HSK 6 · Adjectives

平坦 píngtǎn “flat” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 平坦 means

  1. flat
  2. level
  3. smooth
  4. even

How to say 平坦

  • 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坦tǎn3rd tone, dipping

平坦 in a sentence

  1. 这条路又宽又平坦。

    Zhè tiáo lù yòu kuān yòu píngtǎn.

    This road is wide and smooth.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这里地势平坦，很适合骑自行车。

    Zhèlǐ dìshì píngtǎn, hěn shìhé qí zìxíngchē.

    The land here is flat, which is great for cycling.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 平坦 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 坦 (tǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
坦tǎnflat
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 旦dawn · dànSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 旦 (dàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with tǎn.

How to write 平坦

平 5 strokes · 坦 8 strokes

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

Words related to 平坦

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 坦

坦率tǎnshuài · frank坦白tǎnbái · frank

More words: Adjectives

庞大pángdà · huge贫乏pínfá · lacking频繁pínfán · frequent平凡píngfán · ordinary平行píngxíng · parallel平庸píngyōng · mediocre朴实pǔshí · plain朴素pǔsù · plain

FAQs

平坦 (píngtǎn) means “flat” or “level”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it píngtǎn: píng with a 2nd tone, then tǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 平坦 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingtan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 平坦 from the suggestions. Typing pingtan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
平坦 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.