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凭

píng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character Traditional 憑

凭 (píng) means "based on; by relying on". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 凭 means

1. to lean against
2. to rely on
3. on the basis of
4. no matter (how, what etc)
5. proof

How 凭 is used in grammar

凭 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Basis Prepositions: 凭、依据、依照 (HSK 5)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 5, prepositions (引出凭借、依据).

Other readings

凭 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• píngvariant of {凭|píng}

Example sentences

• 眼见为凭。
  Yǎn jiàn wéi píng.
  To see is to believe.
• 你凭什么叫我走？
  Nǐ píng shénme jiào wǒ zǒu?
  Who are you to tell me to get out?
• 你凭什幺叫我走？
  Who are you to tell me to get out?
• 你凭什么逮捕我？
  On what grounds are you arresting me?
• 凭什么让我们走？
  Who says you can make us leave?
• 我凭韧性克服了困难。
  Wǒ píng rènxìng kèfú le kùnnan.
  I got over the difficulty with my characteristic tenacity.

Words starting with 凭

• 凭着píng zherelying on; on the basis of
• 凭借píng jièto rely on; to depend on; by means of
• 凭证píng zhèngproof; certificate; receipt
• 凭空píng kōngbaseless (lie); without foundation
• 凭吊píng diàoto visit a place for the memories; to pay homage to (the deceased)
• 凭据píng jùevidence
• 凭栏píng lánto lean on a parapet
• 凭依píng yīto rely on; to base oneself on
• 凭信píng xìnto trust
• 凭单píng dānvoucher; slip; certificate (used as proof to claim, collect or access sth)…
• 凭条píng tiáopaper docket confirming a transaction
• 凭准píng zhǔnevidence (that one can rely on); grounds (for believing sth)
• 凭照píng zhàocertificate; license
• 凭险píng xiǎn(to resist the enemy) relying on inaccessible territory
• 凭靠píng kàoto use; to rely on; by means of
• 凭票入场píng piào rù chǎngadmission by ticket only
• 凭本能做事píng běn néng zuò shìto follow one's nose
• 凭藉píng jièto rely on; to depend on; by means of
• 凭陵píng língto ride roughshod over; to encroach
• 凭祥市Píng xiáng ShìPingxiang, a county-level city in Chongzuo City 崇左市
• 凭仗píng zhàngto rely on; to depend on
• 凭空捏造píng kōng niē zàofabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
• 凭倚píng yǐto rely on
• 凭眺píng tiàoto lean on sth and gaze into the distance

Words containing 凭

• 文凭wén píngdiploma
• 任凭rèn píngno matter what; despite; to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
• 听凭tīng píngto allow (sb to do as he pleases)
• 口说无凭kǒu shuō wú píng(idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's…
• 存托凭证cún tuō píng zhèngdepository share; depository receipt (DR)
• 真凭实据zhēn píng shí jùreliable evidence (idiom); conclusive proof; definitive evidence
• 空口无凭kōng kǒu wú píngmere verbal statement cannot be taken as proof (idiom)
• 美国存托凭证Měi guó Cún tuō Píng zhèngAmerican depository receipt (ADR)
• 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú táilit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)…
• 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…

Characters that look like 凭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 便biànplain; informal; suitable
• 范fànpattern; model; example
• 觉juéto feel; to find that; thinking
• 荒huāngdesolate; shortage; scarce
• 芭bāan unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辞; used in 芭蕉…
• 芫yánused in 芫荽

Sounds the same

Read píng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 苹(artemisia); duckweed
• 瓶bottle; vase; pitcher
• 评to discuss; to comment; to criticize
• 平flat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 屏(standing) screen
• 萍duckweed
• 坪a plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters…
• 冯to gallop; to assist; to attack
• 呯(onomatopoeia) bang! (gong, gun firing etc)
• 玶name of one kind of jade
• 鲆family of flatfish; sole
• 帡used in 帡幪

Where 凭 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Tender, Basis & Tilted (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read píng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.