北平 Chinese English dictionary 北平 translate 北平 pinyin

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北平

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
北平 Běipíng	北平 \| 北平* \| *北平	Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
北	北 \| 北* \| *北	5画匕 + 3	běi, bèi	north; northern; northward	bak1	1111.0 LMP


平	平 \| 平* \| *平	5画干 + 2	píng	flat, level, even; peaceful	ping4	1040.9 MFJ

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
北平 Běipíng	北平 \| 北平* \| *北平	Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)


北 běi	北 \| 北* \| *北	north / (classical) to be defeated


平　Píng	平 \| 平* \| *平	surname Ping


平　píng	平 \| 平* \| *平	flat; level; smooth / to make even; to level / equal; on the same level / (bound form) fair; impartial / to tie; to draw / (bound form) average; ordinary / (bound form) calm; peaceful / (bound form) to quell; to suppress; to put down / (abbr. for 平聲｜平声) / (coll.) square meter (abbr. for 平方米)