平等

Chinese

flat; level; equal
flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
 
class; rank; grade
class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on
 
trad. (平等)
simp. #(平等)

Pronunciation


Adjective

平等

  1. equal (having the same status, rights, or opportunities)
    法律面前人人平等 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Fǎlǜ miànqián rénrén píngděng. [Pinyin]
    All men are equal before the law.

Synonyms

  • (attributive) 同等 (tóngděng)

Noun

平等

  1. equality
    性別平等性别平等  ―  xìngbié píngděng  ―  gender equality

Derived terms

See also

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (平等):
  • Japanese: 平等(びょうどう) (byōdō)
  • Korean: 평등(平等) (pyeongdeung)
  • Vietnamese: bình đẳng (平等)

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
びょう
Grade: 3
とう > どう
Grade: 3
goon

Etymology

Literary Chinese 平等 (píngděng, impartiality; unbiasedness; equality). Originally a Buddhist term, hence the goon reading.

First cited to a text from 927.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) びょーどー [byòódóó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [bʲo̞ːdo̞ː]

Adjective

(びょう)(どう) • (byōdōびやうどう (byaudou)?-na (adnominal (びょう)(どう) (byōdō na), adverbial (びょう)(どう) (byōdō ni))

  1. even, equal

Inflection

Noun

(びょう)(どう) • (byōdōびやうどう (byaudou)?

  1. equality, impartiality, evenness
    Antonym: 不平等

See also

  • (びょう)(どう)(おう) (Byōdōō)
  • (びょう)(どう)(かい) (byōdōkai)
  • (びょう)(どう)(しん) (byōdōshin)
  • ()()(へい)(とう) (hera heitō)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

平等 • (pyeongdeung) (hangeul 평등)

  1. hanja form? of 평등 (equality)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

平等

  1. chữ Hán form of bình đẳng (equal)