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屏

píng

HSK 6 Character

What 屏 means

1. (standing) screen

Other readings

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

• bīngused in {屏营|bīng yíng}
• bǐngto get rid of; to put aside; to reject

Example sentences

• 电脑蓝屏了。
  The computer crashed.
• 你能屏住呼吸多久？
  How long can you hold your breath?
• 这台电脑的屏幕很清晰
  Zhè tái diànnǎo de píngmù hěn qīngxī
  This computer has a sharp screen.
• 我屏住了呼吸等待着。
  I held my breath and waited.
• 我屏气观看眼前光景。
  I watched what was unfolding in front of my eyes with bated breath.
• 深吸一口气然后屏住气。
  Take a breath and hold it.

Words starting with 屏

• 屏障píng zhàngbarrier
• 屏幕píng mùscreen (TV, computer or movie)
• 屏蔽píng bìto screen; to block (sth or sb); to shield
• 屏风píng fēng(furniture) screen
• 屏息bǐng xīhold one's breath
• 屏保píng bǎoscreensaver; abbr. for 屏幕保护程序
• 屏东Píng dōngPingtung city, county and military airbase in south Taiwan
• 屏条píng tiáoset of (usually four) hanging scrolls
• 屏气bǐng qìto hold one's breath
• 屏营bīng yíngwith fear and trepidation
• 屏退bǐng tuìto send away; to dismiss (servants etc); to retire from public life
• 屏门píng ménscreen door
• 屏除bǐng chúto get rid of; to dismiss; to brush aside
• 屏占比píng zhàn bǐscreen-to-body ratio (of a smartphone etc)
• 屏东市Píng dōng ShìPingtung City in south Taiwan
• 屏幕保护程序píng mù bǎo hù chéng xùscreensaver
• 屏南县Píng nán XiànPingnan, a county in Ningde City 宁德市
• 屏山县Píng shān XiànPingshan, a county in Yibin City 宜宾市
• 屏东县Píng dōng XiànPingtung County in south Taiwan
• 屏蔽罐píng bì guàncask
• 屏边苗族自治县Píng biān Miáo zú Zì zhì xiànPingbian Miao Autonomous County, in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红河哈尼族彝族自治州
• 屏南Píng nánsee 屏南县
• 屏山Píng shānsee 屏山县
• 屏边Píng biānsee 屏边苗族自治县

Words containing 屏

• 荧屏yíng píngfluorescent screen; TV screen
• 显示屏xiǎn shì píngdisplay screen
• 银屏yín píngtelevision; TV screen; the silver screen
• 荧光屏yíng guāng píngfluorescent screen; screen (of a TV or monitor etc)
• 亮屏liàng píngto turn on a screen
• 全屏quán píng(computing) fullscreen
• 分屏fēn píng(computing) to split a screen into multiple sections to display different content…
• 刷屏shuā píngto flood (on an Internet forum etc)
• 宽屏kuān píngwidescreen
• 息屏xī píngto turn off the screen
• 截屏jié píng(computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot
• 投屏tóu píng(computing) to mirror one's screen (to another device); screen sharing; screen mirroring
• 清屏qīng píng(computing) to clear (all items on the display screen)
• 烧屏shāo píng(electronics) screen burn-in
• 视屏shì píngscreen (of a TV, computer etc)
• 触屏chù píngtouchscreen
• 录屏lù píng(computing) to make a screen capture video; a screen video
• 锁屏suǒ píng(computing) to lock the screen; lock screen
• 开屏kāi píng(a peacock) spreads its tail
• 墨水屏mò shuǐ pínge-ink screen; e-paper display
• 背光屏bèi guāng píng(electronics) backlit screen
• 触控屏chù kòng píngtouchscreen
• 息屏显示xī píng xiǎn shìalways-on display (AOD)
• 蓝屏死机lán píng sǐ jī(computing) (of an operating system) to crash and display the "blue screen of death"

Characters built on 并

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

• 瓶píngbottle; vase; pitcher
• 饼bǐnground flat cake; cookie; cake

Characters that look like 屏

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

• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 莽mǎng(bound form) dense growth of grass; (literary) vast; boundless; (bound form) boorish…
• 屌diǎopenis; (slang) cool or extraordinary; (Cantonese) to fuck
• 祟suìevil spirit
• 荞qiáocommon mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞
• 劵juànold variant of 倦

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
• 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