Chinese Word: 片 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

片HSK 5

Total strokes: 4; Radical: 片

Pictographic: Half of a tree trunk; compare 爿

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Pinyin: piàn

English Definition: 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 : classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
Example Words:
照片 [ zhào piàn ]: photograph; picture; Classifiers: 张
片面 [ piàn miàn ]: unilateral; one-sided
名片 [ míng piàn ]: (business) card
动画片 [ dòng huà piàn ]: animated film
片刻 [ piàn kè ]: short period of time; a moment
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Pinyin: piān

English Definition: disk; sheet

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