Chinese Word: 萍 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

萍

Pinyin: píng

English Definition: duckweed

Chinese Definition:
①一年生草本植物，浮生水面，叶子扁平，表面绿色，背面紫红色，叶下生须根，开白花，称“浮萍”，亦称“青萍”、“紫萍”，多用以喻不定的生活或行踪：萍泊。萍踪。萍水相逢。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:泙 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 莎

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浮萍	fú píng	duckweed
萍水相逢	píng shuǐ xiāng féng	strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
萍乡	píng xiāng	Pingxiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi
萍乡市	píng xiāng shì	Pingxiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi
邵飘萍	shào piāo píng	Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京报 , executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin 张作霖

1		nà 那 shì 是 hǎi 海 píng 萍 kàn 看 de 的 dì yī tào 第一套 fáng zi 房子。 It was the first apartment Haiping ever inspected.
2		zhè 这 shì 是 hǎi 海 píng 萍 qiān 千 tiāo 挑 wàn 万 xuǎn 选 zū 租 lái 来 de 的 ān shēn lì mìng 安身立命 zhī 之 de 地。 měi gè 每个 yuè 月 650 kuài 块。 Having labouredly scavenged the housing market, Haiping chose to rent this place to settle down and get on with here pursuits---a room 650 RMB per month.
3		dì yī gè 第一个 wèn 问 hǎi 海 píng 萍， hǎi 海 píng 萍 xiǎn rán 显然 yáo tóu 摇头， gēn běn 根本 méi 没 wèn 问 sū 苏 chún 淳 de 的 yì jiàn 意见。 He first asked Haiping who apparently shook her head without even asking for Su Chun's opinion.
4		hǎi 海 píng 萍 biān 边 chū jià 出价 biān 边 huái niàn 怀念 nà ge 那个 dà dà 大大 de 的 běi 北 jiān 间， nà 那 ào 傲 rén 人 de 的 céng gāo 层高。 While making an offer, Haiping started to miss that first apartment's big north-faced room and floor height.
5		zǒng zhī 总之， zài 在 bù gān xīn 不甘心、 fèn nù 愤怒 hé 和 jiāo lǜ 焦虑 zhōng 中， hǎi 海 píng 萍 jìn rù 进入 lìng yī gè 另一个 jiē duàn 阶段 de 的 chōng cì 冲刺。 In a nutshell, suffering anger and anxiety, Haiping entered the phase of waiting for the arrival of the baby .

1		nà 那 shì 是 hǎi 海 píng 萍 kàn 看 de 的 dì yī tào 第一套 fáng zi 房子。 It was the first apartment Haiping ever inspected.
2		zhè 这 shì 是 hǎi 海 píng 萍 qiān 千 tiāo 挑 wàn 万 xuǎn 选 zū 租 lái 来 de 的 ān shēn lì mìng 安身立命 zhī 之 de 地。 měi gè 每个 yuè 月 650 kuài 块。 Having labouredly scavenged the housing market, Haiping chose to rent this place to settle down and get on with here pursuits---a room 650 RMB per month.
3		dì yī gè 第一个 wèn 问 hǎi 海 píng 萍， hǎi 海 píng 萍 xiǎn rán 显然 yáo tóu 摇头， gēn běn 根本 méi 没 wèn 问 sū 苏 chún 淳 de 的 yì jiàn 意见。 He first asked Haiping who apparently shook her head without even asking for Su Chun's opinion.
4		hǎi 海 píng 萍 biān 边 chū jià 出价 biān 边 huái niàn 怀念 nà ge 那个 dà dà 大大 de 的 běi 北 jiān 间， nà 那 ào 傲 rén 人 de 的 céng gāo 层高。 While making an offer, Haiping started to miss that first apartment's big north-faced room and floor height.
5		zǒng zhī 总之， zài 在 bù gān xīn 不甘心、 fèn nù 愤怒 hé 和 jiāo lǜ 焦虑 zhōng 中， hǎi 海 píng 萍 jìn rù 进入 lìng yī gè 另一个 jiē duàn 阶段 de 的 chōng cì 冲刺。 In a nutshell, suffering anger and anxiety, Haiping entered the phase of waiting for the arrival of the baby .