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平方

píng fāng · ping fang

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HSK 4Old HSK 5

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  1. square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
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Fifty square meters

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)的(de)新家(xīnjiā)有(yǒu)多(duō)大(dà)？

    How big is your new home?

  2. Liangliang

    五十(wǔshí)平方(píngfāng)。

    Fifty square meters.

  3. Dengdeng

    五十(wǔshí)平方(píngfāng)？有点(yǒudiǎn)小(xiǎo)。

    Fifty square meters? A bit small.

  4. Liangliang

    其中(qízhōng)三十(sānshí)平方(píngfāng)都(dōu)是(shì)书(shū)。

    Thirty of those square meters are books.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)的(de)书(shū)住(zhù)得(de)比(bǐ)你(nǐ)好(hǎo)！

    So the books live better than you!

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2 examples
01

2的(de)4次(cì)方(fāng)乘(chéng)3加(jiā)4的(de)平(píng)方(fāng)加(jiā)3是(shì)多(duō)少(shǎo)？

What is two to the power of four multiplied by three plus four squared plus three?

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by jan_OkulaJu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)房(fáng)间(jiān)的(de)面(miàn)积(jī)大(dà)约(yuē)是(shì)二(èr)十(shí)平(píng)方(fāng)米(mǐ)。

The area of this room is about twenty square meters.

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