Word information
Simplified片段
Traditional片段
Pinyinpiànduàn
Part of speech名
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
片段
piànduàn · fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc)
Character breakdown
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段duàn
paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc; surname Duan
照片zhàopiànphotograph; picture; CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4],幅[fu2]
片piànthin 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
图片túpiànpicture; photograph; CL:張|张[zhang1]
纪录片jìlùpiànnewsreel; documentary (film or TV program); CL:部[bu4]
阶段jiēduànstage; section; phase; period; CL:個|个[ge4]