片

Thin piece in Chinese: 片 (piàn)

piàn

thin piece

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1thin piece
  2. 2flake
  3. 3a slice
  4. 4film
  5. 5TV play
  6. 6to slice
  7. 7to carve thin
  8. 8partial
  9. 9incomplete
  10. 10one-sided
  11. 11classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
  12. 12classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
  13. 13used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
  14. 14Kangxi radical 91

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片

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ㄆㄧㄢˋ

piàn

ㄆ/ pㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 你吃薯片。

    nǐ chī shǔ piàn。

    You eat potato chips.

  • 影片很长。

    yǐng piàn hěn cháng。

    It's a long video.

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Related words

照片

zhào piàn

photograph

名片

míng piàn

(business) card

片面

piàn miàn

unilateral

图片

tú piàn

picture

药片

yào piàn

a (medicine) pill or tablet

影片

yǐng piàn

a copy of a film

唱片

chàng piàn

gramophone record

相片

xiàng piàn

image

短片

duǎn piàn

short film

薯片

shǔ piàn

fried potato chips

大片

dà piàn

wide expanse

胶片

jiāo piàn

(photographic) film

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