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平凡 (píng fán): Ordinary (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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平 • píng • flat; level; even; equal • HSK 2.0 L5
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píng平

flat; level; even; equal

凡 • fán • ordinary, common, all, every
fán凡

ordinary, common, all, every

Word Info

Pinyinpíng fán
Meaningordinary; common
Characters2
SyntaxAdjective

HSK 6 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 平凡.

  • 操练cāo liàndrill; practice
  • 饱经沧桑bǎo jīng cāng sānghave lived through many changes
  • 本身běn shēnin itself/oneself
  • 不时bù shífrequently; from time to time; now and then
  • 便条biàn tiáonote
  • 版本bǎn běnedition
  • 拜托bài tuōrequest somebody to do something; entrust
  • 苍白cāng báipale; pallid; wan
  • 布局bù júlayout; arrangement
  • 悲哀bēi āigrief; sorrow
  • 案件àn jiànlegal case
  • 饱和bǎo hésaturated
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 平凡.

Words with 平
  • 水平shuǐ pínglevel
  • 平时píng shíordinarily
  • 公平gōng píngfair; just
  • 和平
hé píng
peace; mild
  • 平台píng táiplatform
  • 平均píng jūnaverage; mean; equally
  • 平安píng ānpeace, safe and sound
  • 平常píng chángordinarily; generally; usually
    • Words with 凡
    • 凡是fán shìevery; any; all
    • 非凡fēi fánExtraordinary / Remarkable
    • 下凡xià fánto descend to the mortal world (of immortals)
    • 不凡bù fánextraordinary; remarkable
    • 凡事fán shìeverything; all matters
    • 凡人fán rénmortal; ordinary person
    • 超凡chāo fánextraordinary, transcendent
    • 不同凡响bù tóng fán xiǎngoutstanding, extraordinary
    4.

    How to Use 平凡 in Sentences

    Verb + Adjectivewith看似
    kàn看
    sì似
    píng平
    fán凡
    neutral
    seem ordinary
    Adverb + Adjectivewith不
    bù不
    píng平
    fán凡
    Adjective + Noun
    píng平
    fán凡
    de的
    shēng生
    huó活
    Idiomwith伟大
    píng平
    fán凡
    ér而
    wěi伟
    dà大
    5.

    Example Sentences with 平凡

    wǒ我
    de的
    shēng生
    huó活
    hěn很
    píng平
    neutral
    extraordinary
    neutral
    ordinary life
    píng平
    fán凡
    de的
    rén人
    neutral
    ordinary person
    formal
    Written
    ordinary yet great
    fán
    凡
    。
    My life is very ordinary.
    nán难
    dào道
    nǐ你
    bù不
    jué觉
    de得
    ，
    píng平
    fán凡
    de的
    shēng生
    huó活
    lǐ里
    yě也
    cáng藏
    zhe着
    xǔ许
    duō多
    jīng惊
    xǐ喜
    ma吗
    ？
    Don't you think that ordinary life also hides many surprises?
    tā他
    guò过
    zhe着
    píng平
    fán凡
    de的
    rì日
    zi子
    ，
    měi每
    tiān天
    shàng上
    bān班
    xià下
    bān班
    。
    He leads an ordinary life, going to work and coming home every day.
    tā他
    cóng从
    bú不
    rèn认
    wéi为
    zì自
    jǐ己
    de的
    gōng工
    zuò作
    píng平
    fán凡
    ，
    fǎn反
    ér而
    shì视
    zhī之
    wèi为
    yì一
    zhǒng种
    shǐ使
    mìng命
    。
    He never considers his job ordinary; instead, he sees it as a mission.
    suī虽
    rán然
    gōng工
    zuò作
    píng平
    fán凡
    ，
    dàn但
    tā他
    zǒng总
    shì是
    rèn认
    zhēn真
    duì对
    dài待
    。
    Although the job is ordinary, he always takes it seriously.