坪 (píng) — a unit of land area (approx. 3.3 m², used in Taiwan and Japan); (in compounds) level ground, flat area
Definition
A bound morpheme, never used alone. In compounds 停机坪 'tarmac' and 草坪 'lawn' it means 'flat ground'; as a measure word it names a Taiwanese/Japanese land unit (∼3.3 m²).
bound form
a unit of land area (approx. 3.3 m², used in Taiwan and Japan)(in compounds) level groundflat area
Easily confused
- 怦pēnglook-alike(onomatopoeia) thump, pit-a-pat (sound of a heartbeat)
- 瓶píngsound-alike(bound form) bottle, vase, flask
- 评pínglook-aliketo evaluate, to judge, to comment on (the quality or merit of)
- 凭píngsound-alike(preposition) on the basis of, by means of
- 呯pínglook-alikebang (sound of a gunshot, gong, or explosion)
- 平píngsound-alike(adjective) flat, level, smooth
Examples
- 坪。Zhè jiān fáng zi dà yuē èr shí píng.This house is about 20 pings.
- 。Fēi jī tíng zài tíng jī píng shàng.The airplane is parked on the tarmac.
- 。Cǎo píng shàng de cǎo dōu bèi xiū jiǎn guò le.The grass on the lawn has all been trimmed.
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