片 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

片 English definition

piàn

  • 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[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over;
  • : catfish;

Sentences examples with 片

  • 这是我小时候的照片。
    Zhè shì wǒ xiǎoshíhòu de zhàopiàn.
  • 山上有一大片森林。
    Shānshàng yǒuyī dàpiàn sēnlín.
  • 学校周围有一大片森林。
    Xuéxiào zhōuwéi yǒu yī dàpiàn sēnlín.
  • 照片要三天才能洗出来。
    Zhàopiàn yào sān tiān cáinéng xǐ chūlái.

Words containing 片, by HSK level