平 píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
平时
píngshí
usually; in ordinary times
Characters in this word
时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 平时我早起。 Píngshí wǒ zǎo qǐ. I usually get up early.
- 他平时很忙。 Tā píngshí hěn máng. He is usually very busy.
- 你平时喝茶吗？ Nǐ píngshí hē chá ma? Do you usually drink tea?