Chinese Character Dictionary

平型关

Píng xíng guān

Pingxing pass on the Great Wall near Datong, famous for victory over the Japanese in Sep 1937

平型关大捷

Píng xíng guān dà jié

victory of Pingxingguan pass, famous victory of Republican Chinese forces over the Japanese in Sep 1937

平城

Píng chéng

Pyongsong (city in North Korea)

平埔族

Píng pŭ zú

Pingpu or Pepo indigenous people

平塘

Píng táng

Pingtang county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qián nán zhōu], Guizhou

平塘县

Píng táng xiàn

Pingtang county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qián nán zhōu], Guizhou

平壤

Píng răng

Pyongyang, capital of North Korea

平壤市

Píng răng shì

Pyongyang, capital of North Korea

平坝

Píng bà

Pingba county in Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shùn], Guizhou

平坝县

Píng bà xiàn

Pingba county in Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shùn], Guizhou

平天下

píng tiān xià

to pacify the country

平安

píng ān

safe and sound

平安北道

Píng ān bĕi dào

North P'yong'an Province in west of North Korea, adjacent to Liaoning

平安南道

Píng ān nán dào

South P'yong'an Province in west of North Korea

平安夜

píng ān yè

Christmas Eve

平安时代

Píng ān Shí dài

Heian Period (794-1192), period of Japanese history ruled by Kyoto imperial court

平安无事

píng ān wú shì

safe and sound (idiom)

平安神宫

Píng ān Shén gōng

Heian Jingū or Heian Shrine, in Kyōto, Japan

平安县

Píng ān xiàn

Ping'an county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hăi dōng dì qū], Qinghai

平安道

Píng ān dào

P'yong'ando Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into South Pyong'an Province 平安南道[Píng ān nán dào] and North Pyong'an Province 平安北道[Píng ān bĕi dào] of North Korea

平安里

Píng ān lĭ

Ping'an Li (street name in Beijing)

平定

Píng dìng

Pingding county in Yangquan 陽泉|阳泉[Yáng quán], Shanxi

平定县

Píng dìng xiàn

Pingding county in Yangquan 陽泉|阳泉[Yáng quán], Shanxi

平实

píng shí

simple and unadorned

平宝盖

píng băo gài

name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14)

平局

píng jú

a draw (in competition)

平山

Píng shān

Pingshan county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei

平山区

Píng shān qū

Pingshan district of Benxi city 本溪市, Liaoning

平山县

Píng shān xiàn

Pingshan county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei

平川

Píng chuān

Pingchuan district of Baiyin city 白銀市|白银市[Bái yín shì], Gansu

平川区

Píng chuān qū

Pingchuan district of Baiyin city 白銀市|白银市[Bái yín shì], Gansu

平常

píng cháng

ordinary

平常日

píng cháng rì

weekday

平平

píng píng

average

平平常常

píng píng cháng cháng

nothing out of the ordinary

平年

píng nián

common year

平底

píng dĭ

flat bottomed

平底锅

píng dĭ guō

frying pan

平度

Píng dù

Pingdu county level city in Qingdao 青島|青岛[Qīng dăo], Shandong

平度市

Píng dù Shì

Pingdu county level city in Qingdao 青島|青岛[Qīng dăo], Shandong

平庸

píng yōng

mediocre

平庸之辈

píng yōng zhī bèi

a nobody

平复

píng fù

to pacify

平快车

píng kuài chē

local express

平息

píng xī

to settle (a dispute)

平成

Píng chéng

Heisei, reign name of Japanese Emperor Akihito, from 1989

平房

Píng fáng

Pingfang district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ĕr bīn] in Heilongjiang

平房区

Píng fáng qū

Pingfang district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ĕr bīn] in Heilongjiang

平手

píng shŏu

(sports) draw

平抚

píng fŭ

to calm

平摊

píng tān

to spread out

平整

píng zhĕng

smooth

平方

píng fāng

square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)

平方公里

píng fāng gōng lĭ

square kilometer

平方千米

píng fāng qiān mĭ

square kilometer

平方反比定律

píng fāng făn bì dìng lu:4

the inverse square law (in gravitation or electrostatics)

平方反比律

píng fāng făn bĭ lu:4

inverse square law (physics)

平方成反比

píng fāng chéng făn bĭ

proportional to inverse square (physics)

平方根

píng fāng gēn

square root

平方米

píng fāng mĭ

square meter