HSK 5 · Adjectives

平静 píngjìng “calm” in Chinese

Traditional 平靜

What 平静 means

  1. calm
  2. tranquil
  3. quiet
  4. serene

How to say 平静

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale静jìng4th tone, falling

平静 in a sentence

  1. 暴风雨后，大海恢复了平静。

    Bàofēngyǔ hòu, dàhǎi huīfù le píngjìng.

    After the storm, the sea was calm again.

    Sentence #375389 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她说阅读能让人平静。

    Tā shuō yuèdú néng ràng rén píngjìng.

    She said reading helps people feel calm.

    Sentence #9975382 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我很平静，直到我看到了注射器。

    Wǒ hěn píngjìng, zhídào wǒ kàndào le zhùshèqì.

    I was calm until I saw the needle.

    Sentence #499606 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 平静 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 静 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
静jìngstill
  • 青blue-green · qīngMeaning part
  • 争to dispute · zhēngSound part

青 hints at the meaning (blue-green); 争 (zhēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìng.

How to write 平静

平 5 strokes · 静 14 strokes

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

Words related to 平静

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平安píng'ān · safe and sound公平gōngpíng · fair平等píngděng · equal和平hépíng · peace

Words with 静

安静ānjìng · quiet冷静lěngjìng · calm寂静jìjìng · quiet镇静zhènjìng · calm动静dòngjing · sound of movement

More words: Adjectives

浓nóng · concentrated片面piànmiàn · one-sided平píng · flat平等píngděng · equal迫切pòqiè · urgent谦虚qiānxū · modest浅qiǎn · shallow强烈qiángliè · strong

FAQs

平静 (píngjìng) means “calm” or “tranquil”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it píngjìng: píng with a 2nd tone, then jìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 平静 is written 平靜. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingjing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 平静 from the suggestions. Typing pingjing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
平静 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.