屏 (píng)

Screen; shield; to block

How 屏 is written

Strokes
9
Radical
尸 — corpse
Traditional
屏
Simplified
屏 (unchanged)

Components

  • 尸 corpse
  • 丷 eight/divide
  • 一 one
  • 廾 N/A

屏 has 3 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

bīng
see 屏營|屏营[bing1 ying2]
bǐng
to get rid of; to put aside; to reject; to keep control
píng
(standing) screen

Common words using 屏

屏幕 píngmù
screen (TV, computer or movie)
屏蔽 píngbì
to screen; to block (sth or sb); to shield
屏障 píngzhàng
protective screen
截屏 jiépíng
screenshot; to capture an image displayed on a computer screen
熒屏 yíngpíng
fluorescent screen; TV screen
觸屏 chùpíng
touchscreen
觸摸屏 chùmōpíng
touchscreen
開屏 kāipíng
(a peacock) spreads its tail
顯示屏 xiǎnshìpíng
display screen
寬屏 kuānpíng
widescreen
屏南 píngnán
Pingnan county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian
屏南縣 píngnánxiàn
Pingnan county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian

屏 in a sentence

我下禮拜要去屏東玩。

Wǒ xià lǐbài yào qù Píngdōng wán.

“I'm going to Pingtung for fun next week.”

How common is 屏?

屏 is the 1,888th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.7% of all running text.

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