Answer to What Does It Mean When You Say “随便(suíbiàn)”?

Answer: C
The key word in this test is “随便(suíbiàn).” Generally, the word is used in two ways:
1. We can use “随便(suíbiàn)” as a verb which means “ to do as one wishes” or as a conjunction which means “no matter,” indicating that one doesn’t care about something or about how to deal with something.

Zhāng Yīng: Zhèjiànshì zěnme chǔlǐ bǐjiào hǎo ne?
张        英：  这件事      怎么    处理  比较  好   呢？
Zhang Ying: How should we deal with this?

Lǐ Lán: Nǐ suíbiàn ba. Wǒ xiāngxìn nǐ.
李 蓝：你 随便    吧，我  相信      你。
Li Lan: Do as you wish. I believe you.

Zhōu Jié: Nǐ xiǎng chī shénme kǒuwèi de bīngqīlíng?
周     杰：你 想      吃  什么      口味     的 冰淇淋？
Zhou Jie: Which favor of ice-cream do you want to eat?

Lín Mèng: Suíbiàn. Wǒ dōu xǐhuan.
林   梦：    随便，  我   都   喜欢。
Lin Meng: Whatever. I like them all.

2. “随便(suíbiàn)” can also be used as an adjective or adverb, meaning “casual/casually” or “thoughtless/thoughtlessly.”

Tā jīntiān chuānde hěn suíbiàn.
他 今天     穿得       很   随便。
He dresses so casually today.

Búyào suíbiàn dāyìng biérén.
不要     随便     答应    别人。
Don’t promise others thoughtlessly.

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