HSK 6 · Objects

屏障 píngzhàng “barrier” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 屏障 means

  1. barrier
  2. protective screen

How to say 屏障

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale屏píng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale障zhàng4th tone, falling

屏障 in a sentence

  1. 这些大树是城市的绿色屏障。

    Zhèxiē dàshù shì chéngshì de lǜsè píngzhàng.

    These big trees are a green barrier for the city.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 山脉成了天然的屏障。

    Shānmài chéng le tiānrán de píngzhàng.

    The mountain range formed a natural barrier.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 屏障 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 屏 (píng) with each of its parts in a different colour
屏píngscreen
  • 户door · hùMeaning part
  • 并to combine · bìngSound part

户 hints at the meaning (door); 并 (bìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with píng.

The character 障 (zhàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
障zhàngto block
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 章chapter · zhāngSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 章 (zhāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhàng.

How to write 屏障

屏 9 strokes · 障 13 strokes

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

Words related to 屏障

Words with 屏

屏幕píngmù · screen (TV

Words with 障

保障bǎozhàng · to ensure故障gùzhàng · fault障碍zhàng'ài · obstacle

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FAQs

屏障 (píngzhàng) means “barrier” or “protective screen”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it píngzhàng: píng with a 2nd tone, then zhàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 屏障 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingzhang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 屏障 from the suggestions. Typing pingzhang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
屏障 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.