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piān = pi + an1
disk / sheet
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piàn = pi + an4
thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91
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How to pronounce 片

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= pi initial

Pi is for Pocahontas.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= pi initial

Pi is for Pocahontas.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

片 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Characters with 片 as component

pái = p + ai2
mahjong tile / playing card / game pieces / signboard / plate / tablet / medal / CL:片[pian4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]
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bǎn = b + an3
a register / block of printing / edition / version / page
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dié = di + e2
(official) document / dispatch
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Words with 片

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photograph / picture / CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4],幅[fu2]
gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL:張|张[zhang1]
chip / fragment / splinter / tatter

Sentences with 片

hái
ér
men
zài
shāo
děng
piàn
 
 
ǎn
jiù
lái

Want to remember 片 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

piān / piàn

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