Chinese symbol for “parallel”
平行
píng xíng
parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively); on an equal footing; on the same level; simultaneous; concurrent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for parallel is 平行 (píng xíng), defined as: parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively); on an equal footing; on the same level; simultaneous; concurrent.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “parallel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骈俪 (駢儷) | pián lì | parallel (sentences); parallel prose |
| 骈 (駢) | pián | (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side; to be side by side |
| 纬线 (緯線) | wěi xiàn | woof; line of latitude |
| 纬圈 (緯圈) | wěi quān | line of latitude; parallel |
| 纬线圈 (緯線圈) | wěi xiàn quān | line of latitude; parallel |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 平行.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions |
| 公平 | gōng píng | fair; impartial |
| 平等 | píng děng | equal; equality |
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “parallel”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.