HSK 6 · Education

文凭 wénpíng “diploma” in Chinese

Traditional 文憑

What 文凭 means

  1. diploma
  2. qualification

How to say 文凭

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale文wén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale凭píng2nd tone, rising

文凭 in a sentence

  1. 有了文凭不等于有了能力。

    Yǒu le wénpíng bù děngyú yǒu le nénglì.

    Having a diploma isn’t the same as having ability.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他工作了几年以后又回学校拿文凭。

    Tā gōngzuò le jǐ nián yǐhòu yòu huí xuéxiào ná wénpíng.

    After working for a few years, he went back to school to get his qualification.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 文凭 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 文 (wén) with each of its parts in a different colour
文wénlanguage
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidDrawn from a person with a pattern on the chest. It came to mean writing and culture.

The character 凭 (píng) with each of its parts in a different colour
凭píngto lean on; to lean against
  • 任to trust · rèn
  • 几table · jī

How to write 文凭

文 4 strokes · 凭 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 文凭

Words with 文

中文Zhōngwén · Chinese language文化wénhuà · culture课文kèwén · text (of a lesson)文章wénzhāng · article文明wénmíng · civilised论文lùnwén · paper文字wénzì · writing作文zuòwén · to write an essay文件wénjiàn · document文学wénxué · literature

Words with 凭

凭píng · to rely on

More words: Education & Learning

撇piě · left-falling stroke (丿)启蒙qǐméng · to enlighten示范shìfàn · to demonstrate师范shīfàn · teacher training文献wénxiàn · literature心得xīndé · insights学说xuéshuō · theory学位xuéwèi · academic degree

FAQs

文凭 (wénpíng) means “diploma” or “qualification”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wénpíng: wén with a 2nd tone, then píng with a 2nd 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, 文凭 is written 文憑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wenping with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 文凭 from the suggestions. Typing wenping into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
文凭 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.