HSK 6 · Places

平原 píngyuán “plain” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 平原 means

  1. plain
  2. flatlands
  3. field

Measure word 个 gè · 一个平原 yí ge píngyuán

How to say 平原

  • 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原yuán2nd tone, rising

平原 in a sentence

  1. 水道如树枝般越过了平原。

    Shuǐdào rú shùzhī bān yuèguò le píngyuán.

    The waterways branch out across the plain.

    Sentence #760868 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 平原 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 原 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
原yuánformer
  • 厂cliff · hǎnMeaning part
  • 泉spring · quánSound part

厂 hints at the meaning (cliff); 泉 (quán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuán.

How to write 平原

平 5 strokes · 原 10 strokes

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

Words related to 平原

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 原

原谅yuánliàng · to excuse原因yuányīn · cause原来yuánlái · original原料yuánliào · raw material原则yuánzé · principle原先yuánxiān · originally还原huányuán · to restore原始yuánshǐ · original原告yuángào · plaintiff原理yuánlǐ · principle

More words: Places & Geography

领土lǐngtǔ · territory畔pàn · bank (of a river or lake)盆地péndì · basin (geography)偏僻piānpì · remote坡pō · slope丘陵qiūlíng · hills区域qūyù · area上游shàngyóu · upper reaches (of a river)

FAQs

平原 (píngyuán) means “plain” or “flatlands”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it píngyuán: píng with a 2nd tone, then yuán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 平原 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one plain is 一个平原 (yí ge píngyuán).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 平原 from the suggestions. Typing pingyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
平原 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.