篇 piān▶ 篇 (measure word for articles, essays)

Example sentences

• 他写了一篇文章。Tā xiě le yī piān wénzhāng.He wrote an article.
• 这篇报道很有意思。Zhè piān bàodào hěn yǒu yìsi.This piece of reporting is very interesting.

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HSK 4 — upper-intermediate proficiency: 600 new words, 1,200 in all. You can converse fluently on a wide range of topics with native speakers. In HSK 3.0, 篇 is in band 2. HSK 4 explained

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中篇is a counting word for pieces of writing, like an article. You might say:中他写了一篇文章。

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Stroke order

篇 is written in 15 strokes.

• 篇

Senses

1. sheet
2. piece of writing
3. bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
4. classifier for written items: chapter, article

Related words

• 脾气temper (脾气好 / 发脾气)
• 骗fool

篇 is pronounced piān and means “篇 (measure word for articles, essays)”.