| 长篇 | cháng piān | lengthy (report or speech) | |
| 篇章 | piān zhāng | writing; sections and chapters | |
| 诗篇 | shī piān | a poem; a composition in verse; fig. epic (compared with historical epic); the biblical Book of Psalms | |
| 中篇小说 | zhōng piān xiǎo shuō | novella | |
| 开篇 | kāi piān | start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 弹词 |
| 1 | I finished the essay through her help. | |
| 2 | He tapped out an article on the typewriter. | |
| 3 | But, this article is not about me. | |
| 4 | He made a stirring speech. | |
| 5 | This article was fathered upon him. |
