平声

平聲

píngshēng

noun #84,229

Meanings

1 level tone
2 the first and second tones of Mandarin

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

“天”字是平声，“地”字是仄声。

" Tiān " zì shì píngshēng, " dì " zì shì zèshēng.

The character for "sky" is level-tone, and the one for "earth" is oblique.

HSK 7-9

律诗押韵的字一般用平声。

Lǜshī yāyùn de zì yìbān yòng píngshēng.

The rhyming characters in regulated verse are usually level-tone.

Tips

usage

The Middle Chinese 平声 split in Mandarin into 阴平, today's first tone, and 阳平, the second. In verse it is the 平 of 平仄, set against the three oblique tones.

Stroke Order

平 píng

声 shēng