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平时

píng shí 2–2

ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime

HSK level
HSK 2
HSK 2.0 level 4 · HSK 3.0 level 2
Characters
2
平 · 时
Syllables
2
píng shí
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 2,780

Part of speech: t

Character by character

  • 平píng5 strokesHSK 2flat, level, even; peaceful
  • 时shí7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 時time, season; era, age, period

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 平时. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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