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piān
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. sheet
  2. 2. piece of writing
  3. 3. classifier for written items: chapter, article

Example Sentences

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她寫短 小說。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10529608)

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Words Containing 篇

篇什
piān shí

poem

废话连篇
fèi huà lián piān

a bunch of nonsense

名篇
míng piān

famous piece of writing

篇幅
piān fu

length (of a piece of writing)

长篇
cháng piān

lengthy (report or speech)

类篇
lèi piān

Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光|司马光[sī mǎ guāng] et al in 11th century

洋洋大篇
yáng yáng dà piān

lit. an ocean of writing

鬼话连篇
guǐ huà lián piān

to tell one lie after another (idiom)

长篇小说
cháng piān xiǎo shuō

novel

开篇
kāi piān

start of literary work

史籀篇
shǐ zhòu piān

Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆[dà zhuàn], attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王[zhōu xuān wáng] but probably dating from c. 500 BC

中篇小说
zhōng piān xiǎo shuō

novella

篇目
piān mù

table of contents

空话连篇
kōng huà lián piān

long-winded empty talk

千篇一律
qiān piān yī lǜ

thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive

诗篇
shī piān

a poem

语篇
yǔ piān

discourse

连篇累牍
lián piān lěi dú

(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)

极短篇小说
jí duǎn piān xiǎo shuō

flash fiction

长篇累牍
cháng piān lěi dú

(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)

短篇小说
duǎn piān xiǎo shuō

short story

续篇
xù piān

sequel

篇章
piān zhāng

writing

末篇
mò piān

final installment

老三篇
lǎo sān piān

Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established

玉篇
yù piān

Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王[gù yě wáng] in 6th century AD