HSK 5 · Adjectives

平等 píngděng “equal” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 平等 means

  1. equal
  2. equality

How to say 平等

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale平píng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale等děng3rd tone, dipping

平等 in a sentence

  1. 法律面前人人平等。

    Fǎlǜ miànqián rénrén píngděng.

    Everyone is equal before the law.

    Sentence #482701 from Tatoeba

  2. 每一个孩子都应该享有平等的学习机会。

    Měi yí ge háizi dōu yīnggāi xiǎngyǒu píngděng de xuéxí jīhuì.

    Every child should have an equal opportunity to learn.

    Sentence #426912 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 所有的动物都是平等的。

    Suǒyǒu de dòngwù dōu shì píngděng de.

    All animals are equal.

    Sentence #2777861 from Tatoeba

How 平等 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
The character 等 (děng) with each of its parts in a different colour
等děngto wait for; to await
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhú
  • 寺court · sì

How to write 平等

平 5 strokes · 等 12 strokes

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

Words related to 平等

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平静píngjìng · calm和平hépíng · peace

Words with 等

等děng · to wait等待děngdài · to wait等于děngyú · to equal等候děnghòu · to wait相等xiāngděng · equal等级děngjí · grade

More words: Adjectives

能干nénggàn · capable浓nóng · concentrated片面piànmiàn · one-sided平píng · flat平静píngjìng · calm迫切pòqiè · urgent谦虚qiānxū · modest浅qiǎn · shallow

FAQs

平等 (píngděng) means “equal” or “equality”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it píngděng: píng with a 2nd tone, then děng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 平等 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingdeng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 平等 from the suggestions. Typing pingdeng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
平等 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.