on an equal footing; parallel; simultaneous (adj.)
HSK 6
Traditional
平行 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Examples
这两条线是平行的，它们永远不会相交。 Zhè liǎng tiáo xiàn shì píngxíng de, tāmen yǒngyuǎn bú huì xiāngjiāo. - These two lines are parallel; they will never intersect.
我们在平行的街道上行驶。 Wǒmen zài píngxíng de jiēdào shàng xíngshǐ. - We are driving on parallel streets.
她和她的朋友们在不同的班级，但他们的学习进度是平行的。 Tā hé tā de péngyǒu men zài bùtóng de bānjí, dàn tāmen de xuéxí jìndù shì píngxíng de. - She and her friends are in different classes, but their study progress is parallel.
在平行的现实世界中，每个人都有不同的命运。 Zài píngxíng de xiànshí shìjiè zhōng, měi gèrén dōu yǒu bùtóng de mìngyùn. - In a parallel reality, everyone has a different destiny.
科学家们研究平行宇宙的可能性。 Kēxuéjiā men yánjiū píngxíng yǔzhòu de kěnéng xìng. - Scientists study the possibility of parallel universes.
Characters
行 xíng - OK | HSK 4
平 píng - flat; level; even; equal | HSK 5