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平声

píng shēng

2-character word Traditional 平聲

What 平声 means

1. level or even tone
2. first and second tones in modern Mandarin

The characters in 平声

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 声shēngsound; voice; tone

Words containing 平声

• 阳平声yáng píng shēngevenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
• 阴平声yīn píng shēnghigh and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
• 押平声韵yā píng shēng yùnto restrict to even tone…

Sounds the same

Read píng shēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 平生all one's life