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105 words
Chinese word
平方
Pronunciation
Pinyinpíng fāng
Meaning
- nounsquare
Example
3的平方是9。3 de píng fāng shì 9
The square of 3 is 9.
More examples
这个正方形的面积是4平方米。zhè ge zhèng fāng xíng de miàn jī shì 4 píng fāng mǐ
This square has an area of 4 square meters.
Core concept
A flat square is the shared idea behind a number multiplied by itself and an area measured with square units.
Common phrases
平方米píng fāng mǐ
square meter
x的平方x de píng fāng
square of x
平方厘米píng fāng lí mǐ
square centimeter
Similar words
平方根píng fāng gēn: A number that produces a given value when multiplied by itself.
Definition in Chinese
表示一个数与自身相乘的结果（数的二乘），在表示面积时也作为单位前缀使用。biǎo shì yí gè shù yǔ zì shēn xiāng chéng de jié guǒ shù de èr chéng zài biǎo shì miàn jī shí yě zuò wéi dān wèi qián zhuì shǐ yòng
Word origin
The characters 平 (píng, "level") + 方 (fāng, "square") form a word associated with a level square surface, which extends naturally to both squared numbers and area measurement.
Usage tips
- In practical measurements, 平方米 (píngfāngmǐ, "square meter") and 平方公里 (píngfāng gōnglǐ, "square kilometer") are fixed unit terms that are best learned as single chunks.
Other meanings
- square measurenoun
Opposites
- 立方lì fāngcubenoun
Related words
- 平方数píng fāng shùsquare numbernoun
- 平方和píng fāng hésum of squaresnoun