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

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/

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/	/suo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiaŋ/	/suo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/biaŋ/	/so^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biajŋ/	/sɔ^H/
Li Rong	/biɐŋ/	/so^H/
Wang Li	/bĭɐŋ/	/su^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɐŋ/	/suo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng	sù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping⁴	sou³

Adverb

平素

(literary) normally; ordinarily; usually

Synonyms

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)

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)

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