HSK 5 · Adjectives

平 píng “flat” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 平 means

  1. flat
  2. level
  3. smooth
  4. to make even
  5. equal
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • on the same level
  • (bound form) fair
  • impartial
  • to tie
  • to draw
  • (bound form) average

How to say 平

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

平 in a sentence

  1. 他们以为地球是平的。

    Tāmen yǐwéi dìqiú shì píng de.

    They thought the earth was flat.

    Sentence #348924 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 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 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 平

平 5 strokes

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

Words related to 平

Words with 平

水平shuǐpíng · level平时píngshí · ordinarily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和平hépíng · peace

More words: Adjectives

嫩nèn · young and tender能干nénggàn · capable浓nóng · concentrated片面piànmiàn · one-sided平等píngděng · equal平静píngjìng · calm迫切pòqiè · urgent谦虚qiānxū · modest

FAQs

平 (píng) means “flat” or “level”. 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.
Yes. 平 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ping with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 平 from the suggestions. Typing ping into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
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.