片 Stroke Order — How to Write 片

Stroke Order

片 is written in 4 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 片, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

片 Pronunciation and Pinyin

piàn
piān

Meanings of 片 in Chinese

piàn片

A flat, thin piece of something, often used for identification or information, like a card.

请给我一张名片。

Please give me a business card.

To slice into thin, flat pieces.

厨师正在片鱼片准备做生鱼片。

The chef is slicing fish for sashimi.

A small piece; a fragment; a short moment; one-sided; or referring to total destruction (as in 'not a single piece left').

请你稍等片刻，我马上就来。

Please wait a moment, I'll be right there.

Refers to a smaller section or area, often a division within a larger region for administrative or organizational purposes.

我们把这个社区分成了几个卫生清洁片区。

We divided this community into several sanitation and cleaning sections.

Katakana, one of the Japanese syllabaries, used for foreign loanwords, onomatopoeia, and emphasis.

这个词是用片假名写的。

This word is written in Katakana.

Classifier for a piece, slice, expanse, or scene; often used for flat objects (like tablets), or for areas, landscapes, or abstract concepts like feelings and atmosphere.

花园里开满了鲜花，呈现出一片生机勃勃的景象。

The garden was full of blooming flowers, presenting a vibrant and lively scene.

piān片

Refers to a photograph or a movie film, typically used in compounds like '相片儿' (photo) or '电影片儿' (movie).

这张相片儿真好看。

This photo is really beautiful.

Common Words and Phrases with 片

piàn片chóu酬

Pay for making a film

这位演员的片酬很高，但她的演技也确实很出色。

This actor's remuneration is high, but her acting skills are indeed excellent.

piàn片duàn段

A part of a whole; a fragment, extract, or passage.

这部电影中的一个感人片段让我流下了眼泪。

A touching segment from this movie brought tears to my eyes.

piàn片duàn断

a part, fragment, or an incomplete piece of something

这部电影的某个片断让我印象深刻。

A certain segment of this movie left a deep impression on me.

piān片er儿

A thin, flat, and usually small piece or sheet, often used as a suffix in compound words such as 'photograph' (照片儿), 'record' (唱片儿), or 'film' (电影片儿).

我喜欢收集老唱片儿。

I enjoy collecting old records.

piān片er儿huì会

a regional, temporary meeting held in groups

周末，我们组织了一个片儿会，商量下次远足的路线。

This weekend, we organized a small, informal meeting to discuss the route for our next hike.

piān片er儿tāng汤

A Chinese soup dish featuring small, irregularly shaped pieces of dough.

妈妈做的片儿汤味道鲜美，是家里餐桌上的常客

The 'pian'ertang' my mom makes is delicious and a frequent guest on our family dining table.

piàn片jì剂

A solid dosage form of medication, typically in the shape of a disc or lozenge, for oral use.

医生建议我每天服用一片维生素片剂。

The doctor advised me to take one vitamin tablet daily.

piàn片jiǎ甲

A piece of armor; figuratively, a single soldier or something rare.

在那场艰难的旅程中，他孤身一人，仅凭片甲之勇，最终抵达了目的地。

In that arduous journey, he was alone, relying only on a sliver of courage, and eventually reached his destination.

piàn片jiǎ甲bù不huí回

Not a single armored soldier returns; the entire army is wiped out or completely annihilated.

他们这次突袭行动，结果全军覆没，片甲不回

Their surprise attack resulted in the complete annihilation of their army, with not a single one returning.

piàn片jiǎ假míng名

Katakana is a set of phonetic Japanese characters, typically more angular and rectangular than hiragana.

许多外来词在日语中都用片假名书写。

Many loanwords in Japanese are written in Katakana.

piàn片jiē接cùn寸fù附

To piece together bit by bit with great difficulty, often implying a clumsy or forced assembly of disparate parts.

为了修复这件古老的瓷器，文物修复师们不得不片接寸附，将散落的碎片重新拼合起来，每一步都小心翼翼。

To restore this ancient porcelain, the cultural relic restorers had to meticulously piece together the scattered fragments, bit by bit, with every step taken cautiously.

piàn片kè刻

a short while; an instant; a moment

请稍等片刻，我马上就来

Please wait a moment; I will be right there.

piàn片miàn面

one-sided; partial; unilateral

你不能只看事情的一个方面，这样会得出片面的结论。

You cannot just look at one aspect of the situation; doing so will lead to a one-sided conclusion.

piàn片miàn面xìng性

One-sidedness, a characteristic of metaphysical thought, refers to the tendency to consider issues in isolation, disregarding specific details, contradictions, or inherent relationships and ignoring both commonalities and individualities.