平均值 (píng jūn zhí) — average value, mean

Definition

noun
average valuemean

Examples

  • 平均值。
    Zhè zǔ shù jù de píng jūn zhí shì wǔ shí.
    The average value of this set of data is fifty.
  • 平均值。
    Jì suàn píng jūn zhí shí yào qù diào zuì gāo hé zuì dī de shù zhí.
    When calculating the mean, you need to remove the highest and lowest values.
  • 平均值。
    Zhè ge chéng shì de nián jiàng yǔ liàng píng jūn zhí shì bā bǎi háo mǐ.
    The average annual rainfall in this city is 800 millimeters.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

平均average
平píngequal均jūnaverage
联合Side by side
值zhívalue

平均 gives the idea of averaging, and 值 gives value.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin is uncertain. One explanation combines 八 (division) and 亏 (exhaled air) to show smooth speech.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
匀
匀yún均jūn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

均 pairs 土 (earth) with 匀, which gives it its sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
直
直zhí值zhí
Same sound today

值 is made from 亻 (written in full as 人, a person) and 直, with 直 giving the sound.

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