#he2#ping2 means "peace or peaceful". Obviously, peace is something that the world really needs right now. 和平 is quite an official word for peace, e.g., world peace. But in Chinese, to have a peaceful life, or to be peaceful, we usually use this word: 平安(píng ān, "safe and sound, or being well"). Anyway, I chose to talk about 和平 because I know that this word is very popular for tattoo symbols. Note that 和 means "and" such as Tom 和 Jack (= Tom and Jack). 平 has many meanings such as "flat, equal, normal, and peace" as listed below.
| 平 | ping2 | flat, to draw |
| 平安 | ping2 an1 | safety, safely |
| 平常 | ping2 chang2 | ordinary |
| 平等 | ping2 deng3 | equality |
| 平方 | ping2 fang1 | square as in square foot, square mile |
| 平静 | ping2 jing4 | peaceful |
| 平均 | ping2 jun1 | equality, average |
| 平时 | ping2 shi2 | peacetime |
2 comments:
Hi DoraYao,
You may be interested in this site:
www.nciku.com
A online English/Chinese dictionary, it focuses on Chinese language learning English speakers, provide Chinese handwriting recognition and human voice pronunciation.
Have a look, if good, add it to your site please, thanks.
Reagards,
Clark
Thanks C!
nciku.com has already been added on the right column (link) since the beginning of this blog.
Thanks for visiting my blog anyway!
DoraYao
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