平衡

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	to weigh; weight; measure
simp. and trad. (平衡)		平	衡
anagram		衡平

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pínghéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ hang⁴

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pin² fên²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pêng-hn̂g / pêng-hêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pêng⁵ huang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pínghéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pínghéng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-hêng²
    • Yale: píng-héng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngherng
    • Palladius: пинхэн (pinxɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ xɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ hang⁴
    • Yale: pìhng hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ hɐŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 平行 平衡

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pin² fên²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹ fɛn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-hn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-hn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: penghngg
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengheeng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pêng⁵ huang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phêng huâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

平衡

1. (literal, figurative) balance; equilibrium

   色彩平衡  ―  sècǎi pínghéng  ―  colour balance

Adjective

平衡

1. (literal, figurative) balanced

Synonyms

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• 勻實 / 匀实 (yúnshi) (colloquial)
• 勻旬 / 匀旬 (wan⁴ ceon⁴) (Cantonese)
• 均 (jūn)
• 均勻 / 均匀 (jūnyún)
• 均等 (jūnděng)
• 均衡 (jūnhéng)
• 牽勻 / 牵匀 (¹chi-yun) (Wu)

Verb

平衡

1. to balance; to strike a balance; to keep in equilibrium

Synonyms

• 結合／结合 (jiéhé)

Derived terms

• 不穩定平衡 / 不稳定平衡 (bù wěndìng pínghéng)
• 動態平衡 / 动态平衡 (dòngtài pínghéng)
• 化學平衡 / 化学平衡 (huàxué pínghéng)
• 平衡感 (pínghénggǎn)
• 收支平衡點 / 收支平衡点 (shōuzhī pínghéng diǎn)
• 生態平衡 / 生态平衡 (shēngtài pínghéng)
• 盈虧平衡點 / 盈亏平衡点 (yíngkuī pínghéng diǎn)
• 體內平衡 / 体内平衡 (tǐnèi pínghéng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
平	衡
へい Grade: 3	こう Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 平衡 (MC bjaeng haeng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [he̞ːko̞ː]
• (Tokyo) へーこー [hèékóó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

平(へい)衡(こう) • (heikō) ^{←へいかう (feikau)?}

1. balance, equilibrium

Verb

平(へい)衡(こう)する • (heikō suru) ^{←へいかう (feikau)?}suru (stem 平(へい)衡(こう)し (heikō shi), past 平(へい)衡(こう)した (heikō shita))

1. to be balanced, to be in equilibrium

Conjugation

Conjugation of "平衡する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	平衡し	へいこうし	heikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	平衡し	へいこうし	heikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	平衡する	へいこうする	heikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	平衡する	へいこうする	heikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	平衡すれ	へいこうすれ	heikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	平衡せよ¹ 平衡しろ²	へいこうせよ¹ へいこうしろ²	heikō seyo¹ heikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	平衡される	へいこうされる	heikō sareru
Causative	平衡させる 平衡さす	へいこうさせる へいこうさす	heikō saseru heikō sasu
Potential	平衡できる	へいこうできる	heikō dekiru
Volitional	平衡しよう	へいこうしよう	heikō shiyō
Negative	平衡しない	へいこうしない	heikō shinai
Negative continuative	平衡せず	へいこうせず	heikō sezu
Formal	平衡します	へいこうします	heikō shimasu
Perfective	平衡した	へいこうした	heikō shita
Conjunctive	平衡して	へいこうして	heikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	平衡すれば	へいこうすれば	heikō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “平衡”, 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	衡

Noun

平衡 • (pyeonghyeong) (hangeul 평형)

1. hanja form^? of 평형 (“balance, equilibrium”)