Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced ping

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced ping, including 平 píng, 评 píng, 凭 píng, 瓶 píng, 屏 píng / bǐng. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words…

How to Pronounce This Syllable

To say ping, release air on the aspirated p, glide into ing, and ride the tone — keep it joined as one sound.

Initial p

Start the syllable on the initial p, then run straight into the final ing — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.

Final ing

Settle the final ing into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.

Study Tip

Start with the most common characters (平 píng, 评 píng, 凭 píng, 瓶 píng, 屏 píng / bǐng) and lock in their tones. 7 common characters share the sound ping, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.

Learn by Tone

ping turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.

2nd tone

Taking the 2nd tone here: 平, 评, 凭… (7 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

平píngflat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw 评píngto discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)凭pínglean against; proof; to rely on; to depend on; to be based on 瓶píngbottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher 屏píng / bǐngget rid of; put aside; reject; keep control; hold back; (standing) screen 萍píngduckweed

Common Words With This Sound

Seeing ping inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.

水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)公平gōng píngfair; impartial 平时píng shíordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime 评价píng jiàto evaluate; to assess 批评pī píngto criticize; criticism 评论píng lùnto comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary 凭借píng jièto rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to 文凭wén píngdiploma 凭着píng zherelying on; on the basis of 瓶子píng zibottle

Characters

7 common characters in this group.

Character#1 平 píngflat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to drawTraditional: 平 Character#2 评 píngto discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)Traditional: 評 Character#3 凭 pínglean against; proof; to rely on; to depend on; to be based onTraditional: 憑 Character#4 瓶 píngbottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcherTraditional: 瓶 Character#5 屏 píng / bǐngget rid of; put aside; reject; keep control; hold back; (standing) screenTraditional: 屏 Character#6 萍 píngduckweedTraditional: 萍 Character#7 苹 píng / pínmarsiliaceae; clover fern; (artemisia); duckweed; appleTraditional: 苹