屏 (píng): (standing) screen, to get rid of, to put aside, to reject, to keep control, to hold (one's breath)
屏 (píng) is a Chinese character meaning “(standing) screen.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 户 (semantic) and 并 (phonetic). It ranks #1870 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 屏 door. Its radical form 尸 (corpse) appears in many related characters such as 层 (céng, to pile on top of one another), 尽 (jǐn, to the greatest extent), 屋 (wū, (bound form) house).
Definitions
- (standing) screen
- to get rid of
- to put aside
- to reject
- to keep control
- to hold (one's breath)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 屏
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屏蔽verb | píng bì | to screen |
| 屏障verb | píng zhàng | barrier |
| 荧屏 | yíng píng | fluorescent screen |
| 显示屏noun | xiǎn shì píng | display screen |
| 屏风noun | píng fēng | (furniture) screen |
| 屏气verb | bǐng qì | to hold one's breath |
| 屏息verb | bǐng xī | hold one's breath |
| 屏山proper-noun | píng shān | see 屏山縣|屏山县 |
| 触摸屏noun | chù mō píng | touchscreen |
| 开屏verb | kāi píng | (a peacock) spreads its tail |
| 银屏noun | yín píng | television |
| 荧光屏noun | yíng guāng píng | fluorescent screen |
| 息屏显示 | xī píng xiǎn shì | always-on display (AOD) |
| 屏东市 | píng dōng shì | Pingtung City in south Taiwan |
| 负一屏noun | fù yī píng | left panel (displayed by swiping right from the main panel of the home screen) |
屏 appears in 70 compound words: 37 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 17 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 屏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
屏字由9笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
bīng zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "屏" consists of nine strokes and features a remarkably ingenious structure.
...月发布:12.3 英寸 165Hz 高刷屏、骁龙 8 系处理器
. . . yuè fā bù : 1 2 . 3 yīng cùn 1 6 5 H z gāo shuā bǐng , 骁 lóng 8 xì chǔ lǐ qì
... Monthly release: 12.3-inch 165Hz high refresh screen, Snapdragon 8 series processor
拒绝“末日刷屏”:美国年轻人对抗信息过载,带火老式数码...
jù jué mò rì shuā bǐng : měi guó nián qīng rén duì kàng xìn xī guò zài , dài huǒ lǎo shì shǔ mǎ . . .
Refuse to "swipe the screen at the end of the day": young Americans fight against information overload and bring fire to old-fashioned digital...
京都浴屏设计独特 告别传统浴帘缺点
jīng dōu yù bǐng shè jì dú tè gào bié chuán tǒng yù lián quē diǎn
Kyoto's bath screen design is unique, say goodbye to the shortcomings of traditional shower curtains
(新春走基层)福建屏南:古桥“万安”横碧水 乡宴“..
( xīn chūn zǒu jī céng ) fú jiàn bǐng nán : gǔ qiáo wàn ān héng bì shuǐ xiāng yàn . .
(New Year at the grassroots level) Pingnan, Fujian: Guqiao "Wan'an" Hengbi Water Township Banquet":
用金牌当屏保,宁忠岩不过是把冷板凳坐热
yòng jīn pái dāng bǐng bǎo , nìng zhōng yán bù guò shì bǎ lěng bǎn dèng zuò rè
Using the gold medal as a screensaver, Ning Zhongyan is just sitting on the cold bench to heat up
你能屏住呼吸多久？
Nǐ néng bīng zhù hūxī duōjiǔ?
How long can you hold your breath?
深吸一口气然后屏住气。
Shēn xī yīkǒuqì ránhòu bīng zhù qì.
Take a breath and hold it.
我屏气观看眼前光景。
Wǒ bǐngqì guānkàn yǎnqián guāngjǐng.
I watched what was unfolding in front of my eyes with bated breath.
我屏住了呼吸等待着。
Wǒ bīng zhù le hūxī děngdài zhe.
I held my breath and waited.
Character Family
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