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水平

shuǐ píng · shui ping

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. level (of achievement etc)
  2. standard
  3. horizontal
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Table tennis level

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)的(de)乒乓球(pīngpāngqiú)水平(shuǐpíng)怎么样(zěnmeyàng)？

    What's your table tennis level?

  2. Liangliang

    一般(yībān)，水平(shuǐpíng)不(bù)高(gāo)。

    Average, my level isn't high.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)来(lái)打(dǎ)一场(yīchǎng)吧(ba)。

    Then let's play a match.

  4. Liangliang

    打完(dǎwán)了(le)，十一(shíyī)比(bǐ)零(líng)，我(wǒ)赢(yíng)了(le)。

    We finished. Eleven to zero. I won.

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)不是(bùshì)说(shuō)水平(shuǐpíng)不(bù)高(gāo)吗(ma)？

    Didn't you say your level wasn't high?

  6. Liangliang

    我是说(wǒshìshuō)，跟(gēn)冠军(guànjūn)比(bǐ)，我(wǒ)的(de)水平(shuǐpíng)不(bù)高(gāo)。

    I mean, compared with the champion, my level isn't high.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)的(de)法(fǎ)语(yǔ)水(shuǐ)平(píng)不(bù)高(gāo)。

I'm weak in French.

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

02

他(tā)的(de)技(jì)术(shù)水(shuǐ)平(píng)比(bǐ)去(qù)年(nián)提(tí)高(gāo)了(le)不(bù)少(shǎo)。

His technical level has improved quite a bit compared to last year.

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水
shuǐ

water; river

平
píng

flat; level

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