平素

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	plain; element
simp. and trad. (平素)		平	素

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ sou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pêng-sò͘
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bin-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngsù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-su⁴
    • Yale: píng-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngsuh
    • Palladius: пинсу (pinsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ sou³
    • Yale: pìhng sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengsox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bin-su
    • MiniDict: bin^去 su
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bin-su
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bin²² su⁴⁴/

Adverb

平素

1. (literary) normally; ordinarily; usually

Synonyms

• 一般 (yībān)
• 常時／常时 (chángshí)
• 平常 (píngcháng)
• 平常時／平常时 (Hokkien)
• 平日 (píngrì) (literary)
• 平時／平时 (píngshí)
• 素常 (sùcháng) (literary)
• 素常時／素常时 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 通常 (tōngcháng)
• 閒常／闲常 (xiáncháng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
平	素
へい Grade: 3	そ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

平(へい)素(そ) • (heiso) 

1. the everyday, usual, ordinary