| Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 艸 |
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1. grass |
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2. Variant of 草 |
平 |
píng |
1. level; even; flat | |
平 放 (píng fàng) - to put horizontally |
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平原 (píngyuán) - plain |
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馬路 很 平。 (Mǎlù hěn píng.) - The road is very flat. |
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2. equal; fair |
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平分 (píngfēn) - to divide evenly |
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持平 (chípíng) - impartial |
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Synonyms: 均 |
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3. equal |
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平輩 (píngbèi) - same generation |
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平起平坐 (píngqǐpíngzuò) - to be on an equal footing |
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平 了 世界 紀錄 (píng le shìjiè jìlù) - equalled a world record |
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雙方 打 成 五 平。 (Shuāngfāng dǎ chéng wǔ píng.) - They reached 5-5. |
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4. to level; to make level |
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5. calm; peaceful |
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太平 (tàipíng) - peaceful and tranquil |
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風平浪靜 (fēngpínglàngjìng) - to have no waves |
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心平氣和 (xīnpíngqìhé) - even-tempered and good-humoured |
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Synonyms: 穩, 靜 |
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6. to calm down; to make peaceful; to quiet down |
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平 民憤 (píng mínfèn) - to assuage popular indignation |
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你 先 平 平 氣！ (Nǐ xiān píng píng qì!) - Just calm down a bit first! |
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7. to pacify |
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平叛 (píngpàn) - to suppress a rebellion |
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8. ordinary; common; mediocre; average |
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平日 (píngrì) - normal days |
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平凡 (píngfán) - ordinary |
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平民 (píngmín) - civilian |
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Synonyms: 常, 庸 |
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Antonyms: 奇, 特 |
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9. (Chinese phonetics) level tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese) |
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平上shǎng去入 (píngshǎngqùrù) - the four tones of Middle Chinese: level, rising, departing and checked |
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陽平 (yángpíng) - light level tone |
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10. (Cantonese, Hakka) cheap; inexpensive |
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平peng4 機票piu3 - cheap air tickets |
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平peng4 啲 得 唔 得 呀？ - Can it be cheaper? |
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不如 平peng4 平peng4-2 地dei6-2 賣 畀 我 啦。 - What about selling it to me at a lower price? |
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Antonyms: 貴, tr=- |
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11. (Min Nan, Hakka) the same |
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伊 佮 我 平 懸。 (i1 gah4 ua2 bên5 guin5.) - He is as tall as me., MN-T |
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12. (historical) Short for 北平 |
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平 津 戰役 (Píng Jīn zhànyì) - Pingjin campaign |
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13. Short for 平方米, square metre Used with numbers without classifiers. |
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14. , number 95 of the Baijiaxing |
| pián |
15. Alternative form of 辨 |
| bìng |
16. (obsolete) to control prices |
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17. Variant of 抨 |
