HSK 5 · Adjectives

公平 gōngpíng “fair” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 公平 means

  1. fair
  2. impartial

How to say 公平

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale公gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale平píng2nd tone, rising

公平 in a sentence

  1. 这不公平。

    Zhè bù gōngpíng.

    That’s not fair.

    Sentence #1946795 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 法律并不总是公平的。

    Fǎlǜ bìng bù zǒngshì gōngpíng de.

    The law isn’t always fair.

    Sentence #775460 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我们必须公平地对待这些人。

    Wǒmen bìxū gōngpíng de duìdài zhèxiē rén.

    We must treat these people fairly.

    Sentence #1639577 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 公平 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 公 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
公gōngpublic
  • 八eight · bā
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidAn old explanation: share out 八 what is private 厶, and it becomes public.

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

How to write 公平

公 4 strokes · 平 5 strokes

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

Words related to 公平

Words with 公

公司gōngsī · company公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park办公室bàngōngshì · office公里gōnglǐ · kilometre高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)公元gōngyuán · CE (Common Era)

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平等píngděng · equal平静píngjìng · calm和平hépíng · peace

More words: Adjectives

干脆gāncuì · simply高档gāodàng · superior quality个别gèbié · individual根本gēnběn · (not) at all乖guāi · (of a child) obedient光滑guānghuá · glossy光明guāngmíng · bright广大guǎngdà · (of an area) vast or extensive

FAQs

公平 (gōngpíng) means “fair” or “impartial”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gōngpíng: gōng with a 1st 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.
Yes. 公平 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongping with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公平 from the suggestions. Typing gongping into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公平 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.