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HSK
equal / equality
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *平* | 平* | *平
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声
HSK 2
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime
HSK 2
safe and sound / well / without mishap / quiet and safe / at peace
HSK 2
level / even / smooth / flat
HSK 5
balance / equilibrium
HSK 6
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
HSK 4
field / plain / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
smooth; steady
HSK 4
ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily
HSK 2
average; on average / evenly; in equal proportions
HSK 4
commonplace / ordinary / mediocre
HSK 6
tranquil / undisturbed / serene
HSK 4
square meter
HSK 6
mutual benefit / to share profits equitably
levelheadedness / calmness / equanimity
HSK 7-9
to close a position (finance)
ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military)
HSK 7-9
the parallel postulate (geometry) / Euclid's fifth postulate
Pingyao county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
plane (flat surface) / print media
HSK 7-9
(of wind etc) to subside; to die down / to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc)
HSK 7-9
Pingxi or Pinghsi township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
average income
amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand
gentle / mild / moderate / placid
HSK 7-9
Silent Night (Christmas carol) / Christmas Eve
ordinary day / everyday / ordinarily / usually
HSK 7-9
hiragana (Japanese script)
Pingqiao, a district of Xinyang City 信陽市|信阳市, Henan
inverse square law (physics)
all one's life
reasonably priced / inexpensive / to keep prices down / (currency exchange) parity
HSK 7-9
mediocre / indifferent / commonplace
parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively) / on an equal footing; on the same level / simultaneous; concurrent
Pingshun, county in Shanxi
smooth / smooth-going / plain sailing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *平* | 平* | *平
surname Ping
nothing out of the ordinary / unglamorous
to level the land / level ground / plain
flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special
HSK 7-9
ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
to look squarely at / to look straight ahead / (instrumentation) heads-up (display)
Pingchang county in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan
Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
a draw (in competition) / a tie
ordinary mail (as opposed to air mail etc)
average value
parallelogram
Heian period (794-1185), period of Japanese history
square kilometer
plane angle
to stabilize / to keep (prices, vermin etc) under control
root mean square (RMS) / quadratic root
to be on an equal footing
(literary) dawn / daybreak / impartial and astute
equal rights
smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle
Pingyuan county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
bungalow / single-story house
lithographic plate
for no reason / gratuitously
smooth / level
(computing) platform as a service (PaaS)
to start from scratch (idiom)
sense of balance; equilibrioception
flat and smooth
level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
to both share the limelight / to both have an equal share of
plain weave
common people; ordinary people
to divide evenly / to bisect (geometry) / deuce (tennis) / tied score
frying pan
beam (gymnastics) / balance beam
(finance) dollar cost averaging
Pingxing Pass, mountain pass in Shanxi Province
slab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate / flat; level / (fig.) dull; monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑 and 平板手機|平板手机
of the same generation
self-balancing scooter / balance bike
level crossing
paperback (book)
square root
to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
flat bottomed / low heeled
alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
average dose
weekday
square meter (abbr. for 平方米)
a plan / a planar graph / a plane figure
(physics) plane mirror
life expectancy
(neologism c. 2021) cheaper alternative; affordable alternative
storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
(philosophy) banal evil

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