平面 meaning in English

píngmiàn

(geometry) plane; flat surface

HSK 7-9noun14 strokes

Meaning of 平面

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

píngmiàn
  1. (geometry) plane
  2. flat surface
  3. flat; two-dimensional

平面 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ在zài想xiǎng是shì否fǒu北běi极jí的de冰bīng融róng化huà的de时shí候hòu, 海hǎi平píng面miàn就jiù会huì上shàng升shēng。
I wonder if the sea levels will rise when the North Pole melts.
融róng化huà中zhōng的de极jí地dì冰bīng盖gài也yě可kě以yǐ使shǐ海hǎi平píng面miàn上shàng涨zhǎng的de势shì态tài更gèng加jiā严yán重zhòng。
Melting polar icecaps could also contribute to an increase in sea levels.
首shǒu先xiān,因yīn为wèi海hǎi水shuǐ变biàn热rè时shí膨péng胀zhàng,海hǎi平píng面miàn可kě能néng提tí高gāo。
First of all, the level of the ocean could rise, because ocean water expands as it grows warmer.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

平 píng · flat · 5 strokes

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面 miàn · face · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 平面.

见面jiànmiànto meet; to see each other
面包miànbāobread
面条儿miàntiáorerhua variant of 麵條|面条[mian4 tiao2]
面前miànqiánin front of; facing
方面fāngmiànrespect; aspect
公平gōngpíngfair; impartial
平常píngchángordinary; common
平时píngshíordinarily; in normal times
对面duìmiànopposite; across (the street etc); directly in front of one; up ahead
水平shuǐpínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
平安píng'ānsafe and sound; well
平等píngděngequal; equality

Questions about 平面

What does 平面 mean?

平面 (píngmiàn) means "(geometry) plane; flat surface" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 平面?

平面 is made of 2 characters: 平 (5 strokes), 面 (9 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 平面 an HSK word?

Yes. 平面 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.