Cantonese Dictionary

平常日

ping4 soeng4 jat6

Mandarin: ping2 chang2 ri4

weekday

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平平

ping4 ping4

Mandarin: ping2 ping2

average

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平平安安

ping4 ping4 on1 on1

Mandarin: ping2 ping2 an1 an1

Safe and sound

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平底鍋

ping4 dai2 wo1

Mandarin: ping2 di3 guo1

saucepan

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平底鑊

ping4 dai2 wok6

Mandarin: ping2 di3 huo4

Simplified: 平底镬

a flat wok (a flat frying pan)

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平底鞋

ping4 dai2 haai4

Cantonese

flat heel shoes

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平度

ping4 dou6

Mandarin: ping2 du4

Pingdu (city in Shandong)

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平庸

ping4 jung4

Mandarin: ping2 yong1

mediocre, indifferent, commonplace, trivial

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平心而論

ping4 sam1 ji4 leon6

Mandarin: ping2 xin1 er2 lun4

Simplified: 平心而论

discussing based on being fair and objective

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平心靜氣

ping4 sam1 zing6 hei3

Mandarin: ping2 xin1 jing4 qi4

Simplified: 平心静气

adl; peaceful and calm

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平息

ping4 sik1

[1] quell, [2] subjugation

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平截頭體

ping4 zit6 tau4 tai2

Mandarin: ping2 jie2 tou2 ti3

[math.] frustum

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平房

ping4 fong4

Mandarin: ping2 fang2

[1] bungalow — single-storey detached house | This word "bungalow" is grossly misused by Malaysian property developers to mean any detached house (獨立屋); there's even "semi-detached bungalows" now. [2] (Chinese regional) a house with a flat plastered roof

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平手

ping4 sau2

deuce; draw

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平整

ping4 zing2

Mandarin: ping2 zheng3

[1] neat; orderly [2] smooth; flat; level

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平方

ping4 fong1

Mandarin: ping2 fang1

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

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平方公里

ping4 fong1 gung1 lei5

Mandarin: ping2 fang1 gong1 li3

square kilometre | Also, but less popularly, '平方千米' | Abbreviation: km²; sq km | Google Hits (Sep 2005): 1,750,000

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平方千米

ping4 fong1 cin1 mai5

Mandarin: ping2 fang1 qian1 mi3

square kilometre | More popularly as '平方公里' | Abbreviation: km²; sq km | Google Hits (Sep 2005): 182,000

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平方呎

ping4 fong1 cek3

Mandarin: ping2 fang1 chi3

Simplified: 平方尺

Sq.ft.

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平方哩

ping4 fong1 lei5/jing1lei5

Mandarin: ping2 fang1 li3; ping2 fang1 ying1 li3

square mile | Abbreviation: mi²; sq. mi. | Also: 平方英里; 平方英哩 | Note: Some dictionaries deem '哩' as short for '英里' (English li) and will mark '哩' to be pronounced as /jing1 lei5/, making it a polysyllabic character | Google Hits (Sep 2005): 754

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平方尺

ping4 fong1 cek3

a square foot

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平方數

ping4 fong1 sou3

Mandarin: ping2 fang1 shu4

Simplified: 平方数

Square number

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平方根

ping4 fong1 gan1

Mandarin: ping2 fang1 gen1

(Maths) square root

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平方米

ping4 fong1 mai5

Mandarin: ping2 fang1 mi3

square metre (US: meter) | Abbreviation: m²; sq m

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平方英尺

ping4 fong1 jing1 cek3

Mandarin: ping2 fang1 ying1 chi3

square foot

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平方英里

ping4 fong1 jing1 lei5

Mandarin: ping2 fang1 ying1 li3

Square miles

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平昌

ping4 coeng1

Mandarin: ping2 chang1

Pingchang (place in Sichuan), Ping Cheong

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平易近人

ping4 ji6 gan6 jan4

easy to get along with

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平時

ping4 si4

Mandarin: ping2 shi2

Simplified: 平时

(noun) spare time

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平板

ping4 baan2

Mandarin: ping2 ban3

(noun) Flat screen

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