片
piànpiān HSK2

slice

片 piàn frequency
object classifier measure word
classifier for items such as slices, tablets, tracts of land, or areas of water

我今天吃了一片面包。

wǒ jīn​tiān chī le yī piàn miàn​bāo.

I ate a slice of bread today.

scene classifier measure word
classifier used with the numeral 'yi' for a scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, or sound

操场上一片欢腾。

cāo​chǎng shàng yī piàn huān​téng.

The playground was a scene of jubilation.

film noun
a motion picture, movie, or television play

你最近看过什么好片吗？

nǐ zuì​jìn kàn guo shén​me hǎo piàn ma?

Have you seen any good movies lately?

slice measure word
a thin piece, flake, or slice of something

请把火腿切成薄薄的片。

qǐng bǎ huǒ​tuǐ qiē​chéng báo​báo de piàn.

Please cut the ham into thin slices.

media classifier measure word
classifier for media items such as CDs, movies, or DVDs

他买了三片影碟。

tā mǎi le sān piàn yǐng​dié.

He bought three discs.

to slice verb
to slice or carve something into thin pieces

厨师正在片北京烤鸭。

chú​shī zhèng​zài piàn Běi​jīng kǎo yā.

The chef is slicing the Peking duck.

partial idiom
incomplete, one-sided, or partial

他只留下了片言只语，我们就再也没见过他。

tā zhǐ liú​xià le piàn​yán​zhī​yǔ, wǒ​men jiù zài yě méi jiàn guo tā.

He left only a few words, and we never saw him again.

radical measure word
the Kangxi radical 91

“牌”字的左边是片部。

“ pái” zì de zuǒ​bian shì piàn​bù.

The left side of the character '牌' (pái) is the '片' (piàn) radical.

片 piān
sheet measure word
a thin, flat piece, flake, or slice of something

树叶像片片金子。

shù​yè xiàng piān piān jīn​zi.

The leaves are like flakes of gold.

disk noun
a flat, circular object such as a phonograph record or plate

这张片录制于上世纪八十年代。

zhè zhāng piān lù​zhì yú shàng shì​jì bā​shí​nián​dài.

This record was recorded in the 1980s.

Frequency
Character
Written text
455th most common 468.0 per million
Movie subtitles
342nd most common 457.5 per million appears in 78% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
137.0 per million appears in 39% of films
Written text
268.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+7247

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)