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平等

píng děng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

平等 (píng děng) means "equal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 平等 means

1. equal
2. equality

The characters in 平等

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.

Example sentences

• 人人生来平等。
  All men are created equal.
• 法律面前人人平等。
  Everybody is equal before the law.
• 法律之前人人平等。
  All men are equal under the law.
• 所有人都是平等的。
  All people are equal.
• 爱民主就是爱平等。
  The love of democracy is that of equality.
• 平等是由宪法保障的。
  Píngděng shì yóu xiànfǎ bǎozhàng de.
  Equality is guaranteed by the Constitution.

Words starting with 平等

• 平等主义píng děng zhǔ yìegalitarianism
• 平等互利píng děng hù lìmutual benefit; to share profits equitably

Words containing 平等

• 男女平等nán nǚ píng děngequality of the sexes
• 不平等条约bù píng děng tiáo yuē(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor…
• 不平等bù píng děnginequality; unfairness
• 两性平等liǎng xìng píng děngequality between the sexes
• 民族平等mín zú píng děngequality of ethnic groups

Where 平等 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Society, Rights & Democracy (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read píng děng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.