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平衡

píng héng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

平衡 (píng héng) means "balance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 平衡 means

1. balance
2. equilibrium

The characters in 平衡

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 衡héngto weigh; weight; measure

Example sentences

• 他设法使收支平衡。
  He managed to make both ends meet.
• 我认为要保持平衡。
  I think there's a balance to be had.
• 蔬果对平衡饮食必不可少。
  Shūguǒ duì pínghéng yǐnshí bìbùkěshǎo.
  Fruits and vegetables are essential to a balanced diet.
• Tom失去平衡并跌到了。
  Tom lost his balance and fell.
• 汤姆失去了平衡摔落下来。
  Tom lost his balance and fell down.
• 那艘船失去平衡，翻了过来。
  Due to a lack of balance the ship turned over.

Words starting with 平衡

• 平衡态píng héng tàibalance; (state of) equilibrium
• 平衡木píng héng mùbeam (gymnastics); balance beam
• 平衡觉píng héng juésense of balance; equilibrioception
• 平衡车píng héng chēself-balancing scooter; balance bike
• 平衡棒píng héng bànghaltere (insect anatomy)

Words containing 平衡

• 不平衡bù píng héngdisequilibrium
• 再平衡zài píng héngto rebalance
• 动平衡dòng píng héngdynamic equilibrium; dynamic balancing
• 白平衡bái píng héng(photography) white balance
• 非平衡fēi píng héngnon-equilibrium; disequilibrium; unbalance
• 不稳平衡bù wěn píng héngunstable equilibrium
• 热动平衡rè dòng píng héngthermodynamic equilibrium
• 静力平衡jìng lì píng héngstatic equilibrium
• 非平衡态fēi píng héng tàiunbalance; disequilibrium
• 收支平衡点shōu zhī píng héng diǎnbreak-even point

Where 平衡 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Equality, Balance & Average (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 héng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.