piàn
[flat, thin piece of]; slice; flake
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我有一片地。
wǒ yǒu yī piàn dì.
I have a piece of land.
这片森林很茂密。
zhè piàn sēn lín hěn mào mì.
This forest is very dense.
我买了一片面包。
wǒ mǎi le yī piàn miàn bāo.
I bought a slice of bread.
块 (kuài)
piece
张 (zhāng)
sheet
整 (zhěng)
whole
全 (quán)
all
The Chinese character 片 (piàn) is composed of two parts: the radical 刀 (dāo), which means "knife", and the phonetic component 片 (piàn), which means "slice" or "piece". The character 片 originally meant "a slice of meat" or "a piece of cloth", and it has since extended to mean "a piece of paper", "a flake", or "a fragment".The character 片 is also used in a number of compound words, such as 片刻 (piànkè), which means "a moment" or "a short while", and 片面 (piànmiàn), which means "one-sided" or "partial".The character 片 is pronounced piàn in Mandarin Chinese and pin3 in Cantonese. It is a common character that is used in a variety of contexts.
