平 píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
平息
píngxī
to subside; to calm; to settle
Characters in this word
息 xī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这场围绕征地补偿的争议，直到第三方报告公布后才逐渐平息。 Zhè chǎng wéirào zhēngdì bǔcháng de zhēngyì, zhídào dì sānfāng bàogào gōngbù hòu cái zhújiàn píngxī. The dispute over land-expropriation compensation only gradually subsided after the third-party report was released.
- 风暴过后，海面慢慢平息下来。 Fēngbào guòhòu, hǎimiàn mànmàn píngxī xiàlái. After the storm, the sea slowly calmed down.
- 他好言好语，终于平息了孩子们的争吵。 Tā hǎo yán hǎo yǔ, zhōngyú píngxī le háizimen de zhēngchǎo. With kind words he finally settled the children's quarrel.