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平静

píng jìng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 平靜

平静 (píng jìng) means "calm; tranquil". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 平静 means

1. calm; tranquil; serene

The characters in 平静

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet

Example sentences

• 这是暴风雨前的平静。
  This is the calm before the storm.
• 她说阅读能让人平静。
  She said reading can calm a person.
• 让我们享受这平静和安宁。
  Ràng wǒmen xiǎngshòu zhè píngjìng hé ānníng.
  Let's just enjoy this peace and quiet.
• 她显出不同于他人的平静。
  Tā xiǎnchū bù tóng yú tārén de píngjìng.
  She showed greater composure than others did.
• 让我们享受这平静和安㝉。
  Let's just enjoy this peace and quiet.
• 暴风雨后，大海恢复了平静。
  After the storm, the sea was quiet again.

Sounds the same

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

• 平靖to suppress rebellion and quell unrest; to bring calm and order to; calm and peaceful

Where 平静 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 jìng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.