平
Meanings
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- 1.surname Ping
- 1.flat; level; smooth
- 2.to make even; to level
- 3.equal; on the same level
- 4.(bound form) fair; impartial
- 5.to tie; to draw
- 6.(bound form) average; ordinary
- 7.(bound form) calm; peaceful
- 8.(bound form) to quell; to suppress; to put down
- 9.(abbr. for 平声[píng shēng])
- 10.(coll.) square meter (abbr. for 平方米[píng fāng mǐ])
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Wiktionary
- 1.level; even; flat
- 2.equal; fair
- 3.equal
- 4.to level; to make level
- 5.calm; peaceful
- 6.to calm down; to make peaceful; to quiet down
- 7.to pacify
- 8.ordinary; common; mediocre; average
- 9.level tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)
- 10.cheap; inexpensive
- 11.the same
- 12.A surname, number 95 of the Baijiaxing
- 13.to control prices
- 14.to win back (what was lost)
- 15.to rectify by making it flat (of land, etc.)
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Etymology
Uncertain. Various explanations include: * According to the Shuowen, 八 (“division”) + 亏 (“exhaled air”) — the smooth flow of speech. * Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ben, *beŋ): phonetic 釆 (biàn) + semantic 二 (“two equal lines”) (Lin Yiguang, 1920) * A pictogram (象形) of waterweed spread flat on the surface of water. Original form of 苹 (OC *beŋ, “duckweed”). (Lawrence J. Howell) * Pictogram (象形) of a balance scale. (Karlgren, 1973) From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(p/b)ljaŋ (“plank; palm; flat surface; wing”), whence Jingpho phun-pyen (phun⁵⁵ pjen³³, “plank”) and Burmese ပျဉ် (pyany, “flat board”) (STEDT).
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Components
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Example sentences
書架和桌子齊平。
The bookcase is level with the table.
太陽升出了地平線。
The sun rose over the horizon.
太陽落到地平線下了。
The sun went below the horizon.
湯姆平時不那樣穿衣服。
Tom doesn't usually dress like that.
她幫助他平撫了他的悲傷。
She helped him overcome his sadness.
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