Chinese Word: 篇 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

篇HSK 4

Pinyin: piān

English Definition: sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article

Chinese Definition:
①首尾完成的文章或诗词：篇章。诗篇。篇目。篇什(《诗经》中的“雅”和“颂”以十篇为一“什”，所以诗章亦称“篇什”)。篇幅。长篇大论。千篇一律。
②量词，指文章、纸张、书页：一篇论文。

Total strokes: 15; Radical: 竹

Ideographic:A bamboo ⺮ tablet 扁; 扁 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- ⺮ [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
- 扁 [ biǎn ] flat; board, sign, tablet

Similar Characters: 骗偏遍编

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长篇HSK 4	cháng piān	lengthy (report or speech)
篇章	piān zhāng	writing; sections and chapters
诗篇HSK 5	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HSK 4	kāi piān	start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 弹词

1		tā 她 bēi 背 le 了 yī duàn 一段 cháng piān xiǎo shuō 长篇小说。 She memorized a long novel.
2		wǒ 我 xū yào 需要 xiū gǎi 修改 zhè 这 piān 篇 lùn wén 论文。 I need to revise this paper.
3		zhè 这 piān 篇 gǎo zi 稿子 xiě 写 dé 得 hěn 很 shēng dòng 生动。 This article is written very vividly.
4		zhè 这 piān 篇 wén zhāng 文章 bù 不 tài 太 róng yì 容易 lǐ jiě 理解。 This article is not easy to understand.
5		wǒ 我 yǐ jīng 已经 bèi 背 wán le 完了 zhè 这 piān 篇 wén zhāng 文章。 I have already memorized this article.

1		tā 她 bēi 背 le 了 yī duàn 一段 cháng piān xiǎo shuō 长篇小说。 She memorized a long novel.
2		wǒ 我 xū yào 需要 xiū gǎi 修改 zhè 这 piān 篇 lùn wén 论文。 I need to revise this paper.
3		zhè 这 piān 篇 gǎo zi 稿子 xiě 写 dé 得 hěn 很 shēng dòng 生动。 This article is written very vividly.
4		zhè 这 piān 篇 wén zhāng 文章 bù 不 tài 太 róng yì 容易 lǐ jiě 理解。 This article is not easy to understand.
5		wǒ 我 yǐ jīng 已经 bèi 背 wán le 完了 zhè 这 piān 篇 wén zhāng 文章。 I have already memorized this article.