水平
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 3
水平 (shuǐpíng) · level
水平 (shuǐpíng) means “level; standard”. It is written with 2 characters: 水 (water) + 平 (flat). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 水平 is built
The characters
水 shuǐ · water
What 水 is made of
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: A river running between two banks; compare 川 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
平 píng · flat
What 平 is made of
- 干gàn — dry (gān)
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: A leveling scale (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他的汉语水平很高。Tā de Hànyǔ shuǐpíng hěn gāo.His Chinese level is very high.
你的英语水平怎么样？Nǐ de Yīngyǔ shuǐpíng zěnmeyàng?How good is your English?
Questions about 水平
What does 水平 mean?
水平 (shuǐpíng) means “level; standard”.
How do you pronounce 水平?
水平 is pronounced shuǐpíng.
Which HSK level is 水平?
水平 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 水果shuǐguǒfruit
- 药水yàoshuǐliquid medicine
- 凉水liángshuǐcold water
- 纯净水chúnjìngshuǐpurified water
- 海水hǎishuǐseawater
- 开水kāishuǐboiled water
- 矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐmineral water
- 泪水lèishuǐtears
- 汽水qìshuǐsoda
- 胶水jiāoshuǐglue
Learn 水平 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 35: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.