平 (píng) means Flat (equal - calm - a draw). Below are 24 of the 69 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
平 时他很少喝酒。
Píngshí tā hěn shǎo hē jiǔ.
He rarely drinks under normal circumstances.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 平时
表面上他很 平 静。
Biǎomiàn shàng tā hěn píngjìng.
On the surface he is very calm.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 表面
他 平 常六点起床。
Tā píngcháng liù diǎn qǐchuáng.
He usually gets up at six.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 平常
所有人一律 平 等。
Suǒyǒu rén yílǜ píngděng.
Everyone is equal without exception.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 一律
他的汉语水 平 很高。
Tā de Hànyǔ shuǐpíng hěn gāo.
His level of Chinese is very high.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 水平
我们应该公 平 竞争。
Wǒmen yīnggāi gōngpíng jìngzhēng.
We should compete fairly.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 竞争
人口分布很不 平 均。
Rénkǒu fēnbù hěn bù píngjūn.
The population is very unevenly distributed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 分布
这样对大家不公 平 。
Zhèyàng duì dàjiā bù gōngpíng.
This is not fair to everyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公平
比赛的规则很公 平 。
Bǐsài de guīzé hěn gōngpíng.
The rules of the match are fair.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公平
这是很 平 常的一天。
Zhè shì hěn píngcháng de yì tiān.
This is a very ordinary day.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 平常
工作和生活要 平 衡。
Gōngzuò hé shēnghuó yào pínghéng.
Work and life need to be balanced.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 平衡
他学的是 平 面设计。
Tā xué de shì píngmiàn shèjì.
He studied graphic design.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 平面
这条路又宽又 平 坦。
Zhè tiáo lù yòu kuān yòu píngtǎn.
This road is wide and smooth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 平坦
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From the graded readers
月亮又大又圆，比 平 时亮得多。
yuèliàng yòu dà yòu yuán, bǐ píngshí liàng deduō.
The moon was big and round, far brighter than usual.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
其实那六层楼我走得比 平 时还轻松。
qíshí nà / nèi liù céng lóu wǒ zǒu dé / děi / de bǐ píngshí hái / huán qīngsōng.
In fact those six floors felt lighter than usual.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
平 appears in 69 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 平
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 平
How is 平 used in a sentence?
This page shows 69 sentences using 平 (píng, "Flat (equal - calm - a draw)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 平 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 平 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 平 an HSK word?
Yes — 平 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 平?
The dictionary page for 平 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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