中篇小说 zhōngpiānxiǎoshuō novella Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 中 zhōng nounadjective medium medium; intermediate; halfway between two extremes篇 piān measure word [classifier] Used for written items like articles, essays, chapters, or sheets of paper.小说 小說 xiǎoshuō noun fiction novel; fiction; a literary genre that uses narrative prose to describe characters and stories