HSK 6 · Adjectives

平行 píngxíng “parallel” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 平行 means

  1. parallel
  2. of equal rank
  3. parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively)
  4. on an equal footing
  5. on the same level
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • simultaneous
  • concurrent

How to say 平行

  • 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行xíng2nd tone, rising

平行 in a sentence

  1. 两条街道互相平行。

    Liǎng tiáo jiēdào hùxiāng píngxíng.

    The two streets run parallel to one another.

    Sentence #344947 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 铁路与公路平行。

    Tiělù yǔ gōnglù píngxíng.

    The railway runs parallel to the road.

    Sentence #5670798 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 平行四边形的对边平行。

    Píngxíng sìbiānxíng de duìbiān píngxíng.

    The opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel.

    Sentence #9932480 from Tatoeba

How 平行 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 行 (háng) with each of its parts in a different colour
行xíngto walk; to go; to travel
  • 彳step · chì
  • 亍to take small steps · chù

Memory aidDrawn from a crossroads: to walk, to go. It also means a row or line (háng).

How to write 平行

平 5 strokes · 行 6 strokes

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

Words related to 平行

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 行

银行yínháng · bank不行bùxíng · won’t do行李xíngli · luggage行李箱xínglǐxiāng · trunk自行车zìxíngchē · bike银行卡yínhángkǎ · bank card行xíng · OK进行jìnxíng · to advance流行liúxíng · popular举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting

More words: Adjectives

贫乏pínfá · lacking频繁pínfán · frequent平凡píngfán · ordinary平坦píngtǎn · flat平庸píngyōng · mediocre朴实pǔshí · plain朴素pǔsù · plain恰当qiàdàng · appropriate

FAQs

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