
Shùnbiàn wèn yīxià, nǐ xià zhōu shénme shíhou huílái?
By the way, when are you coming back next weekend? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">顺便 说 一下，电脑 已经 修 好 了。
Shùnbiàn huō yīxià, diànnǎo yǐjīng xiū hǎo le.
By the way, the computer's been fixed.</span><br/></li>
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<h3>See aslo</h3>

<h3>Sources and further reading</h3>

<h4>Books</h4>

<h4>Dictionaries</h4>
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