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平面

píng miàn

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

平面 (píng miàn) means "plane (flat surface); print media". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 平面 means

1. plane (flat surface)
2. print media

The characters in 平面

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 首先，因为海水变热时膨胀，海平面可能提高。
  Shǒuxiān, yīnwèi hǎishuǐ biàn rè shí péngzhàng, hǎipíngmiàn kěnéng tígāo.
  First of all, the level of the ocean could rise, because ocean water expands as it grows warmer.
• 我在想是否北极的冰融化的时候, 海平面就会上升。
  Wǒ zài xiǎng shìfǒu běijí de bīng rónghuà de shíhou, hǎipíngmiàn jiù huì shàngshēng.
  I wonder if the sea levels will rise when the North Pole melts.
• 融化中的极地冰盖也可以使海平面上涨的势态更加严重。
  Rónghuà zhōng de jídì bīnggài yě kěyǐ shǐ hǎipíngmiàn shàngzhǎng de shìtài gèng jiā yánzhòng.
  Melting polar icecaps could also contribute to an increase in sea levels.
• 正如我们的数学家所言，这个空间有三个维度，可称之为长度，宽度和厚度，并且始终可以通过参考三个平面来定义，每个平面彼此成直角。
  Zhèngrú wǒmen de shùxuéjiā suǒ yán, zhège kōngjiān yǒu sān gè wéidù, kě chēngzhīwéi chángdù, kuāndù hé hòudù, bìngqiě shǐzhōng kěyǐ tōngguò cānkǎo sān gè píngmiàn lái dìngyì, měi gè píngmiàn bǐcǐ chéng zhíjiǎo.
  That Space, as our mathematicians have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which one may call Length, Breadth, and Thickness, and is always definable by reference to three planes, each at right angles to the others.

Words starting with 平面

• 平面图píng miàn túa plan; a planar graph; a plane figure
• 平面设计píng miàn shè jìgraphic design
• 平面几何píng miàn jǐ héplane geometry
• 平面波píng miàn bōa plane wave
• 平面角píng miàn jiǎoplane angle
• 平面曲线píng miàn qū xiàn(math) plane curve
• 平面镜píng miàn jìng(physics) plane mirror

Words containing 平面

• 海平面hǎi píng miànsea level
• 相平面xiàng píng miànphase plane (math., ordinary differential equations)
• 水平面shuǐ píng miànhorizontal plane; level surface; water level
• 总平面图zǒng píng miàn túgeneral layout; site plan
• 切平面qiē píng miàn(geometry) tangent plane
• 复平面fù píng miàncomplex plane
• 复数平面fù shù píng miàn(math) complex plane; Argand plane
• 超平面chāo píng miànhyperplane (math.)
• 基本多文种平面jī běn duō wén zhǒng píng miànbasic multilingual plane (BMP)

Where 平面 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 miàn correctly.
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