HSK 5 · Society

和平 hépíng “peace” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 和平 means

  1. peace
  2. peaceful

How to say 和平

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale和hé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale平píng2nd tone, rising

和平 in a sentence

  1. 他们是热爱和平的人。

    Tāmen shì rè'ài hépíng de rén.

    They are peace-loving people.

    Sentence #332441 from Tatoeba

  2. 相互理解能促进和平。

    Xiānghù lǐjiě néng cùjìn hépíng.

    Mutual understanding promotes peace.

    Sentence #5576762 from Tatoeba

  3. 我希望他们能和平地解决。

    Wǒ xīwàng tāmen néng hépíng de jiějué.

    I hope they can settle it peacefully.

    Sentence #8775779 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 和平 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 和 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
和héand; together with; with
  • 禾grain · héSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 禾 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with hé.

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 和平

和 8 strokes · 平 5 strokes

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

Words related to 和平

Words with 和

和hé · and暖和nuǎnhuo · warm附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)缓和huǎnhé · to ease调和tiáohé · to reconcile和蔼hé'ǎi · kindly和睦hémù · harmonious和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious柔和róuhé · soft

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平静píngjìng · calm

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FAQs

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