萍 (píng): duckweed
萍 (píng) is a Chinese character meaning “duckweed.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 泙 (phonetic). It ranks #2132 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 萍 grass. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- duckweed
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萍水相逢phrase | píng shuǐ xiāng féng | strangers coming together by chance (idiom) |
| 浮萍noun | fú píng | duckweed |
| 萍乡市 | píng xiāng shì | Pingxiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省 |
| 邓亚萍 | dèng yà píng | Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner |
| 萍乡proper-noun | píng xiāng | see 萍鄉市|萍乡市 |
| 萍蓬草 | píng péng cǎo | spatterdock (Nuphar pumilum), a type of lily |
| 邵飘萍 | shào piāo píng | Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報|京报, executed in 1926 by wa... |
萍 appears in 7 compound words: 57 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 0 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 萍 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这个萍字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě píng zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "萍" carries different meanings in classical Chinese.
张焕萍表示，每晚要保证7小时到8小时的高质量睡眠，同时避免熬夜。
zhāng huàn píng biǎo shì , měi wǎn yāo bǎo zhèng 7 xiǎo shí dào 8 xiǎo shí de gāo zhì liàng shuì mián , tóng shí bì miǎn āo yè .
Zhang Huanping said that people should ensure they get 7 to 8 hours of high-quality sleep every night and avoid staying up late.
邓亚萍点赞武汉研发乒乓球机器人：学习能力远超预期
dèng yà píng diǎn zàn wǔ hàn yán fā pīng pāng qiú jī qì rén : xué xí néng lì yuǎn chāo yù qī
Deng Yaping Praises Wuhan's Table Tennis Robot: Its Learning Ability Far Exceeds Expectations
饰演周萍的龚钰泉此番将周萍内心的挣扎、复杂、懦弱精准传递给观众，收获认可。
shì yǎn zhōu píng de 龚 钰 quán cǐ fān jiāng zhōu píng nèi xīn de zhèng zhā , fù zá , 懦 ruò jīng zhǔn chuán dì gěi guàn zhòng , shōu huò rèn kě .
Gong Yuquan, who plays Zhou Ping, has earned widespread acclaim for her precise portrayal of Zhou Ping’s inner turmoil, complexity, and timidity.
倪萍听后主动与他握手，表示替冉莹颖感到高兴。
倪 píng tīng hòu zhǔ dòng yǔ tā wò shǒu , biǎo shì tì 冉 yíng yǐng gǎn dào gāo xīng .
After hearing this, Ni Ping reached out to shake his hand, expressing her joy on Ran Yingying’s behalf.
Character Family
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