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片

piàn

HSK 5 Character

What 片 means

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

Other readings

片 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• piāndisk; sheet

Example sentences

• 没照片。
  No pictures.
• 你吃薯片。
  Nǐ chī shǔpiàn.
  You eat potato chips.
• 影片很长。
  It's a long video.
• 汤姆在看影片。
  Tāngmǔ zài kàn yǐngpiàn.
  Tom is watching a video.
• 前途一片阴暗。
  Qiántú yī piàn yīn'àn.
  The future looked very gloomy.
• 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