凭

憑

píng

HSK 5freq #2277

Meanings

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píng

1.to lean against
2.to rely on
3.on the basis of
4.no matter (how, what etc)
5.proof

píng

1.variant of 凭[píng]

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Wiktionary

1.to lean on; to lean against
2.to depend on; to rely on
3.no matter
4.on the basis of; according to; by
5.proof; evidence
6.to request

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 任 + 几 (“stool”)

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Stroke order

Components

凭任几

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我凭韧性克服了困难。
I got over the difficulty with my characteristic tenacity.
我凭什么花时间做这事？
Why should I take the time to do that?
只凭长相的话很难区分英国人和美国人。
It's hard to tell Englishmen from Americans just by the way they look.

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Related words

凭借 to rely on 凭着 relying on 文凭 diploma 凭证 proof 凭依 to rely on 凭祥 see 凭祥市[Píng xiáng Shì]凭靠 to use 凭恃 to depend on 凭吊 to visit a place for the memories 听凭 to allow (sb to do as he pleases)凭条 paper docket confirming a transaction 凭险 (to resist the enemy) relying on inaccessible territory