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坪

píng

Character

What 坪 means

1. a plain
2. ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)

Example sentences

• 离开草坪!
  Get off the lawn!
• 滚出我的草坪！
  Gǔn chū wǒ de cǎopíng!
  Get off my lawn.
• 妈妈叫我修剪草坪。
  Māma jiào wǒ xiūjiǎn cǎopíng.
  Mother told me to mow the lawn.
• 如果天气情况允许的话，我明天就去割草坪。
  Rúguǒ tiānqì qíngkuàng yǔnxǔ dehuà, wǒ míngtiān jiù qù gēcǎo píng.
  I'm going to mow the lawn tomorrow, weather permitting.
• 我修剪汤姆的草坪，没有向他收取任何费用。
  I didn't charge Tom anything to mow his lawn.
• 「汤姆你今天会剪草坪吗？」「不能明天剪吗？我今天不想剪。」
  "Are you going to mow the lawn today, Tom?" "Can't I do it tomorrow? I don't feel like doing it today."

Words starting with 坪

• 坪山区Píng shān QūPingshan, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市
• 坪山Píng shānsee 坪山区

Words containing 坪

• 草坪cǎo pínglawn
• 停机坪tíng jī píngaircraft parking ground; apron; tarmac (at airport)
• 操坪cāo píngdrill ground
• 佛坪县Fó píng XiànFoping, a county in Hanzhong City 汉中市
• 延坪岛Yán píng DǎoYeonpyeong island on Yellow Sea coast of Korea
• 柯坪县Kē píng XiànKalpin, a county in Aksu Prefecture 阿克苏地区
• 紫坪铺Zǐ píng pūZipingpu Dam, Sichuan
• 草坪机cǎo píng jīlawn mower
• 华坪县Huá píng XiànHuaping, a county in Lijiang City 丽江市
• 镇坪县Zhèn píng XiànZhenping, a county in Ankang City 安康市
• 高坪区Gāo píng QūGaoping, a district of Nanchong City 南充市
• 尖草坪区Jiān cǎo píng QūJiancaoping, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市
• 直升机坪zhí shēng jī pínghelipad
• 紫坪铺水库Zǐ píng pū Shuǐ kùZipingpu Dam, Sichuan
• 沙坪坝区Shā píng bà QūShapingba, a district of Chongqing 重庆
• 紫坪铺大坝Zǐ píng pū Dà bàZipingpu Dam, Sichuan
• 兰坪白族普米族自治县Lán píng Bái zú Pǔ mǐ zú Zì zhì xiànLanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County, in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州
• 佛坪Fó píngsee 佛坪县
• 柯坪Kē píngsee 柯坪县
• 华坪Huá píngsee 华坪县
• 兰坪Lán píngsee 兰坪白族普米族自治县
• 镇坪Zhèn píngsee 镇坪县
• 高坪Gāo píngsee 高坪区
• 尖草坪Jiān cǎo píngsee 尖草坪区

Characters built on 平

These share the phonetic component 平 (píng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 评píngto discuss; to comment; to criticize
• 苹píng(artemisia); duckweed
• 鲆píngfamily of flatfish; sole
• 枰píngchess-like game

Characters that look like 坪

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

• 俘fúto take prisoner; prisoner of war
• 坤kūnone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; female principle; ☷
• 垮kuǎto collapse (lit. or fig.)
• 抨pēngattack; impeach
• 岬jiǎcape (geography); headland
• 怦pēng(onomatopoeia) the thumping of one's heart

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
• 凭to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of
• 屏(standing) screen
• 萍duckweed
• 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