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和平

Mandarin · pinyin hé píng

peace
peaceful

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和: hé · harmony, peace; peaceful, calm
平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful

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2–2 · he2 ping2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wo4 ping4

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noun

peace (state free of war or animosity)
Rosa Peace (rose cultivar)

adj

peaceful; tranquil; calm
(of drug effect, etc.) mild; moderate; gentle
harmonious

name

(～區) Heping (a mountain indigenous district of Taichung, Taiwan)
(～區) Heping (a district of Tianjin, China)
(～區) Heping District (a district of Shenyang, Liaoning, China)
(～街道) Heping (a subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
(～縣) Heping County (a county of Guangdong, China)
(～鎮) Heping Town (several towns in China)
(～鎮) Heping Town (several towns in China) — (～鎮) Heping (a town in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China), originally named 蚝坪 (o5 pian5)
(～省) Hoà Bình (a former province of Vietnam) (abolished in 2025)
(～市) Hoà Bình (a city in Vietnam)
(historical) several era names in Chinese history (150; 354–355; 460–465; 551–554)
Mir (Soviet and Russian space station)

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