憑

píng

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Preposition

憑 (píng) is a Chinese word meaning “to lean against”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to lean against
  2. to rely on
  3. on the basis of
  4. no matter (how, what etc)
  5. proof

Stroke order

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Example

憑著努力,他終於成功了。

Through hard work, he finally succeeded.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).