平地

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (平地)		平	地
simp. #(平地)		平	地

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	平	地
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符兵切	徒四切
Baxter	bjaeng	dijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiæŋ/	/diɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiaŋ/	/diH/
Shao Rongfen	/biaŋ/	/djɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biajŋ/	/diH/
Li Rong	/biɐŋ/	/diH/
Wang Li	/bĭɐŋ/	/diH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɐŋ/	/dʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping4	dei6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	平	平	地
Reading #	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	píng	píng	dì
Middle Chinese	‹ bjæng ›	‹ bjæng ›	‹ dijH ›
Old Chinese	/*breŋ/	/*m-breŋ/	/*[l]ˁej-s/
English	even (adj.)	make even	earth, ground
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	平	地
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	9818	14808
Phonetic component	平	也
Rime group	耕	歌
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	平	地
Old Chinese	/*beŋ/	/*l'els/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ dei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phiàng-thi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pêng-tē / pêng-tōe / pêⁿ-tē / pîⁿ-tōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bên⁵ di⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bin-di

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngdì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-ti⁴
    • Yale: píng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngdih
    • Palladius: пинди (pindi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ dei⁶
    • Yale: pìhng deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ tei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiàng-thi
    • Hakka Romanization System: piang^ˇ ti
    • Hagfa Pinyim: piang² ti⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯aŋ¹¹ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-tē
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengde
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ te³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² te²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengdoe
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêⁿ-tē
    • Tâi-lô: pênn-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pve'de
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pẽ²³⁻³³ te³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ̃¹³⁻²² te²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîⁿ-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: pînn-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvi'doe
    • IPA (Taipei): /pĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tue³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ²⁴⁻²² tue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pĩ²⁴⁻²² tue²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bên⁵ di⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pêⁿ tī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ti¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bin-di
    • MiniDict: bin^去 di
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bin-di
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bin²² di⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bjaeng dijH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*breŋ|m-breŋ  [l]ˤej-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*beŋ  l'els/

Noun

平地

1. level ground; flat ground

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 平埔

Verb

平地

1. to level the ground

Derived terms

• 不登高山，不顯平地 / 不登高山，不显平地
• 夷為平地 / 夷为平地 (yíwéipíngdì)
• 如履平地 (rú lǚ píngdì)
• 平地樓臺 / 平地楼台
• 萬丈高樓平地起 / 万丈高楼平地起 (wànzhàng gāolóu píngdì qǐ)