HSK 5 · Function Words

平方 píngfāng “square (as in square foot” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 平方 means

  1. square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)

How to say 平方

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale方fāng1st tone, high and level

平方 in a sentence

  1. 二的平方等于四。

    Èr de píngfāng děngyú sì.

    Two squared is four.

    Sentence #8914627 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 大概三平方英里。

    Dàgài sān píngfāng yīnglǐ.

    It’s about three square miles.

    Sentence #9956006 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我的老师教我负数也可以开平方根。

    Wǒ de lǎoshī jiāo wǒ fùshù yě kěyǐ kāi píngfāng gēn.

    My teacher taught me that you can also take the square root of a negative number.

    Sentence #2128240 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 平方 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 方 (fāng) drawn as one shape
方fāngsquare

方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 平方

平 5 strokes · 方 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 平方

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 方

北方běifāng · north地方dìfang · place方便fāngbiàn · convenient南方nánfāng · the south西方xīfāng · the West东方dōngfāng · the East方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction

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宁可nìngkě · preferably偶然ǒurán · incidentally匹pǐ · measure word for horses and bolts of cloth片piàn · slice凭píng · to rely on轻易qīngyì · easily其余qíyú · the rest悄悄qiāoqiāo · quietly

FAQs

平方 (píngfāng) means “square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it píngfāng: píng with a 2nd tone, then fāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 平方 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingfang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 平方 from the suggestions. Typing pingfang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
平方 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.