平
静

Tranquil in Chinese: 平静 (píng jìng)

píng jìng

tranquil

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 平靜2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1tranquil
  2. 2undisturbed
  3. 3serene

Stroke order

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平
静

Zhuyin

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ㄆㄧㄥˊ

píng

ㄆ/ pㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄐㄧㄥˋ

jìng

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

平静

Simplified

平靜

Traditional

Example sentences

See 平静 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 她说阅读能让人平静。

    tā shuō yuè dú néng ràng rén píng jìng。

    She said reading can calm a person.

  • 让我们享受这平静和安宁。

    ràng wǒ men xiǎng shòu zhè píng jìng hé ān níng。

    Let's just enjoy this peace and quiet.

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Related words

平

píng

flat

静

jìng

still

安静

ān jìng

quiet

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

冷静

lěng jìng

calm

平时

píng shí

ordinarily

公平

gōng píng

fair

和平

hé píng

peace

平常

píng cháng

ordinary

平等

píng děng

equal

平方

píng fāng

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

平衡

píng héng

balance

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