Chinese word dictionary

和平共处

hépínggòngchǔ · peaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc

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Word information

Simplified和平共处

Traditional和平共處

Pinyinhépínggòngchǔ

Part of speechGeneral

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

和hé

harmony, peace; calm, peaceful

平píng

flat, level, even; peaceful

共gòng

all, total; together; to share

处chù

to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department

How to learn 和平共处

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Words with the same characters

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和hé

old variant of 和

和hé

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]); old variant of 和[he2]; surname He

到处dàochù

everywhere

平时píngshí

ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime

水平shuǐpíng

horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)

一共yígòng

in total; altogether