凭

píng · ping

Traditional 憑 / 凴

Meaning

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píng 憑

  1. to lean against
  2. to rely on
  3. on the basis of
  4. no matter (how, what etc)
  5. proof

píng 凴

  1. variant of 憑 / 凭 (píng)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

只(zhǐ)凭(píng)长(zhǎng)相(xiàng)的(de)话(huà)很(hěn)难(nán)区(qū)分(fēn)英(yīng)国(guó)人(rén)和(hé)美(měi)国(guó)人(rén)。

It's hard to tell Englishmen from Americans just by the way they look.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)凭(píng)什(shén)么(me)说(shuō)这(zhè)件(jiàn)事(shì)是(shì)他(tā)做(zuò)的(de)?

On what basis do you say he did this?

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