# 平衡
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pínghéng
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ping$^4$ hang$^4$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pin$^2$ fên$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pêng-hn̂g / pêng-hêng / pêⁿ-hêng / pîⁿ-hêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pêng$^5$ huang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pínghéng
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pínghéng
*** Wade–Giles: pʻing$^2$-hêng$^2$
*** Yale: píng-héng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngherng
*** Palladius: пинхэн (pinxɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiŋ³⁵ xɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ping$^4$ hang$^4$
*** Yale: pìhng hàhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ping$^4$ hang$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ping$^4$ heng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɪŋ²¹ hɐŋ²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$平行 平衡
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pin$^2$ fên$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹ fɛn¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-hn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: pîng-hn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: penghngg
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hŋ̍²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-hêng
*** Tâi-lô: pîng-hîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pengheeng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêⁿ-hêng
*** Tâi-lô: pênn-hîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pve'heeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pẽ²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîⁿ-hêng
*** Tâi-lô: pînn-hîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pvi'heeng
*** IPA (Taipei): /pĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pêng$^5$ huang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phêng huâng
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵/

### Noun

平衡
* (literal, figurative) balance; equilibrium
    色彩平衡 ― sècǎi pínghéng ― colour balance

### Adjective

平衡
* (literal, figurative) balanced

#### Synonyms

* 勻旬／匀旬 (wan$^4$ ceon$^4$) (Cantonese)
* 均 (jūn)
* 均勻／均匀 (jūnyún)
* 均等 (jūnděng)
* 均衡 (jūnhéng)
* 牽勻／牵匀 ($^1$chi-yun) (Wu)

### Verb

平衡
* to balance; to strike a balance; to keep in equilibrium

#### Synonyms

* 結合／结合 (jiéhé)

### Derived terms

* 不穩定平衡／不稳定平衡 (bù wěndìng pínghéng)
* 動態平衡／动态平衡 (dòngtài pínghéng)
* 化學平衡／化学平衡 (huàxué pínghéng)
* 平衡感 (pínghénggǎn)
* 生態平衡／生态平衡 (shēngtài pínghéng)
* 體內平衡／体内平衡 (tǐnèi pínghéng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 平 | 衡 |
| へい Grade: 3 | こう Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

Middle Chinese 平衡

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) へーこー [hèékóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [he̞ːko̞ː]

### Noun

平(へい)衡(こう) • (heikō)
* balance, equilibrium

### Verb

平(へい)衡(こう)する • (heikō suru) suru (stem 平(へい)衡(こう)し (heikō shi), past 平(へい)衡(こう)した (heikō shita))
* to be balanced, to be in equilibrium

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 平衡し | へいこうし | heikō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 平衡し | へいこうし | heikō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 平衡する | へいこうする | heikō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 平衡する | へいこうする | heikō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 平衡すれ | へいこうすれ | heikō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 平衡せよ¹ 平衡しろ² | へいこうせよ¹ へいこうしろ² | heikō seyo¹ heikō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 平衡される | へいこうされる | heikō sareru |
| Causative | 平衡させる 平衡さす | へいこうさせる へいこうさす | heikō saseru heikō sasu |
| Potential | 平衡できる | へいこうできる | heikō dekiru |
| Volitional | 平衡しよう | へいこうしよう | heikō shiyō |
| Negative | 平衡しない | へいこうしない | heikō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 平衡せず | へいこうせず | heikō sezu |
| Formal | 平衡します | へいこうします | heikō shimasu |
| Perfective | 平衡した | へいこうした | heikō shita |
| Conjunctive | 平衡して | へいこうして | heikō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 平衡すれば | へいこうすれば | heikō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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 :
| 平 | 衡 |

### Noun

平衡 • (pyeonghyeong) (hangeul 평형)
* hanja form of 평형 (“balance, equilibrium”)