篇 piān

chapter, section, essay, article

HSK 4 #1008

DEFINITIONS

  • chapter, section, essay, article
  • sheet
  • piece of writing
  • bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
  • classifier for written items: chapter, article

STROKES

WORDS

篇章 piān zhāng writing; sections and chapters
千篇一律 qiān piān yī lǜ thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive; once you've seen one, you've seen them all
短篇小说 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō short story
长篇 cháng piān lengthy (report or speech)
诗篇 shī piān a poem; a composition in verse; fig. epic (compared with historical epic); the biblical Book of Psalms
开篇 kāi piān start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
篇幅 piān fu length (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page
长篇小说 cháng piān xiǎo shuō novel
中篇小说 zhōng piān xiǎo shuō novella
连篇累牍 lián piān lěi dú (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom); verbose
续篇 xù piān sequel; continuation (of a story)
中篇小說 zhōng piān xiǎo shuō novella
史籀篇 shǐ zhòu piān Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆[da4 zhuan4], attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王[Zhou1 Xuan1 wang2] but probably dating from c. 500 BC
名篇 míng piān famous piece of writing
废话连篇 fèi huà lián piān a bunch of nonsense; verbose and rambling
廢話連篇 fèi huà lián piān a bunch of nonsense; verbose and rambling
末篇 mò piān final installment; last phase; end
极短篇小说 jí duǎn piān xiǎo shuō flash fiction
極短篇小說 jí duǎn piān xiǎo shuō flash fiction
洋洋大篇 yáng yáng dà piān lit. an ocean of writing; an impressive literary work (idiom)
玉篇 yù piān Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王[Gu4 Ye3 wang2] in 6th century AD
短篇小說 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō short story
空话连篇 kōng huà lián piān long-winded empty talk
空話連篇 kōng huà lián piān long-winded empty talk
篇什 piān shí poem
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