zhōng​piān​xiǎo​shuō

novella

  • created reference approved 中篇小说/中篇小說 → 部 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    中篇小说 / 中篇小說 zhōng​piān​xiǎo​shuō

    部 bù

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 中篇小说/中篇小說 · zhōng​piān​xiǎo​shuō · novella — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    中篇小说 / 中篇小說

    zhōng​piān​xiǎo​shuō

    novella

    medium-length novel; novelette. Longer than a short story but shorter than a full novel, usually between fifteen thousand and fifty thousand characters. Focuses on a few characters or a single sequence of events.

    中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · medium 篇 (literal) → 篇 · piān · [classifier] 小说 (literal) → 小说/小說 · xiǎo​shuō · fiction

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense