评 (píng) — to evaluate, to judge, to comment on (the quality or merit of)
Definition
评 (píng) means to evaluate or judge, often implying scoring or weighing merit. Stronger and more focused on assessment than 评论, which is broader 'to comment / discuss'.
verb
to evaluateto judgeto comment on (the quality or merit of)
Examples
- 评。Shàng cì bǐ sài de píng wěi píng dé hěn gōng píng.The judges of the last competition evaluated very fairly.
- 评？Nǐ néng píng yí xià zhè jiàn yī fu de zuò gōng ma?Can you evaluate the workmanship of this piece of clothing?
- 。Guān zhòng yòng shǒu jī gěi měi wèi xuǎn shǒu píng fēn.The audience used their phones to score each contestant.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 評; 评 is its simplified writing.
The traditional form 評 uses 言 for speech and 平 as a sound part; the simplified 评 is a later shorthand.
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