平 (píng): flat, level, equal
平 (píng) is a Chinese character meaning “flat.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 干 (structural) and 丷 (structural). It ranks #215 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 平 a leveling scale. Its radical form 干 (dry) appears in many related characters such as 干 (gān, dry), 年 (nián, year), 并 (bìng, and).
Definitions
- flat
- level
- equal
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 平
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 公平adjective | gōng píng | fair | 5 |
| 和平noun | hé píng | peace | 6 |
| 水平noun | shuǐ píng | horizontal | 3 |
| 平静adjective | píng jìng | calm | 5 |
| 平常adjective/noun | píng cháng | ordinary | 4 |
| 平时noun | píng shí | ordinarily | 3 |
| 平衡adjective/verb | píng héng | balance | 5 |
| 平安adjective | píng ān | safe and sound | 5 |
| 平等adjective | píng děng | equal | 6 |
| 平均verb/adjective | píng jūn | average | 5 |
| 平凡adjective | píng fán | commonplace | 6 |
| 平台noun | píng tái | platform | 5 |
| 平方noun/measure | píng fāng | square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) | 6 |
| 平方米measure | píng fāng mǐ | square meter | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平民noun | píng mín | ordinary people |
| 摆平verb | bǎi píng | to be fair |
| 太平洋 | tài píng yáng | Pacific Ocean |
| 平行adjective | píng xíng | parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively) |
| 平息verb | píng xī | (of wind etc) to subside |
| 平安无事 | píng ān wú shì | safe and sound (idiom) |
| 平局noun | píng jú | a draw (in competition) |
| 平原noun | píng yuán | field |
| 平面 | píng miàn | (geometry) plane |
| 平分verb | píng fēn | to divide evenly |
| 太平间noun | tài píng jiān | mortuary |
| 平庸adjective | píng yōng | mediocre |
| 平和adjective | píng hé | gentle |
| 太平adjective | tài píng | peace and security |
| 平手noun | píng shǒu | (sports) draw |
平 appears in 112 compound words: 60 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 平 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (42)
injustice provokes outcry; where there is injustice, there will be protest
to take up the cudgels for the injured party; to defend somebody against an injustice
to present a false picture of peace and cover up the ongoing turmoil in society
to take up the cudgels for the injured party; to defend somebody against an injustice
Showing 12 of 42 idioms containing 平.
Example Sentences
平字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
píng zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "平" has different usages in different contexts.
惠理:金价跌返4900水平可吸
huì lǐ : jīn jià diē fǎn 4 9 0 0 shuǐ píng kě xī
Value Partners: The price of gold can be absorbed when it falls back to the 4900 level
中职》工藤改造的吕彦青首秀“期待以下” 平野惠一解释原因
zhōng zhí gōng téng gǎi zào de lǚ 彦 qīng shǒu xiù qī dài yǐ xià píng yě huì yī jiě shì yuán yīn
"Secondary Vocational School" Kudo transformation's Lu Yanqing's debut "looking forward to the following" Keiichi Hirano explained the reason
日本“猫经济”直逼3兆日圆 几乎追平大阪世博
rì běn māo jīng jì zhí bī 3 zhào rì yuán jī hū zhuī píng dà 阪 shì bó
Japan's "cat economy" is approaching 3 trillion yen, almost tying the Osaka World Expo
...年初三车间灯就亮了,航天老厂通过自研AI平台,稳..
. . . nián chū sān chē jiān dēng jiù liàng le , háng tiān lǎo hǎn tōng guò zì yán A I píng tái , wěn . .
... On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the workshop lights were turned on, and the old aerospace factory was stable through the self-developed AI platform.
马到平安|拒绝 “人从众” 伤害,春节防踩踏 ...
mǎ dào píng ān jù jué rén cóng zhòng shāng hài , chūn jié fáng cǎi tà . . .
Horse to Ping'an|Refuse to "follow the crowd" injury, Spring Festival anti-stampede ...
你觉得我们应该为世界和平做些什么？
Nǐ juéde wǒmen yīnggāi wèi shìjièhépíng zuò xiē shénme?
What do you think we should do to make for world peace?
选手们的平均身高是多少？
Xuǎnshǒu men de píngjūn shēngāo shì duōshao?
What's the average height of the players?
人生是不公平的，是吧？
Rénshēng shì bù gōngpíng de, shì ba?
Life isn't fair, is it?
人平均一分钟眨几次眼睛？
Rén píngjūn yī fēnzhōng zhǎ jǐcì yǎnjing?
How many times a minute does the average person blink?
Character Family
干 Radical Family — Characters sharing the dry radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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