HSK 6 · Adjectives

平凡 píngfán “ordinary” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 平凡 means

  1. ordinary
  2. commonplace
  3. mediocre

How to say 平凡

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale凡fán2nd tone, rising

平凡 in a sentence

  1. 我们过着十分平凡的生活。

    Wǒmen guò zhe shífēn píngfán de shēnghuó.

    We lead a very ordinary life.

    Sentence #1542001 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 她只是一个平凡的小女孩。

    Tā zhǐshì yí ge píngfán de xiǎo nǚhái.

    She’s just an ordinary little girl.

    Sentence #383291 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 生活真正的艺术是在平凡中看到不平凡。

    Shēnghuó zhēnzhèng de yìshù shì zài píngfán zhōng kàndào bù píngfán.

    The true art of living is to see the extraordinary in the ordinary.

    Sentence #461489 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 平凡 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 凡 (fán) with each of its parts in a different colour
凡fánordinary
  • 几table · jī
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

How to write 平凡

平 5 strokes · 凡 3 strokes

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

Words related to 平凡

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

Words with 凡

凡是fánshì · every

More words: Adjectives

浓厚nónghòu · strong庞大pángdà · huge贫乏pínfá · lacking频繁pínfán · frequent平坦píngtǎn · flat平行píngxíng · parallel平庸píngyōng · mediocre朴实pǔshí · plain

FAQs

平凡 (píngfán) means “ordinary” or “commonplace”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it píngfán: píng with a 2nd tone, then fán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 平凡 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingfan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 平凡 from the suggestions. Typing pingfan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
平凡 is an HSK 6 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.