HSK 5 · Function Words

凭 píng “to rely on” in Chinese

Traditional 憑

What 凭 means

  1. to rely on
  2. on the basis of
  3. to lean on
  4. to lean against
  5. to depend on
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (bound form) evidence
  • proof
  • according to
  • no matter (what, how etc)

How to say 凭

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

凭 in a sentence

  1. 你凭什么叫我走？

    Nǐ píng shénme jiào wǒ zǒu?

    What right do you have to tell me to leave?

    Sentence #334808 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 单凭力量不能保证取胜。

    Dān píng lìliang bù néng bǎozhèng qǔshèng.

    Relying on strength alone cannot guarantee victory.

    Sentence #409208 from Tatoeba

  3. 他凭直觉发现她在撒谎。

    Tā píng zhíjué fāxiàn tā zài sāhuǎng.

    He knew by intuition that she was lying.

    Sentence #9955893 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 凭

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.

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

Words related to 凭

Words with 凭

文凭wénpíng · diploma

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FAQs

凭 (píng) means “to rely on” or “on the basis of”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it píng: 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, 凭 is written 憑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ping with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 凭 from the suggestions. Typing ping into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
凭 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.