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-su₅

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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
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² sɔ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bin-su₅
    • MiniDict: bin^去 su^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bin-su₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bin²² su⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bjaeng suH

Rime
Character	平	素
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	符兵切	桑故切
Baxter	bjaeng	suH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiæŋ/	/suoH/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiaŋ/	/suoH/
Shao Rongfen	/biaŋ/	/soH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biajŋ/	/sɔH/
Li Rong	/biɐŋ/	/soH/
Wang Li	/bĭɐŋ/	/suH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɐŋ/	/suoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng	sù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping4	sou3

Adverb

平素

1. (literary) normally; ordinarily; usually

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 平當時 / 平当时 (Puxian Min)
• 平素時 / 平素时 (Puxian Min)
• 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

References

• “平素”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
平	素

Noun

平素 • (pyeongso) (hangeul 평소)

1. hanja form^? of 평소 (“the ordinary; ordinary conditions.”)