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片piàn, piān

a flat, thin piece; a card (卡片,照片); to cut into thin slices (肉片); small in amount; partial (片段,片面); a measure word for areas, scenes and feelings (一片新气象)

片 is a flat thin piece: 照片 'photo', 卡片 'card', 药片 'pill'.

GF0025–2021 character list · 二级, 高等

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Taught as one complete written unit. ZDIC: 指事，像劈开的木片 — half of a split tree-trunk.

single whole character · 片

a flat, thin piece; a card (卡片,照片); to cut into thin slices (肉片); small in amount; partial (片段,片面); a measure word for areas, scenes and feelings (一片新气象)

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片piàn, piān

a flat, thin piece; a card (卡片,照片); to cut into thin slices (肉片); small in amount; partial (片段,片面); a measure word for areas, scenes and feelings (一片新气象)

片 is a flat thin piece: 照片 'photo', 卡片 'card', 药片 'pill'.

Taught as one complete written unit. ZDIC: 指事，像劈开的木片 — half of a split tree-trunk.

piànTone 4

a flat, thin piece; a card (卡片,照片)
to cut into thin slices (肉片)
small in amount; partial (片段,片面)
a measure word for areas, scenes and feelings (一片新气象)

照片zhàopiànphoto; picture
卡片kǎpiàncard
药片yàopiàntablet; pill

piānTone 1colloquial set compounds

the same meanings as piàn in the colloquial words 相片儿, 电影片儿

A colloquial tone variant bound to a few 儿-style words; no learner words.

No common modern word is offered for this reading; the dictionary sense remains in Sources.

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