"Flat" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 píng tǎn level / even / smooth / flat
 píng flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
 héng horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent
 biǎn flat / (coll.) to beat (sb) up / old variant of 匾[bian3]
 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special
 tào fáng suite / apartment / flat
 biǎn píng flat / planar
 méi diàn discharged / flat / dead (of batteries)
 tǎn flat / open-hearted / level / smooth
 qiān flat / level
 líng qū lu:4 zero curvature / flat
 jiàng hào (music) flat (♭)
 tǐng flat / level / (used in place names) / variant of 町[ting3]
 píng huá flat and smooth
 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat &ndash / such as a lake &ndash / or sth that provides clarity and insight)
 píng huǎn level / almost flat / not strongly sloping / fig. moderate / mild-mannered / gentle
 xiè qì to leak (gas) / to be discouraged / to despair / (disparaging) pathetic / to vent one's anger / (of a tire) to be flat
 fēi jī chǎng airport / (slang) flat chest / CL:處|处[chu4]
 dà bǐng large flat bread
 méi jiān the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella
 lù tái balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace
 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar
 pán táo flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach) / the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母
 yā biǎn to squash / to crush flat
 píng dǐ flat bottomed / low heeled
 Píng chuān an expanse of flat land
 píng dǐng flat roof
 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4]
 héng tǎng to lie flat
 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza
 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country
 lào bǐng pancake / flat bread / griddle cake
 dǎo fú (of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
 sā qì to leak (of air) / to go flat (of a tire) / to vent one's anger
 zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes
 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 / silver dollar
 xǐ yī bǎn washboard / (jocular) flat chest
 biǎn táo almond tree / almond / flat peach
 yín yáng flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元
 qià gǔ ilium (the large flat bone of the pelvic girdle)
 shàn fan / sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth / classifier for doors, windows etc
 bǐng round flat cake / cookie / cake / pastry / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 pǔ port / flat land next to a river or ocean
 náng a kind of a flat bread
 bā a round flat cake (dialect)
 pǒ flat basket-tray
 sì jiǎo cháo tiān four legs facing the sky (idiom) / flat on one's back
 gǒu chī shǐ to fall flat on one's face (vulgar)
 biǎn gǔ flat bone
 pū diē to fall flat on one's face / (martial arts) pouncing and falling (i.e. all kinds of moves)
 shǒu dāo hand formed into a flat shape, as for a karate chop
 táng to fall flat / to fall on the face
 yuán miàn bǐng round flat bread / pita bread
 tā kē cài Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard) / Chinese flat cabbage
 gǒng bì a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center / fig. a treasure
 fàng píng to set level / to lay flat
 háo wú xiào guǒ to no avail / achieving nothing / totally ineffective / to have no effect / to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored)
 yáng qián foreign money / flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元
 bào tāi flat tire / burst tire / blowout
 pí tǎ bǐng pita bread (Middle eastern flat bread) (loanword)
 dài zi bāo pita bread (Middle eastern flat bread)
 biàn yīn jì hao (music) accidental (symbol such as a sharp (♯), flat (♭), natural (♮) etc)
 cháo tān tidal flat
 pī flat arrow-head / plow blade / also pr. [pi2]
 zuǐ kěn ní to fall flat on one's face
 shí wò flat stone with ropes attached, used to ram the ground
 dāi bān shǒu open spanner / open end spanner / flat spanner
 tǎng flat land / (used in place names)
 duàn large area of flat terrain (used in place names)
 fàng dǎo to knock over / to knock down / to lay flat / to fell / to bring down
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