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平

píng

HSK 5 Character

What 平 means

1. flat; level; smooth
2. to make even; to level
3. equal; on the same level
4. bound formfair; impartial
5. to tie; to draw
6. bound formaverage; ordinary
7. bound formcalm; peaceful
8. bound formto quell; to suppress; to put down
9. (abbr. for {平声|píng shēng})
10. colloquialsquare meter (abbr. for {平方米|píng fāng mǐ})

Other readings

平 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Píngsurname Ping

Example sentences

• 公平点。
  Be fair.
• 一路平安！
  Yīlùpíng'ān!
  I wish you a good trip!
• 洗后弄平。
  After washing, de-wrinkle it.
• 爱和和平。
  Love and Peace.
• 这不公平。
  That isn't fair.
• 愿你平安！
  Peace be upon you!

Words starting with 平

• 平时píng shíordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime
• 平静píng jìngcalm; tranquil; serene
• 平均píng jūnaverage; on average; evenly; in equal proportions
• 平常píng chángordinary; common; usually
• 平衡píng héngbalance; equilibrium
• 平等píng děngequal; equality
• 平方píng fāngsquare (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
• 平凡píng fáncommonplace; ordinary; mediocre
• 平原píng yuánfield; plain
• 平面píng miànplane (flat surface); print media
• 平坦píng tǎnlevel; even; smooth
• 平行píng xíngparallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively); on an equal footing…
• 平方米píng fāng mǐsquare meter
• 平台píng táiplatform; terrace; flat-roofed building
• 平安píng ānsafe and sound; well; without mishap
• 平米píng mǐsquare meter (abbr. for 平方米
• 平民píng mínordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged)…
• 平日píng rìordinary day; everyday; ordinarily
• 平和píng hégentle; mild; moderate
• 平淡píng dànflat; dull; ordinary
• 平方公里píng fāng gōng lǐsquare kilometer
• 平稳píng wěnsmooth; steady
• 平房píng fángbungalow; single-story house
• 平反píng fǎnto redress (an injustice); to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied)

Words containing 平

• 水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
• 和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
• 公平gōng píngfair; impartial
• 邓小平Dèng Xiǎo píngDeng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and…
• 太平洋Tài píng YángPacific Ocean
• 太平tài píngpeace and security
• 北平Běi píngPeiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
• 生平shēng pínglife (a person's whole life); in one's entire life
• 不平bù pínguneven; injustice; unfairness
• 天平tiān píngscales (to weigh things)
• 地平线dì píng xiànhorizon
• 邓小平理论Dèng Xiǎo píng Lǐ lùnDeng Xiaoping Theory; Dengism; the foundation of PRC economic development after the…
• 心平气和xīn píng qì hétranquil and even-tempered (idiom); calmly and without stress
• 扁平biǎn píngflat; planar
• 摆平bǎi píngto be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc)
• 王平Wáng PíngWang Ping (1962-2013), PRC crosstalk actor
• 持平chí píngto stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc); fair; unbiased
• 贾平凹Jiǎ Píng wāJia Pingwa (1952-), Chinese novelist
• 愤愤不平fèn fèn bù píngto feel indignant; to feel aggrieved
• 太平间tài píng jiānmortuary; morgue
• 风平浪静fēng píng làng jìnglit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet…
• 太平天国Tài píng Tiān guóTaiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
• 抚平fǔ píngto flatten; to smooth down; to unwrinkle; (fig.) to soothe (emotional wounds)…
• 和平里Hé píng lǐHepingli neighborhood of Beijing

Characters that look like 平

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 早zǎoearly; morning; Good morning!
• 予yǔ(literary) to give
• 午wǔ7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of…
• 乎hū(classical particle similar to 于; at; from
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete

Sounds the same

Read píng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 苹(artemisia); duckweed
• 瓶bottle; vase; pitcher
• 评to discuss; to comment; to criticize
• 凭to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of
• 屏(standing) screen
• 萍duckweed
• 坪a plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters…
• 冯to gallop; to assist; to attack
• 呯(onomatopoeia) bang! (gong, gun firing etc)
• 玶name of one kind of jade
• 鲆family of flatfish; sole
• 帡used in 帡幪