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片 piàn

The Chinese measure word for thin slices; wide areas.

片 counts thin, flat pieces: a slice of bread, a leaf, a tablet. It also counts wide stretches of land or water, such as a forest, a beach or the sea.

  • 一片面包yí piàn miànbāoa slice of bread
  • 一片树叶yí piàn shùyèa leaf
  • 一片森林yí piàn sēnlína forest

36 nouns that take 片

Most common first
地dìearth; ground电影diàn yǐngmovie; film血xuèblood; colloquial pr. xiě卡kǎcard; to stop; to block牌páimahjong tile; playing card海hǎiocean; sea面包miàn bāobread土地tǔ dìland; soil海滩hǎi tānbeach饼干bǐng gānbiscuit; cracker; cookie奶酪nǎi làocheese森林sēn línforest湖húlake沙滩shā tānbeach; sandy shore嘴唇zuǐ chúnlip田tiánfield; farm药片yào piàna (medicine) pill or tablet草地cǎo dìlawn; meadow爱心ài xīncompassion; kindness滩tānbeach; shoal叶子yè zileaf; (slang) marijuana草原cǎo yuángrassland; prairie花瓣huā bànpetal田野tián yěfield; open land高原gāo yuánplateau茶叶chá yètea; tea leaves保护区bǎo hù qūconservation district光盘guāng páncompact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM影碟yǐng diéDVD光碟guāng diéoptical disc; compact disc欢腾huān téngjubilation; great celebration汪洋wāng yángvast body of water号码牌hào mǎ páinumber plate; car license plate木片mù piànflat piece of wood; wood chip激光唱片jī guāng chàng piàncompact disk; CD骂声mà shēngscolding; tongue-lashing

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The nouns come from the measure-word notes in CC-CEDICT, ordered by how often each word appears in film and TV subtitles. Many nouns take more than one measure word, and 个 often works in casual speech.