HSK 5 · Adjectives

平安 píng'ān “safe and sound” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 平安 means

  1. safe and sound
  2. peaceful
  3. well
  4. without mishap
  5. quiet and safe
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • at peace

How to say 平安

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale平píng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale安ān1st tone, high and level

平安 in a sentence

  1. 一路平安！

    Yílù píng'ān!

    Have a safe trip!

    Sentence #1216125 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们昨天平安抵达这里。

    Tāmen zuótiān píng'ān dǐdá zhèlǐ.

    They arrived here safely yesterday.

    Sentence #779064 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 儿子平安无事回家时，她高兴极了。

    Érzi píng'ān wúshì huíjiā shí, tā gāoxìng jíle.

    She was very pleased when her son returned home safe and sound.

    Sentence #1406845 from Tatoeba

How 平安 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 平 (píng) with each of its parts in a different colour
平píngflat; level; smooth
  • 干dry · gān
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
The character 安 (ān) with each of its parts in a different colour
安āncalm; peaceful
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 女woman · nǚ

Memory aidA woman 女 under a roof 宀: safe, peaceful.

How to write 平安

平 5 strokes · 安 6 strokes

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平安 (píng'ān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 平安 (píng'ān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 平安

Words with 平

水平shuǐpíng · level平时píngshí · ordinarily平píng · flat平常píngcháng · ordinary平衡pínghéng · balance平均píngjūn · average公平gōngpíng · fair平等píngděng · equal平静píngjìng · calm和平hépíng · peace

Words with 安

安静ānjìng · quiet安排ānpái · to arrange安全ānquán · safe晚安wǎn'ān · good night安装ānzhuāng · to install不安bù'ān · uneasy安慰ānwèi · to comfort安置ānzhì · to find a place for安宁ānníng · peaceful安详ānxiáng · serene

More words: Adjectives

好客hàokè · hospitable滑huá · slippery宽kuān · wide夸张kuāzhāng · to exaggerate软ruǎn · soft淘气táoqì · naughty调皮tiáopí · naughty独立dúlì · independent

FAQs

平安 (píng’ān) means “safe and sound” or “peaceful”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it píng’ān: píng with a 2nd tone, then ān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 平安 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 平安 from the suggestions. Typing pingan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
平安 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.