平 píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
平行
píngxíng
parallel; to proceed simultaneously
Characters in this word
行 xíng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 行 — to go, to walk, to move
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 亍 to take small steps
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这两项改革应当平行推进，否则制度衔接会出现新的漏洞。 Zhè liǎng xiàng gǎigé yīngdāng píngxíng tuījìn, fǒuzé zhìdù xiánjiē huì chūxiàn xīn de lòudòng. These two reforms should proceed in parallel; otherwise, new gaps will appear in how the systems connect.
- 这两条铁路平行向前，一直通到海边。 Zhè liǎng tiáo tiělù píngxíng xiàng qián, yìzhí tōng dào hǎibiān. The two railways run parallel all the way to the sea.
- 两条平行线永远不会相交。 Liǎng tiáo píngxíngxiàn yǒngyuǎn bú huì xiāngjiāo. Two parallel lines never intersect.