平行

Chinese

		flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad. (平行)		平	行

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): píngxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ hang⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pêng-hêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): bên⁵ gian⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: píngxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: píngsíng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻing²-hsing²
  - Yale: píng-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngshyng
  - Palladius: пинсин (pinsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
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:
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    平行
    平衡
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-hêng
  - Tâi-lô: pîng-hîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pengheeng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bên⁵ gian⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pêⁿ kiâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵⁵/

Adjective

平行

Verb

平行

to run parallel

Antonyms

交叉 (jiāochā)
交錯／交错 (jiāocuò)
交織／交织 (jiāozhī)

Derived terms

平行作業 / 平行作业
平行公設 / 平行公设 (píngxínggōngshè)
平行六面體 / 平行六面体 (píngxíng liùmiàntǐ)
平行四邊形 / 平行四边形 (píngxíng sìbiānxíng)
平行宇宙 (píngxíng yǔzhòu)
平行官署
平行文
平行文本 (píngxíng wénběn)
平行線 / 平行线 (píngxíngxiàn)
平行線支票 / 平行线支票
平行脈 / 平行脉
平行葉脈 / 平行叶脉
平行表親 / 平行表亲
平行輸入 / 平行输入
平行輸入貨品 / 平行输入货品 (píngxíng shūrù huòpǐn)
平行進口貨品 / 平行进口货品 (píngxíng jìnkǒu huòpǐn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (平行):

→ Japanese: 平行(へいこう) (heikō)
→ Korean: 평행(平行) (pyeonghaeng)
→ Vietnamese: bình hành (平行)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
平	行
へい Grade: 3	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 平行 – see the following entry.

【並行へいこう】

[noun] going side by side

[noun] being concurrent

[noun] being parallel

[adjective] side by side

[adjective] concurrent

[adjective] parallel

[verb] to go side by side

[verb] to be concurrent

[verb] to be parallel

Alternative spelling
併行

(This term, 平行, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

The most common spelling for the senses relating to “parallel”.

References

“平行”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026