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平行

píng xíng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

平行 (píng xíng) means "parallel; of equal rank; simultaneous". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 平行 means

1. parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively)
2. on an equal footing; on the same level
3. simultaneous; concurrent

The characters in 平行

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

Example sentences

• 铁路与公路平行。
  Tiělù yǔ gōnglù píngxíng.
  The tracks run parallel to the road.
• 这条路与河流平行。
  Zhè tiáo lù yǔ héliú píngxíng.
  The road is parallel to the river.
• 两条街道互相平行。
  Liǎng tiáo jiēdào hùxiāng píngxíng.
  The two streets run parallel to one another.
• 平行四边形的对边平行。
  The opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel.
• 平行四边形是由两组平行线组成的四边形。
  A parallelogram is a quadrilateral formed from two sets of parallel lines.

Words starting with 平行

• 平行线píng xíng xiànparallel lines
• 平行公设píng xíng gōng shè(geometry) the parallel postulate (Euclid's fifth postulate)
• 平行世界píng xíng shì jièparallel universe
• 平行时空píng xíng shí kōngparallel universe
• 平行计算píng xíng jì suàn(Taiwan) parallel computing
• 平行宇宙píng xíng yǔ zhòuparallel universe
• 平行六面体píng xíng liù miàn tǐ(math) parallelepiped
• 平行四边形píng xíng sì biān xíngparallelogram

Where 平行 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · pīn–pǐn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read píng xíng correctly.
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