片 (piàn): thin piece, flake, a slice, film, TV play, to slice
片 (piàn) is a Chinese character meaning “thin piece.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 片 (slice). It ranks #455 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 片 half of a tree trunk; compare 爿. Its radical form 片 (slice) appears in many related characters such as 牌 (pái, signboard), 版 (bǎn, a register).
Definitions
- thin piece
- flake
- a slice
- film
- TV play
- to slice
Etymology & Origin
pictographicHalf of a tree trunk; compare 爿
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 片
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 照片noun | zhào piàn | photograph | 3 |
| 卡片noun | kǎ piàn | card | 6 |
| 图片noun | tú piàn | picture | 4 |
| 影片noun | yǐng piàn | a copy of a film | 5 |
| 名片noun | míng piàn | (business) card | 5 |
| 片刻noun | piàn kè | short period of time | 6 |
| 纪录片noun | jì lù piàn | newsreel | 5 |
| 薯片noun | shǔ piàn | fried potato chips | 6 |
| 片面adjective | piàn miàn | unilateral | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唱片noun | chàng piàn | gramophone record |
| 碎片noun | suì piàn | chip |
| 片子noun | piān zi | film |
| 芯片noun | xīn piàn | computer chip |
| 相片noun | xiàng piàn | image |
| 片段noun | piàn duàn | fragment (of speech etc) |
| 麦片noun | mài piàn | oatmeal |
| 药片noun | yào piàn | a (medicine) pill or tablet |
| 胶片noun | jiāo piàn | (photographic) film |
| 明信片 | míng xìn piàn | postcard |
| 动画片noun | dòng huà piàn | animated film |
| 短片noun | duǎn piàn | short film |
| 片断noun | piàn duàn | section |
| 底片noun | dǐ piàn | negative |
| 大片adjective | dà piàn | wide expanse |
片 appears in 110 compound words: 20 as the first character, 80 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 片 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
(idiom) to become as one (with a particular group of people); to mix well; to bond
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了片字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le piān zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "片" in the dictionary.
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zài qì lǚ dú shā 2 nán ! hán guó shé 蝎 měi rén zhào piàn pù guāng I G fěn sī bào zhǎng 5 0 bèi
Poisoned 2 men in the automobile tour! Korean femme fatale photos exposed IG fans soared 50 times
...国商人遭撕票 传10跨海杀人同胞落网—有片
. . . guó shāng rén zāo sī piào chuán 1 0 kuà hǎi shā rén tóng bāo luò wǎng — yǒu piàn
... The state-owned businessman was torn up and rumored that 10 cross-sea murderers were arrested - there is a film
...河拯救被困狗狗 惨遭湍流冲走全国伤痛(有片)
. . . hé zhěng jiù bèi kùn gǒu gǒu cǎn zāo 湍 liú chōng zǒu quán guó shāng tòng ( yǒu piàn )
... The river rescued the trapped dog and was swept away by the turbulence of the whole country (there is a video)
Reddit 将商品卡片带入搜索结果,让社区推荐转化为实际购买行...
R e d d i t jiāng shāng pǐn kǎ piàn dài rù sōu suǒ jié guǒ , ràng shè qū tuī jiàn zhuǎn huà wéi shí jì gòu mǎi háng . . .
Reddit brings product cards into search results, allowing community recommendations to turn into actual purchases...
【有片】“曼联JJ”浮夸金球 卡域克被禁起用?
yǒu piàn 曼 lián J J fú kuā jīn qiú kǎ yù kè bèi jīn qǐ yòng ?
"Manchester United JJ" exaggerated golden ball Carrick was banned?
你看这两张照片哪张好？
Nǐ kàn zhè liǎng zhāng zhàopiàn nǎ zhāng hǎo?
Look at these two photographs - which one is better?
你认识照片里的男人吗？
Nǐ rènshi zhàopiàn lǐ de nánrén ma?
Do you know this man in the picture?
你不喜欢生鱼片，是吗？
Nǐ bù xǐhuan shēngyúpiàn, shì ma?
You don't like sashimi, do you?
这个片语是什么意思？
Zhège piànyǔ shì shénme yìsi?
What's the meaning of this phrase?
Character Family
片 Radical Family — Characters sharing the slice radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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