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The Chinese word for level is
水平仪

shuǐ píng yí



level

Chinese Definition


level
     1. 名词. 水准
Components
     1. water
           請 給 我 一 杯 水,謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please.
           喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water
           冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water
           冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water
           凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C
           熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water
           開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water
           滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C
           水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium
           水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour
           水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature
           雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater
           海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater
           飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water
           礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water
           蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water
           水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice
           水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity
           碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate
           脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration
           水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning
           雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide
     2. liquid; potion; juice
           口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva
           汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat
           羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid
           香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume
           眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop
     3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage)
           要 叫 什麼 水? (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order?
           欲 叫 什sím物 水? (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN
     4. (archaic) river
           ^漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River
     5. body of water
           水路 - shuǐlù - waterway
           三 面 環 水 (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides
     6. flood
           發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood
     7. additional cost or income
     8. (dialectal) rain
     9. (Cantonese) money
           磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C
           掠loek6-1水 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C
     10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars
           三 嚿 水 - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C
     11. (Cantonese) source of revenue
     12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide
     13. to swim
           水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability
     14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless
           這裡 的 大學 太 水 了。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak.
     15. Short for 划水, gloss=to shirk; to slack off
     16. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行)
     17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed.
     18. Sui people
           水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people)
     19. Variant of 媠
     1. level; even; flat
           平 放 (píng fàng) - to put horizontally
           平原 (píngyuán) - plain
           馬路 很 平。 (Mǎlù hěn píng.) - The road is very flat.
     2. equal; fair
           平分 (píngfēn) - to divide evenly
           持平 (chípíng) - impartial
           Synonyms: 均
     3. equal
           平輩 (píngbèi) - same generation
           平起平坐 (píngqǐpíngzuò) - to be on an equal footing
           平 了 世界 紀錄 (píng le shìjiè jìlù) - equalled a world record
           雙方 打 成 五 平。 (Shuāngfāng dǎ chéng wǔ píng.) - They reached 5-5.
     4. to level; to make level
     5. calm; peaceful
           太平 (tàipíng) - peaceful and tranquil
           風平浪靜 (fēngpínglàngjìng) - to have no waves
           心平氣和 (xīnpíngqìhé) - even-tempered and good-humoured
           Synonyms: 穩, 靜
     6. to calm down; to make peaceful; to quiet down
           平 民憤 (píng mínfèn) - to assuage popular indignation
           你 先 平 平 氣! (Nǐ xiān píng píng qì!) - Just calm down a bit first!
     7. to pacify
           平叛 (píngpàn) - to suppress a rebellion
     8. ordinary; common; mediocre; average
           平日 (píngrì) - normal days
           平凡 (píngfán) - ordinary
           平民 (píngmín) - civilian
           Synonyms: 常, 庸
           Antonyms: 奇, 特
     9. (Chinese phonetics) level tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)
           平上shǎng去入 (píngshǎngqùrù) - the four tones of Middle Chinese: level, rising, departing and checked
           陽平 (yángpíng) - light level tone
     10. (Cantonese, Hakka) cheap; inexpensive
           平peng4 機票piu3 - cheap air tickets
           平peng4 啲 得 唔 得 呀? - Can it be cheaper?
           不如 平peng4 平peng4-2 地dei6-2 賣 畀 我 啦。 - What about selling it to me at a lower price?
           Antonyms: 貴, tr=-
     11. (Min Nan, Hakka) the same
           伊 佮 我 平 懸。 (i1 gah4 ua2 bên5 guin5.) - He is as tall as me., MN-T
     12. (historical) Short for 北平
           ^平 ^津 戰役 (Píng Jīn zhànyì) - Pingjin campaign
     13. Short for 平方米, square metre Used with numbers without classifiers.
     14. , number 95 of the Baijiaxing
     15. Alternative form of 辨
     16. (obsolete) to control prices
     17. Variant of 抨
     1. Simplified form of 儀



Translations for and their definitions

     1. level; even; flat
           平 放 (píng fàng) - to put horizontally
           平原 (píngyuán) - plain
           馬路 很 平。 (Mǎlù hěn píng.) - The road is very flat.
     2. equal; fair
           平分 (píngfēn) - to divide evenly
           持平 (chípíng) - impartial
           Synonyms: 均
     3. equal
           平輩 (píngbèi) - same generation
           平起平坐 (píngqǐpíngzuò) - to be on an equal footing
           平 了 世界 紀錄 (píng le shìjiè jìlù) - equalled a world record
           雙方 打 成 五 平。 (Shuāngfāng dǎ chéng wǔ píng.) - They reached 5-5.
     4. to level; to make level
     5. calm; peaceful
           太平 (tàipíng) - peaceful and tranquil
           風平浪靜 (fēngpínglàngjìng) - to have no waves
           心平氣和 (xīnpíngqìhé) - even-tempered and good-humoured
           Synonyms: 穩, 靜
     6. to calm down; to make peaceful; to quiet down
           平 民憤 (píng mínfèn) - to assuage popular indignation
           你 先 平 平 氣! (Nǐ xiān píng píng qì!) - Just calm down a bit first!
     7. to pacify
           平叛 (píngpàn) - to suppress a rebellion
     8. ordinary; common; mediocre; average
           平日 (píngrì) - normal days
           平凡 (píngfán) - ordinary
           平民 (píngmín) - civilian
           Synonyms: 常, 庸
           Antonyms: 奇, 特
     9. (Chinese phonetics) level tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)
           平上shǎng去入 (píngshǎngqùrù) - the four tones of Middle Chinese: level, rising, departing and checked
           陽平 (yángpíng) - light level tone
     10. (Cantonese, Hakka) cheap; inexpensive
           平peng4 機票piu3 - cheap air tickets
           平peng4 啲 得 唔 得 呀? - Can it be cheaper?
           不如 平peng4 平peng4-2 地dei6-2 賣 畀 我 啦。 - What about selling it to me at a lower price?
           Antonyms: 貴, tr=-
     11. (Min Nan, Hakka) the same
           伊 佮 我 平 懸。 (i1 gah4 ua2 bên5 guin5.) - He is as tall as me., MN-T
     12. (historical) Short for 北平
           ^平 ^津 戰役 (Píng Jīn zhànyì) - Pingjin campaign
     13. Short for 平方米, square metre Used with numbers without classifiers.
     14. , number 95 of the Baijiaxing
     15. Alternative form of 辨
     16. (obsolete) to control prices
     17. Variant of 抨


水平
     1. adj. (attributive) horizontal; level
     2. n. standard; level; proficiency; quality; skill
           一流 水平 - first-class standard
           語言 水平 - language proficiency
           服務 水平 - level of service
           盈利 水平 - profitability
           他 的 技術 水平 絕對 不 在 專家 之下。 - His technical skill is definitely not inferior to that of a specialist.
           雖然 我 的 閱讀 水平 很 好,但是 跟 中國人 講話 有點 困難。 - Although my reading skills are very good, I have some difficulty conversing with Chinese people.
     3. n. level (amount)
           雄激素 水平 - androgen levels


     1. Simplified form of 層





级别
     1. level


水準
     1. n. water level
     2. n.    (specifically, surveying) level
     3. n. level; standard


     1. to close; to shut
           關 窗子zi - close the window -
           他 在 聖誕節 時 關 了 店鋪pù。 - He shut up his shop at Christmas.
           Antonyms: 開
     2. to lock up; to detain
           那 囚犯 被 關 在 單人 牢房 內。 - The prisoner was locked in a cell.
     3. to turn off; to switch off
           關 電燈 - to switch the light off -
     4. (literary) to go through; to pass
     5. to concern; to implicate; to relate to
           這 不 關 我 的 事。 - It does not concern me.
     6. frontier pass; border control; checkpoint (controlled passage)
           海關 - customs (literally, "maritime checkpoint") -
           過關 - to break through a pass; to go through border control -
     7. (video games) Short for 關卡, level
     8. relation (family/contacts)
           ^關 ^羽 - Guan Yu - (Chinese general of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period)
     9. (obsolete) Alternative form of 彎 (to draw a bow)


     1. Simplified form of 級



     1. level; rank; grade; class
     2. (education) grade; form
           同 級 不 同 班 - to be in the same grade but different classes -
     3. step
           拾級而上 - to walk slowly up a flight of steps
     4. (literary) beheaded head



平衡
     1. balance



     1. to pile up; to overlap
     2. thing made of layers
     3. layer; storey; floor; stratum
     4. (Min Nan)


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