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片
piàn
片 (piàn) means "slice; piece (measure word for flat/thin things)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.
What 片 means
- thin piece
- flake
- a slice
- film
- TV play
- to slice
- to carve thin
- partial
- incomplete
- one-sided
- classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
- classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
- used with numeral {一|yī}: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
- Kangxi radical 91
Other readings
Example sentences
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没照片。No pictures.
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你吃薯片。Nǐ chī shǔpiàn.You eat potato chips.
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影片很长。It's a long video.
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汤姆在看影片。Tāngmǔ zài kàn yǐngpiàn.Tom is watching a video.
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前途一片阴暗。Qiántú yī piàn yīn'àn.The future looked very gloomy.
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把肉切成薄片。Bǎ ròu qiēchéng báopiàn.Cut the meat into thin slices.
Words starting with 片
- 片面piàn miànunilateral; one-sided
- 片刻piàn kèshort period of time; a moment
- 片断piàn duànsection; fragment; segment
- 片子piān zifilm; movie; film reel
- 片段piàn duànfragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc)
- 片中piàn zhōngin the movie
- 片名piān míngmovie title
- 片儿piān rsheet; thin film
- 片场piàn chǎngfilming location; film set
- 片警piàn jǐngcommunity police officer; police officer responsible for a particular neighborhood or…
- 片时piàn shía short time; a moment
- 片商piàn shāngmovie production company; film distributor
- 片约piàn yuēfilm contract; movie contract
- 片语piàn yǔphrase
- 片长piàn chánglength (duration) of a film
- 片头piàn tóu(cinema, TV) title sequence; opening credits; intro
- 片儿警piàn r jǐnglocal or neighborhood policeman
- 片花piàn huātrailer (for a movie)
- 片假名piàn jiǎ míngkatakana (Japanese script)
- 片剂piàn jì(pharmacology) tablet
- 片头曲piàn tóu qǔopening theme song
- 片尾piàn wěiclosing segment of a film or TV show etc; end credits
- 片尾曲piàn wěi qǔending theme song
- 片酬piàn chóuremuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama
Words containing 片
- 照片zhào piànphotograph
- 图片tú piànpicture; photograph
- 名片míng piàn(business) card
- 动画片dòng huà piànanimated film
- 明信片míng xìn piànpostcard
- 影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie; (Taiwan) video; video clip
- 唱片chàng piàngramophone record; LP; music CD
- 大片dà piànwide expanse; large area; vast stretch
- 卡片kǎ piàncard
- 相片xiàng piànimage; photograph
- 芯片xīn piàncomputer chip; microchip
- 纪录片jì lù piànnewsreel; documentary (film or TV program)
- 碎片suì piànchip; fragment; splinter; tatter
- 鸦片yā piàn(loanword) opium
- 纸片zhǐ piàna piece, scrap or fragment of paper
- 短片duǎn piànshort film; video clip
- 胶片jiāo piàn(photographic) film
- 制片人zhì piàn rénfilm producer
- 镜片jìng piànlens
- 故事片gù shi piànfictional film; feature film
- 制片zhì piànto produce a film; to make a movie; assistant producer; (Taiwan) film producer
- 拍片pāi piànto shoot a film; to have a medical imaging procedure
- 碟片dié piàndisc
- 鸦片战争Yā piàn Zhàn zhēngthe Opium War (1839–1842); the Opium Wars (1839–1842 and 1856–1860)
Characters that look like 片
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
- 月yuèmoon; month; monthly
- 井jǐnga well; neat; orderly
- 斥chìto blame; to reprove; to reprimand
Sounds the same
Read piàn, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 骗to cheat; to swindle; to deceive
- 魸catfish
- 猵used in 猵狙
- 騗old variant of 骗; to get on a horse by swinging one leg over
Where 片 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Wearing, Floating & Style (HSK 5), HSK 3 Characters · Set 11 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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