和平

Chinese

		mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm	flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
simp. and trad. (和平)		和	平
anagram		平和

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hépíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): хәпин (I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ ping⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fò-phìn
• Min Dong (BUC): huò-bìng
• Min Nan (POJ): hô-pêng / hô͘-pêng
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhu bin (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hépíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herpyng
    • IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: хәпин (I-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /xɤː²⁴ pʰĩ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ ping⁴
    • Yale: wòh pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ ping⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fò-phìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: foˇ pinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo² pin²
    • IPA: /fo¹¹ pʰin¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huò-bìng
    • IPA ^(key): /huo⁵³⁻³³ ^(p-)βiŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-pêng
    • Tâi-lô: hô-pîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'peeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ piɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² piɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ piɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘-pêng
    • Tâi-lô: hôo-pîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ho'peeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhu bin (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦv̩ʷ²² b̻ɪɲ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦuɑ  bˠiæŋ/▼

Rime
Character	和	平
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	戸戈切	符兵切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑ/	/bˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuɑ/	/bᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑ/	/biaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwa/	/biajŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑ/	/biɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑ/	/bĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ/	/bʱi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó	píng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤoj  breŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːl  beŋ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	和	平
Reading #	1/2	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	píng
Middle Chinese	‹ hwa ›	‹ bjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ˤoj/	/*breŋ/
English	harmonious	even (adj.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	和	平
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4932	9818
Phonetic component	禾	平
Rime group	歌	耕
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	和	平
Old Chinese	/*ɡoːl/	/*beŋ/

Noun

和平

1. peace (state free of war or animosity)

   維護和平 / 维护和平  ―  wéihù hépíng  ―  to uphold peace

   和平時期 / 和平时期  ―  hépíng shíqī  ―  peacetime

2. Rosa Peace (rose cultivar)

Adjective

和平

1. peaceful; tranquil; calm
2. (of drug effect, etc.) mild; moderate; gentle
3. harmonious

Proper noun

和平

1. (～區) Heping District (district of Taichung, Taiwan)
2. (～區) Heping District (district of Tianjin, China)
3. (～區) Heping District (district of Shenyang, Liaoning province, China)
4. (～縣) Heping County (county in Guangdong province, China)
5. (～鎮) Heping Town (several towns in China)
6. (～省) Hòa Bình Province (province of Vietnam)
7. (～市) Hòa Bình (capital of Hòa Bình province, Vietnam)
8. (historical) several era names in Chinese history (150; 354–355; 460–465; 551–554)
9. Mir (Soviet and Russian space station)

Derived terms

• 和平主義／和平主义 (hépíngzhǔyì)
• 和平使者 (hépíng shǐzhě)
• 和平共存 (hépíng gòngcún)
• 和平共處／和平共处 (hépíng gòngchǔ)
• 和平崛起 (hépíng juéqǐ)
• 和平日 (hépíngrì)

• 和平談判／和平谈判 (hépíng tánpàn)
• 和平鴿／和平鸽 (hépínggē)
• 和談／和谈 (hétán)
• 產品和平／产品和平
• 維和／维和 (wéihé)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (和平):

• Japanese: 和 (わ)平 (へい) (wahei)
• Korean: 화평 (和平, hwapyeong)
• Vietnamese: hoà bình (和平)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
和	平
わ Grade: 3	へい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

和平 (hiragana わへい, rōmaji wahei)

1. peace (ending a war)

   和平会談 (わへいかいだん)

   wahei kaidan

   peace talks

   和 (わ)平 (へい)合 (ごう)意 (い)

   wahei gōi

   peace agreement

   和 (わ)平 (へい)交 (こう)渉 (しょう)

   wahei kōshō

   peace negotiations

   和 (わ)平 (へい)を結 (むす)ぶ

   wahei o musubu

   to make peace

Related terms

• 平和 (へいわ, ​heiwa) (peace, free from war)

See also

• 和議 (わぎ, ​wagi), 和睦 (わぼく, ​waboku)

Anagrams

• 平和 (へいわ, ​heiwa)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
和	平

Noun

和平 • (hwapyeong) (hangeul 화평)

1. Hanja form^? of 화평, “peace”.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
和	平

Noun

和平

1. Hán tự form of hoà bình, “peace”

Proper noun

和平

1. Hán tự form of Hoà Bình, “a province of northern Vietnam”